• Foundation receives help from ASPCA

    The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) announced it has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). The grant is part of the ASPCA’s “Retraining Racers” program and is to be used exclusively for the assistance needed to secure new careers and homes, according to a press…

  • Praise for Christie’s veto of EMS redesign bill

    What better way was there to mark National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week (May 19- 25) than to thank Gov. Chris Christie for his veto of S1650/A2463, the so-called EMS redesign bill. Twice in 16 months, the governor rejected an ill-conceived attempt to push out New Jersey’s EMS volunteers and replace them with a system…

  • Better uses exist for special election money

    State Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and the Democratic Legislature have worked tirelessly to pass reforms that benefit the majority of New Jerseyans. They have put people before politics time and again. So when Gov. Chris Christie recently announced his plans to hold a special election to fill the seat of…

  • Proposed bills help prevent violations of public trust

    I n New Jersey, we’re fortunate to have two fantastic tools to help maintain open government at all levels — the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), and the Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA). When enacted, these two laws were revolutionary concepts that redefined elected officials’ relationship to the people who elected them…

  • Press Assoc. urges support for bills

    This is an open letter to New Jersey’s state senators: With the passage of time and well-documented advances in technology, New Jersey’s “open government” legislation requires an upgrade. Doing so is essential to ensure our citizens have ready access to their government records and meetings, thereby affirming New Jersey’s policy of transparency in government. To…

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  • DATEBOOK

     The summer session of “Dancing by the Peddie Lake” with Candace Woodward- Clough, a four-week class offering instruction in swing, fox trot, waltz and Latin dancing, will be held at 112 Etra Road, Hightstown. Classes will begin on July 11-12. Beginner classes start at 7:30 p.m., and intermediate classes begin at 8:30 p.m. The…

  • Manalapan parcel may have been site of skirmish

    REGIONAL INTEREST By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Lead musket balls that were recently unearthed at a property in Manalapan have led history buffs to theorize that a skirmish between Loyalists and Patriots took place in the vicinity of present-day Tennent Road near Church Lane in the days leading up to or just after the Battle…

  • Grant pays for license plate readers at Freehold Raceway Mall entrances

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Drivers who enter the Freehold Raceway Mall should know an “eye in the sky” is upon them. Freehold Township has used a $285,000 grant from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to install license plate readers on the mall’s entrance roads in order to enhance security at the regional…

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