• Knicks’ star Smith lends support at school’s anti-bullying program

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent J.R. Smith of the New York Knicks joins Millstone Township Middle School teacher Audrey Ferraro at an anti-bullying event. Smith attended the school and returned to see a performance by students who wrote poetry about the issue of bullying. New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith returned to his hometown of Millstone…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Newest firefighters graduate

    HOWELL — The Monmouth County Fire Academy recently graduated 56 firefighters from the Firefighter I program. Graduates were divided into two classes: Class 98 graduated on May 21 and Class 99 graduated on May 22. According to a press release from the county, graduates worked 188 hours over 30 sessions and received training in rescue,…

  • Advocate: ‘Hiring veterans is good for business’

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Jeff Cantor of Marlboro, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, delivered a message to corporate representatives attending a recent event: Hiring veterans is good for business. Cantor, who serves on the Marlboro Township Council, was speaking at a meeting of the Monmouth Chapter of the Association of the United…

  • DATEBOOK

     Manalapan High School Class of 1978 will hold its 35-year reunion on June 29 at the VFW, Waterworks Road, Freehold, 6-11 p.m. The cost is $50 per alumnus and $40 for a “plus one.” For more information, contact Patti at [email protected] or check out the class’s page on Facebook. The class will also be…

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