• PLUMSTED: Team shares its passion for literacy

    Media center personnel outline previous successes, future projects by David Kilby, Special Writer PLUMSTED — With a mix of creativity and technical expertise, the Plumsted School District’s two-member media center team shared the accomplishments and future plans for the district’s media centers.    At the Board of Education meeting June 12, the school district’s media specialist,…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: June 20

    Sat., June 22    Free Movie Night, at Paradise Park on Lakeview Drive near Tootie’s Diner in New Egypt will feature Furry Vengeance starring Brendan Fraser. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and celebrates the recent environmental improvements made by local youth at the park. For more information call (609) 775-7134. Mon., June 24    Summer reading…

  • LAWRENCE: LHS CLASS OF 2013

       Yosola Abebefe, Yismely Acosta, Aline Alhaffar, Geoffrey Altman, Mohamed Ameer, Emma Anderson Beavers, Terry Antony, Sagar Arora, Sierra Azara, Michael Baicker, Samuel Ball, Sayomi Bankole, Diana Bartosik, Justice Beatty, Sandeep Behera, Rithvick Bhagwati, Emily Bliszcz, William Bloomberg, David Bock, Nicholas Bosted, Jessica Brienza, Mahalia Broadie, Karlyn Brooks, Amirah Brown, Faith Buchanan, Sean Buckley, Matthew Budzinski,…

  • MANVILLE: Middle-school marketers make their pitch

    MANVILLE: Middle-school marketers make their pitch

    Lindsay Burlew and Jonathan Ahorrio, the creators of Shushu Lee’s dipping sauce, display their product and marketing information.

  • PLUMSTED: New Egypt High School honors Class of 2013

    PLUMSTED: New Egypt High School honors Class of 2013

    Picasa Interim Principal Dr. Jeanette Baubles welcomes the crowd at the opening of the Tuesday night ceremony. Photo by Rebecca Nowalski.

  • LAWRENCE: Bulk trash fee due date changed

    Property owners will have 60 days to pay the newly enacted bulk trash fee — not 30 days, as originally intended — under an amendment to the bulk waste collection fee ordinance that was introduced by Township C By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Property owners will have 60 days to pay the newly enacted bulk…

  • Peapack-Gladstone Bank Supports Youth Financial Literacy

    Peapack-Gladstone Bank Supports Youth Financial Literacy

    By Rosanne Schwab Benjamin Franklin once said, “A penny saved is a penny earned.”  But in today’s world, how many people actually abide by that principle?  With our nation’s youth making more and more financial decisions at younger ages, the need for financial literacy in teens is crucial.  To be successful as adults and meet…

  • FLORENCE: Two women turn 100 together

    FLORENCE: Two women turn 100 together

    Florence Township neighbors Doris Krieger (left) and Virginia Shafer both celebrate turning 100 this year during a party organized by the Good Neighbors Senior Citizens of Florence at the Florence Township Fire Department on June 11.  Photo by Amy Batista

  • Proposed smoking age a political move

    To the editor:     Recently in New Jersey there is a proposal to increase the minimum age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21. The drinking age of 21 was a random age that was politically chosen. There is no scientific evidence to support 21 as the age that one can start consuming alcohol. It…

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