• Newsted carries the ‘metal’ torch to the Stone Pony

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jason Newsted (center) takes his new band out on the road, stopping at Asbury Park before a long string of European festivals. A wise Australian man once wrote, “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll.” For Jason…

  • Supt. excited to offer learning academies

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer The Upper Freehold Regional School District will implement academies for special areas of study beginning with the 2013-14 school year. The district’s strategic planning process has started planning for the next five school years, 2013-18, and will include academies, or special areas of study that are “schools within a school,”…

  • Janice Ventola Braconi

    Mrs. Braconi, 48, of Monroe Township, died May 7, 2013, at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. Born in Newark, she had lived in Millstone Township and South Brunswick before moving to Monroe Township 10 years ago. She was a chef at Stop & Shop, Franklin Township, for 30 years before retiring in 2010.…

  • Expert gives advice on how to branch out on family knowledge

    BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Look no further than the Internet to begin a search for long-lost relatives. A lecture titled “Genealogy: Why and How To Do It” was recently presented at the South Brunswick library. The lecture, delivered by Dr. Nathan Reiss, president of the Jewish History Society of Central New Jersey, focused on…

  • Dancer’s plan to increase Jersey-born Standardbred horses advances

    State Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer’s bipartisan plan to increase the number of Standardbred horses in New Jersey was approved on May 6 by the Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee. “It wasn’t that long ago that New Jersey’s equine economy was fueled by dozens of stallions and thousands of mares, yet today there are just…

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    Jersey Central Power & Light held an Arbor Day celebration on April 26 at Thompson Park, Lincroft. The program included free tree seedlings and a presentation by Joel Whitman, a master gardener. JCP&L also donated 150 buttonbush tree seedlings to the Monmouth County Park System. Pictured (l-r) are JCP&L area manager Jim Markey; Rick Royle,…

  • Resident seeking street fix-ups

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The conditions along East Branch Road have hardly improved, according to comments offered by a resident at the May 2 meeting of the Township Committee. East Branch Road runs between Imlaystown Hightstown Road and New Canton Stone Tavern Road (Route 524). East Branch Road resident Aniko Palfalvi…

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    Emergency responders assist individuals who were involved in a motor vehicle accident shortly before 9:45 a.m. May 9 on Route 539 in Upper Freehold Township, about 200 feet north of Walnford Road. Assisting at the scene were members of the Hope Fire Company, the Allentown First Aid Squad and the New Jersey State Police. The…

  • Area grad moving up in world of writing

    David Iserson accepts honor during recent visit BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer David Iserson A Kurt Vonnegut rip-off — that is how David Iserson, a young-adult novelist and TV writer, recalled his style of prose as a student at Freehold Township High School. As he pushed through the ebb and flow of high school in…

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