• PLUMSTED: School officials discuss energy saving progress

    PLUMSTED: School officials discuss energy saving progress

    by James McEvoy, Managing Editor    PLUMSTED — School officials examined ongoing and potential energy savings initiatives in the future in the district at the April 24 Board of Education meeting.    The discussion was stirred after a presentation of the results of last summer’s energy audit performed by the New Jersey Clean Energy Program.    Joseph Occhiuzzo…

  • MANVILLE: Paving projects, DPW equipment may get bonded

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor       Some borough streets are being eyed for repaving under the municipal budget adopted April 8.    Mayor Angelo Corradino said the 2013 budget is $13,064,547, and that the tax rate for municipal government will increase to 76.3 cents from 73.6 cents for each $100 of assessed value.    That’s about an $81…

  • HILSBOROUGH: In township budget, employees take 60% of tax dollar

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Local government is largely about providing necessary services, and that means people are at the heart of the operation.    More than 60 percent of the township’s $27.4 million budget that comes up for public comment Tuesday, May 14, goes to salaries and benefits for the 152 full-time and 27 part-time…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: May 2

    Saturday, May 4    Loud and Rowdy Folk Tales, will be performed by international storyteller Julie Pasqual at the Plumsted Branch of the Ocean County Library at 10:30 a.m. Ms. Pasqual will share her love of world language and cultures through her interactive stories. The library is located at 119 Evergreen Road, New Egypt. The performance…

  • ALLENTOWN: Annual walk to benefit African country

       ALLENTOWN — Villages in Partnership (VIP) will be hosting its Fourth Annual Water Walk event from Friday, May 3 to Saturday, May 4 at the Allentown High School track located at 27 High St.    VIP will kick-off the Walk with a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser at the Allentown Presbyterian Church located at 20 High St., Allentown…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: St. Mary School duo supporting New Jersey pets

    BORDENTOWN CITY: St. Mary School duo supporting New Jersey pets

       BORDENTOWN CITY — Two friends attending St. Mary School established Do It Duo for Pets in wake of Superstorm Sandy.    And since the organization’s November 2012 inception, founders Alexandra Dompier, 10, and Lucy Miles, 11, are keeping busy.    On May 15 Do It Duo for Pets will be presented with special recognition by the Salvation…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: May 2

    Allentown    Police arrested Ludwin E. Lopez-Alvarez, 26 of Perth Amboy and charged him with driving while suspended. The arrest was made after a motor vehicle stop the evening of April 17. The accused was processed and released pending a court date .Robbinsville    Police arrested Adrienne Belfi, 27 of North Brunswick, charging her with marijuana and…

  • ALLENTOWN: Author inspires readers’ passion

    ALLENTOWN: Author inspires readers’ passion

    Author and historian Marc Aronson holds up a facsimile of the skull of the head of Australopithecus sediba, a previously unknown species of ape-like creatures that may have been a direct ancestor of modern humans, at the Enthusiastic Readers Awards at Allentown High School on April 25. Photo by Amy Batista.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teen captures O’Hara’s sparkle

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teen captures O’Hara’s sparkle

    Mr. O’Hara gives the artist Jackie Lin a thank-you hug.

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