• Commissioner orders Manalapan principal removed

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The New Jersey commissioner of education has ordered Jeff Simon to be removed from his tenured position as principal of Manalapan High School due to unbecoming conduct and an inability to execute the responsibilities of the job. The Freehold Regional High School District filed tenure charges against Simon in February…

  • Mayor asks residents to support town’s special needs population

    Staff Writer BY THOMAS CASTLES HOWELL — A proclamation signed by Mayor Bill Gotto designates March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in the township. In the proclamation, Gotto encourages residents to support efforts that enable people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live full and productive lives of inclusion in Howell. He suggested that members…

  • A booming business

    Firearms retailers, local police departments see increased demand for guns, permits BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Bill Sherman, owner of the Shore Shot Pistol Range, Lakewood, has noticed that sales increase when the government considers banning certain firearms or magazine capacity. ERIC SUCAR staff I t has been a busy couple of months for Bill…

  • Volunteers undertake cleanup of massive damage at Quail Hill

    Scout reservation in Manalapan lost more than 1,000 trees BY JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent Top photo: Adam Shumard (r), caretaker of the Quail Hill Scout Reservation, Manalapan, watches as Thom Ritchie flips a bean bag with line attached high into the tree canopy. The idea is to get the line over a fallen limb, then pull…

  • Police: It’s time for new guns

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Citing an aging arsenal, the Jackson Police Department is in the process of replacing more than 100 firearms with newer, higher-caliber weapons. In an appearance before the Jackson Township Council on March 12, Police Officer Vincent Rubio outlined the need for new weapons and the department’s plan to replace its…

  • Demographer hired to review enrollment in Howell schools

    Redistricting of some areas could be eventual outcome BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer A dministrators in the Howell K-8 School District have started a process that could eventually result in the redistricting of some areas of the community. In redistricting, a neighborhood or area of a municipality that sends its students to a particular school…

  • Triggering business

    A shooter takes aim at a target at the Shore Shot Pistol Range in Lakewood on March 5. Many gun stores have seen a spike in business in response to gun control discussion that is occurring at the federal level. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • $188M budget for FRHSD will have public hearing

    By Jack Murtha Most of the municipalities that send students to the Freehold Regional High School District are likely to see a higher school tax rate in the upcoming school year. For some residents, a higher FRHSD tax rate in their town will translate into additional property taxes that must be paid to support the…

  • Spark of inspiration

    Chevrolet’s smallest car isn’t bad for the money, provided one has modest expectations By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features The average price of a new car is just over $30,000, according to industry sources. That kind of money buys a roomy, powerful and sophisticated midsize car with many of the latest high-tech features. But what’s out…

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