• Oceanport hopeful for a bright future at Monmouth Park

    Oceanport hopeful for a bright future at Monmouth Park

      By KAREN RAPOLLA Staff Writer While New Jersey voters rejected the casino expansion on Nov. 8, Oceanport Mayor Jay Coffey and Oceanport Borough Council President Joe Irace are actively looking forward to what lies ahead in Monmouth Park’s future. Coffey and Irace were urging voters to oppose the proposed constitutional amendment to expand casino…

  • O’Donnell elected to four-year term on Howell council

    O’Donnell elected to four-year term on Howell council

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer HOWELL – Republican Evelyn O’Donnell has been elected to her first four-year term on the Howell Township Council. In the Nov. 8 election, O’Donnell, who currently serves on the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment, appeared to have defeated Democrat Joseph Montella for the available council seat. According to results posted…

  • How will Trump respond?

    How will Trump respond?

    I am an early sleeper and early riser. I woke up on Wednesday, anticipating a glass-ceiling-shattering victory for Hillary; the totally unexpected happened. As expected, the election was not rigged, democracy prevailed, a gracious and seamless transfer of power is taking place, and honorable citizens are protesting the outcome. Great things worth celebrating. I did…

  • Assistance available for health insurance signup

    Assistance available for health insurance signup

    The North Brunswick Library, working with the United Way of Central Jersey, is offering free help for residents signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The sessions will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the library, 880 Hermann Rd.,  North Brunswick. Appointments are required by calling 732-246-3545 or visiting the…

  • Community honors former mayor with portrait

    Community honors former mayor with portrait

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township of East Brunswick gathered together to witness the unveiling of former Mayor David Stahl’s portrait. At the unveiling ceremony on Nov. 17, current Mayor Kevin McEvoy delivered a speech highlighting the challenges Stahl endured and the accomplishments he achieved during his time as mayor. McEvoy also presented Stahl with an honorary…

  • Sasso and Thorsheim receive Shore soccer awards

    Sasso and Thorsheim receive Shore soccer awards

    Nicole Sasso of the Freehold Township High School girls’ soccer team and Matthew Thorsheim of the Christian Brothers Academy boys’ soccer team were each honored when the Shore Soccer Officials Association held its awards banquet at the Spring Lake Manor in Spring Lake Nov. 17. Each received the John Cobb Senior Excellence Award for Monmouth…

  • Inaugural Monmouth Film Festival at Two River Theater

    Inaugural Monmouth Film Festival at Two River Theater

    The Monmouth Film Festival will be held Dec. 16-18 at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. With over 14 hours of film, it will feature independent films, narrative, documentary, and student – short and feature length – from all over the state, country and across the globe. Featured films include the documentaries “Swim Team”…

  • Students ASK for creativity during afterschool program

    Students ASK for creativity during afterschool program

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Students at Robert Frost Elementary School crawled on the floor and roared like a lion in a pretend jungle, puckered their lips and swam like a fish in an imaginary ocean, and hopped to pop invisible bubble wrap. The group of about 20 third- through fifth-graders was participating in the Creative Movement…

  • EMS volunteers are ‘unsung heroes’

    EMS volunteers are ‘unsung heroes’

    As we embark on another season of giving thanks, I ask New Jerseyans to count volunteer EMS responders among their blessings. Often “invisible,” this army of unsung heroes answers thousands of calls daily throughout the Garden State. Then there are the large-scale events: Immediately after the Sept. 29 Hoboken train crash, members of the Hoboken…

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