• Monmouth retains AAA status

    The nation’s three major bond-rating agencies, Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, have reaffirmed Monmouth County’s AAA status, according to a press release. Only a small percentage of counties throughout the United States have been granted AAA ratings, the highest rating, according to Craig R. Marshall, Monmouth County’s finance director. Monmouth County is the only…

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     A blood drive will be held at the Jackson library from 2-7 p.m. Dec. 27. To make a donation appointment, call 732-928-4400. Walk-in donors are always welcome.  Longaberger Basket Bingo, hosted by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 455, 2 Meadowbrook Drive, New Egypt, will be held on Jan. 19 (snow date Jan. 20). Doors…

  • Restored historic house opens, welcomes guests

    BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Virginia and John Woolley have restored the Wainwright house at 48 Main St., Farmingdale, and are now hosting special events that are open to the public. THOMAS CASTLES FARMINGDALE — The Wainwright house at 48 Main St., Farmingdale, showed some 300 years of wear and tear when Virginia Woolley and…

  • Signs all around township are an eyesore in Jackson

    Driving around Jackson, I am dismayed at the number of free advertising signs that are everywhere I look. They are an eyesore. I find it hard to believe that anyone can jam a sign anywhere and everywhere along the roads in Jackson and leave it there for all eternity. I have heard that politicians have…

  • CODA

    Nothing says the holidays like bars on the cell door GREG BEAN I don’t know what Peter F. Burnham — the larcenous ex-president of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft — will be doing this holiday season, or the one after, but it’s a sure bet he won’t be throwing a lavish party for friends and…

  • Freeholders look to short and long term after Sandy

    Curley: Electrical infrastructure needs to go underground BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Numbers are still coming in on the scope of damage sustained in Monmouth County and official tallies may take weeks, but so far thousands of homes and businesses have been deemed uninhabitable as a result of Sandy, with countless more severely damaged by…

  • Pantries keep food on table for the new hungry

    Growing group of middleand working-class residents relying on food banks BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Volunteers sort donations at the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Neptune. The food bank distributes approximately 7 million pounds annually through a network of 260 feeding programs, including soup kitchens and food pantries. ERIC SUCAR staff I t…

  • Food pantry director reports community is filling shelves

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The Jackson Women of Today, who operate the Jackson Food Pantry, have offered a stark reminder of the nation’s continuing economic malaise. As Christmas gets closer and many people make plans for a holiday dinner, other individuals are wondering just where their next meal will come from. According…

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