• ARE WE THERE YET

    Another early riser joins the ranks LORI CLINCH Ever since the beginning of our wedded bliss, my husband and I have had an ongoing dilemma that I like to call “The Restful Soul Vs. the Morning Man.” Simply put — he loves to wake up with the early birds and I am normal. Pat has…

  • Whiners were an unbearable part of Sandy aftermath

    I wish to fight back the tide of negative press featured in the editorial sections of newspapers and on local talk radio. My family and I have been residents in Freehold Township for about three years. In that time, Freehold Township has had weather incidents unlike any in the surrounding areas. We have been dealing…

  • CODA

    Some holiday traditions are not for the faint of heart GREG BEAN A s I was grazing through the Greater Media Newspapers website last week, I came across a notice soliciting favorite family stories for their Holiday Traditions special section that will be published Dec. 19-20. “Does your family have a special holiday or festival…

  • T-shirt sale to benefit Eric LeGrand

    T-shirts are being sold to raise funds for Eric LeGrand, the Rutgers University football player from Colonia who was paralyzed two years ago in a game against Army. Shirts are $15 and may be purchased in person from the Scarlet Fever store, 109 Somerset St., New Brunswick, by calling 732-247-4678, or on the website www.rutgersfever.com/rutgers-t-shirts/eric-legrandred…

  • datebook 

     The Wainwright House, 48 Main St., Farmingdale, has been restored and is now hosting a series of events to which the public is invited. On Dec. 7, Farmingdale will host a Christmas tree lighting event at 6:30 p.m. at the corner of Asbury Avenue and Main Street, and the Wainwright House will be open…

  • Plumsted youths invited to join environmental group

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — As Plumsted Township Environmental Commission Chairman William Lewis and commission member Larry Witham stood in recognition of a project involving the declining American Kestrel (sparrow hawk), they realized the project could be more than an environmentally conscious effort with a local Girl Scout troop. To Lewis, Witham and…

  • Girls at home on fields of competition

    Title IX marks 40 years; opportunities for young women have multiplied BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Borough High School vs. Shore Regional High School, 1977-78 season. There is a new normal in high school athletics as a result of Title IX. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark federal legislation that prohibited…

  • Howell man pleads guilty in Fort Plains Rd. stabbing

    HOWELL — On Nov. 30, Julius K. Garrett, 26, of Howell, pleaded guilty to first degree aggravated manslaughter. The charges stem from the June 2010 stabbing of Scott Gregory, 24, also of Howell. Garrett entered his guilty plea before state Superior Court Judge Francis J. Vernoia, sitting in Freehold. Vernoia is scheduled to sentence Garrett…

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