• Title IX marks 40 years

    Girls at home on fields of competition BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer This year marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX — federal legislation that prohibited discrimination based on an individual’s gender in schools and opened the door for female participation in sports at the high school and college levels. JEFF GRANIT staff Title IX…

  • Long Branch holiday party for children

    The Long Branch Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Long Branch Housing Authority, will be hosting its annual holiday party for children in Long Branch on Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 5-7 p.m., at the Adam “Bucky” James Community Center, 231 Wilbur Ray Ave., Long Branch. For more information, call the Long Branch Recreation Department at…

  • Big plays thwart Redbirds in CJ III football semifinals

    Varsity Report BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Above: Allentown High School’s Norman Williams is off to the races after hauling in a pass from quarterback Nick Palladino that Williams turned into a 59-yard touchdown during the Nov. 30 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III semifinal against Neptune High School. In a game of big plays, the visiting…

  • Millstone, Upper Freehold school officials review bullying reports

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Of the 20 claims of harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) reported in the Upper Freehold Regional School District so far this school year, five claims have been substantiated. The statistic was reported during a joint meeting of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education and the Millstone…

  • Emma K. Fuchsloch

    Mrs. Fuchsloch, 106, of Millstone Township, died Nov. 12, 2012, at home. She was born in Bavaria, Germany, and had resided in Englishtown prior to moving to Millstone Township in 1960. Along with her husband, she helped operate the family farm in Millstone Township for many years. Mrs. Fuchsloch was predeceased by her husband, Anton;…

  • Lawrence “Bucky” Wagner

    Mr. Wagner, 89, a lifelong resident of Millstone Township, died Nov. 14, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in the southern Philippines during World War II. Mr. Wagner was employed by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority from 1956 until his retirement in 1987. He was…

  • Beach Music will rock the Pony for young hurricane victims

    As seen in TheBeachBeat.com BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Every year, Danny White, owner of Beach Music Studios in Belmar, hosts a holiday party for families of his students to attend at the historic Stone Pony in Asbury Park. He usually asks families to bring one unwrapped toy to be donated to Manna House, a…

  • Farmland preservation efforts advance

    The Garden State Preservation Trust recently approved a request for $3.6 million to help Monmouth County, several towns and one nonprofit organization preserve farmland across the county as part of New Jersey’s efforts to further farmland preservation, Agriculture Secretary Douglas H. Fisher announced. “Farmland is the foundation for agriculture and for so many of the…

  • Open house at art studios will benefit two groups

    The Art Station Studios, 148 Monmouth St., Hightstown, did not begin as a haven for artists. Formerly a building used to facilitate hay shipments by rail in the late 1800s, it began its new life when Roger G. Cook, a longtime resident of Hightstown, bought the building in 1985. Not long after, a photographer asked…

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