• Sandy was a heartbreaker

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN The heartbreaking words and pictures that emerged from newspaper, radio and television coverage of Sandy, the post-tropical storm that struck New Jersey on Oct. 29, were overwhelming. There is no way I can even begin to conceive of the property damage and personal trauma that so many people suffered during…

  • CROP Walk helps to fight hunger

    ALLENTOWN — More than 30 walkers and two dogs joined forces to fight hunger at Allentown’s annual CROP Walk on Oct. 21. Participants in the walk, which is organized by borough churches, raised more than $4,765 to provide food for families in need. Of that amount, 25 percent will stay local to aid the Good…

  • Mary Catherine Attix Burton

    Mrs. Burton, of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, formerly of Rehoboth, Del., died Oct. 3, 2012, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Jane Robin and Rieks Bruins, in New Jersey. She was predeceased by her husband, James Robinson Burton. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Jane Robin and Rieks Bruins; three…

  • Dismayed to read of punishment in U.S. schools

    A s a visitor to the United States, I was pained to read Greg Bean’s column, “Classroom Punishments: American Horror Stories” (Examiner, Sept. 13). It is shocking that such punishments are meted out to children in a child-centric society like the United States. Subsequent to my father’s transfer, I went to Washington, D.C., in 1945…

  • Relief fund launched for N.J. residents hurt by Sandy

    Gov. Chris Christie and first lady Mary Pat Christie have announced the formation of the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund to help residents impacted by the superstorm that wrought damage and destruction in New Jersey on Oct. 29. “As recovery efforts continue, we know that even greater needs will become apparent for our families…

  • Sandy causes emergency with blood donations

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center (NYBC), is asking for post-Sandy emergency blood donations. Although hospital needs were met, and heroic donors found the NYBC facilities that were able to remain open, the unprecedented disruption depleted the blood supply to the point where a significant recovery effort is necessary,…

  • Monmouth County Library presents jazz events

    Sandy may have wreaked a bit of havoc with the programming schedules, but the Monmouth County Library will offer two free concerts and a lecture as part of its annual celebration of the art of jazz. Roots & Riffs: An Introduction to Jazz and Its History will be presented by the library’s own Jack Livingstone…

  • Power outages were problem for Millstone after Sandy

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Slowly but surely, power is returning to Millstone Township in the wake of Sandy, a post-tropical storm which struck New Jersey on the evening of Oct. 29. Mayor Nancy Grbelja said that as of Nov. 5, about 50 percent of the township was still without electricity. She said most…

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