• Automatic fire sprinkler system extinguishes apartment blaze

    JACKSON — A more significant and damaging fire was averted by one activated automatic fire sprinkler head in the early afternoon of Aug. 29 at the Windsor Crescent Apartments on Arcadia Court in Jackson. According to a press release, firefighters from Jackson Mills Fire Station 54, Jackson Fire Station 55 and Whitesville Fire Station 57…

  • Driver killed when truck crashes in Jackson mobile home park

    JACKSON — Residents of the Shady Oaks mobile home community got a sudden and very loud wake-up call on the morning of Sept. 5 when a dump truck loaded with asphalt completely leveled one mobile home and crashed into a second unit at the development on Toms River Road. According to police, the accident occurred…

  • Cell tower OK’d in Howell

    Residents’ attorney says zoning board should have retained its own radio frequency expert BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved T-Mobile’s application to install a 120-foot monopole on property owned by Christ Church of Freehold at 71 Oak Glen Road, Howell. T-Mobile was approved for use, height…

  • This week’s photo assignment: Send us pictures of your town

    A reader-submitted photo shows the McMahon brothers, Lukas, 7, Christian, 7, and Patrick, 9, of Plumsted Township, boogie boarding at the beach in Stone Harbor during the week of Aug. 13. Photos may be emailed to [email protected]. READER SUBMITTED PHOTO BY STEPHANIE McMAHON Last week we asked for your summer photos and many of you…

  • County places attention on hunger

    The front of the Monmouth County Hall of Records on East Main Street in Freehold Borough will be draped in orange bunting during September to raise awareness on the issue of hunger, which affects 127,000 people in Monmouth and Ocean counties. According to a press release, the effort is part of Hunger Action Month, a…

  • Gov. appoints five residents to fill Farmingdale council

    Voters will have many choices to make on Nov. 6 BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer FARMINGDALE — Gov. Chris Christie has appointed five Farmingdale residents to fill vacant Borough Council seats, according to a state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) press release. Christie had until Sept. 10 to appoint replacements after multiple council members resigned…

  • business briefs 

    The Orchards at Bartley, Jackson, has been awarded the distinction of Advanced Standing by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and the Health Care Association of New Jersey, a voluntary program open to all licensed assisted living residences and comprehensive personal care homes in New Jersey that have high-quality standards and meet…

  • Curriculum changes mark new school year in Howell

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — With the 2012-13 school year under way, Howell K-8 School District administrators are excited about a year that will bring about changes in curriculum, initiatives and professional development. Superintendent of Schools Enid Golden said she is looking forward to the new year. “There’s a lot going on,” Golden…

  • Rubber duck race offers fun, goodwill

    Saint Monica’s Knights of Columbus Council No. 11529 will hold its sixth annual rubber duck race on Oct. 13 at Pine Park in Lakewood. What is a rubber duck race? When a $10 rubber duck raffle ticket is purchased, the number on the purchased ticket will match the number on the bottom of a little…

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