• Delran firm hired to perform reassessment in Plumsted

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — A hybrid reassessment plan that could cost up to $85,000 was given the go-ahead by the Plumsted Township Committee earlier this month. To assist with the complete reassessment of the township, Professional Property Appraisers (PPA), Delran, has been hired to assist with the process. The firm will perform…

  • Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to host 2012 mud run

    The 2012 “Beast of the East” mud run is set to welcome as many as 5,000 runners on Sept. 8 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in south central New Jersey. Participants will have to low crawl, ascend, rope climb and balance through 23 wet and muddy obstacles in this year’s 10K mud run, according to a…

  • Skate park gets new life

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — For the last 18 months, skateboard aficionados in Jackson have had to keep away from the one public space in town that was designed specifically for their hobby. The closing of the Jackson Skate Park at the Jackson Justice Complex in April 2011 because of safety concerns meant…

  • Freehold Jewish Center to host open house

    FREEHOLD — On Aug. 19, the community is invited to attend an open house to be held at the Freehold Jewish Center (FJC), 59 Broad St., Freehold Borough. The open house will run from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. “One comment people often make is that they feel a real sense of community at our…

  • Appellate Division puts kibosh on Gov.’s bid to take housing funds

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer A decision released on Aug. 10 by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court appears to mean that Jackson will keep $1.3 million and Howell will keep $1.1 million in their affordable housing trust funds for use in the community. The affordable housing trust funds held by Jackson, Howell and…

  • Jackson resident uses Brooklyn as setting for his first novel

    Marco Manfre JACKSON — “The Outcast Prophet of Bensonhurst,” written by Jackson resident Marco Manfre, is not only a deep, dark, thoughtful story, but also a lively comingof age novel about a boy growing up in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1950s. The protagonist, Anacleto, has a shy, reclusive personality. That, along…

  • One count dropped from tenure case against Manalapan principal

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District’s special legal counsel has withdrawn a count from the tenure charges that were filed against Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon. The count that was withdrawn related to Simon’s alleged mishandling of a pep rally at the high school. Simon remains suspended from his…

  • Better to forget ‘Total Recall’

    BY MICHAEL S. GOLDBERGER Len Wiseman’s “Total Recall” manages to rummage through our worst fears. More or less a reimagining of the 1990 film, also inspired by the Philip K. Dick short story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” the film made me wish that I too, could visit a Rekall store — so…

  • Companies and unions should pay to re-educate workers

    When I attended high school in Brooklyn, we were taught that New York’s main industry was textiles. Then in the 1950s and 1960s, New York companies began “outsourcing” textile production and related industries to southern states like South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi because the cheap labor in those “poor” states compensated for labor and shipping…

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