• Who is the real winner in message board mess?

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN Even though a judge or a jury has never ruled in his favor in a courtroom, and he has not collected one cent in damages, George Spodak is the winner in a lawsuit he filed several years ago. Spodak served on the Manalapan Township Committee in the late 1970s and…

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    • An Ambitious Affair, an evening of shoes, books and jewelry, will be held 3-7 p.m. July 15 at Our House Restaurant, Route 524, Howell. The event will include a shoe fashion show, entertainment, food, and reading from the book “The AB Club” by its author, Michelle Whitaker Winfrey. The fee of $15 also includes…

  • The teacher was evil, but lessons had value

    GUEST COLUMN LEE RUBIN I learned a lot of valuable lessons from Jerry Sandusky. I used to be proud of that fact. Now, I don’t know what to do about it. As the starting free safety from 1991-93 and the defensive captain of the Penn State football team during my senior year, I interacted closely…

  • Shouldn’t we be done fighting over birth control?

    Forty-seven years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that access to contraception is a basic right. How is it that all these years later, opponents of women’s health care are still trying to limit our access to birth control? Before the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut decision, 32 women were dying for every 100,000 live births…

  • NJSPCA: Blame the media for furor over pet restraints

    CODA GREG BEAN The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NJSPCA) got a lesson in public relations and the lawof unintended consequences last month — and handled the damage control in the usual bureaucratic fashion. They blamed the media. It all started with a May 30 press conference when Col. Frank…

  • Monmouth fair opens July 25

    The Monmouth County Fair will return to the East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, July 25-29. Hours are July 25, 5-11 p.m.; July 26, 5-11 p.m.; July 27, 5-11 p.m.; July 28, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and July 29, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fair chairwoman Patti Conroy said, “We have been busy…

  • Nature tales

    The buckeye butterfly can be found in all parts of the continent except the Northwest. The buckeye butterfly had its finest hour back in 2006, when it was featured on a United States Postal Service 24-cent stamp. Boy, its ego was out of control that year. This photo was taken at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge,…

  • Summer Painters’ Show

    “Summer Sail” watercolor by Lisa Grob Featuring a vibrant selection of art created by all three levels of membership (exhibiting, associate, and general), the Guild of Creative Art’s “Painters Summer Exhibit” showcases paintings in acrylic, mixed media, pastels, and oil and watercolor on subject matter that includes landscapes, seascapes, portraits, still lifes and florals. The…

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