• After tragedy, family brings suicide ‘out of the darkness’

    U.F. family among top fundraisers for suicide awareness walk BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Dan Dittmar and his late mother Diane wear matching smiles. PHOTOS COURTESY OF GEORGE DITTMAR Before Aug. 9, 2011, life was pretty normal for the Dittmar family. George and Diane were preparing to see their daughter Allysa off to her second…

  • Allentown officials hope third time will be charm for county grant

    Borough submits revised application for community development funds BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer A llentown residents may see improvements throughout the town next year, if all goes in favor of officials’ plans. The Borough Council voted unanimously at itsMay 22 meeting to endorse the plan for its “Historic Streetscape Improvement Project,” for which officials hope…

  • Millstone officials look for just due from state for tax relief

    Local resolution supports proposed state legislation BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The state needs to again use taxes collected from gas and electric utilities to provide municipal property tax relief, Millstone officials recently asserted. According to a resolution unanimously passed by the Township Committee at its latest meeting, the state is supposed to collect energy taxes…

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    Plein air artists Amelia Chin (l) and Adrian Dicker, both of West Windsor, work on paintings during the “Lasting Impressions, Art From Our Parks” event at Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold on June 3. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Reader peeved over veterans group ‘fiasco’

    GUEST COLUMN STEVE CACAMESE What country do we live in? This is still the United States ofAmerica, correct? I just wanted to be sure. In the May 24 edition of the Examiner, I was disgusted to read about the fiasco that the Upper Freehold Township Committee made of the appointments of three volunteers for the…

  • This is the thanks mom gets for helping

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH A lthough I never loved helping the kids with their homework, I used to make some pretty good grades. I was the queen of subtraction, a wiz at predicates and could put together fine bug collections long before the first frost made the last cricket croak. Back in the…

  • A social media skeptic finds true love on the Internet

    CODA GREG BEAN I saw my granddaughter’s beautiful face for the first time yesterday when I checked my Facebook page, and there was her picture looking back at me, posted by her mom, my daughter-in-law. I can’t wait to see this tiny young lady in person around the middle of July when she’s finally born.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Carley, Camarota and Hochman easily win Dem primary

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Carley, Camarota and Hochman easily win Dem primary

     Incumbent Councilmen Charles Carley, Joe Camarota and newcomer Jo Hochman took home an easy victory Tuesday, beating two Democratic challengers by a 2-1 margin. According to results from the Middlesex County Board of Elections Tuesday night, Mr. Camarota received the most votes with 1,310. Ms. Hochman came in a close second with 1,306 votes, followed…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SB Wave logs first undefeated season

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SB Wave logs first undefeated season

       The U-14 Girls South Brunswick Wave traveling soccer team won its flight of games for the third spring in a row.    The team clinched its first-ever-undefeated season with a 2-1 victory over the Cranford Strykers on May 20.    The Wave season illustrated a true team effort, with the team scoring 21 goals by five different…

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