• Air quality is getting better, but still unsafe

    As a pulmonologist practicing in Delaware for three decades, I have seen patients suffering from a variety of lung diseases. I’ve seen my patients struggle to breathe and struggle to understand why they could not breathe. I’ve met them in the hospital and in the emergency room, as their struggles to breathe became near impossibility.…

  • Loitering is not a crime in N.J.

    I just learned that Allentown has enacted a loitering ordinance (03-2012) at their May 8 meeting. The citizens of Allentown should be made aware that such an ordinance is illegal in the state of New Jersey. When the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice was enacted in 1979, it specifically excluded loitering. Loitering laws were…

  • Support Lions Club’s efforts to host parade

    Like many area residents, I received a letter from one of the two remaining active organizations in our area. I saw it as a plea for help from an organization that has barely survived, but continues to serve the entire area . Readers, please look back over the years. Many of our clubs and organizations…

  • Special Kays dancers earn top awards in competition

    The Special Kays, a nationally recognized competitive dance team of the New Jersey Center of Dance and Performing Arts, received numerous high-level awards at its last three local competitions of the season. At Dancers Inc., held March 23-25 in Jackson, Special Kays received the top 10 highest scores of the weekend for three dances: Shake,…

  • Jersey Fresh

    Canadian Nicole Parkin competes aboard Lexus on May 12 during the Jersey Fresh event at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • UFRSD seeks to expand Choice offerings

    District applies with state for four new student programs BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) is looking to expand freedom of Choice for students. The Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution May 2 to allow for Steve Cochrane, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, to move forward with…

  • Lions roar with pride over parade grand marshal

    Grand Marshal Janice Schmitt called ‘the embodiment of volunteerism’ Janice Schmitt “The poppy, the torn battlefield left behind/ Keep those memories fresh in our mind/ Remember freedom comes from those who serve/ They are to be honored without reserve.” So rings the last stanza of Janice Schmitt’s memorial poem “The Flower of the Field,” which…

  • Nanny states say being healthy is no cakewalk

    CODA GREG BEAN It’s funny what memories of childhood stick with you as clearly as if they happened yesterday. I remember a night when I was in second grade, when the school I was attending had its annual fundraising carnival, and part of the festivities featured a cake walk— a long table full of the…

  • FFA slates annual auction, dinner

    The Allentown FFA (Future Farmers of America) will host its annual spaghetti dinner and auction 6 p.m. May 19 at the Hope Fire Company, Allentown. The auction includes both silent and tricky tray auctions. All proceeds benefit Allentown FFA activities, including travel, leadership and career development activities. Ticket cost is $10 For more information, contact…

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