• New app will enhance visitors’ use of parks

    The state Department of Environmental Protection has launched a new mobile phone application to help visitors plan for and make the most out of their trips to New Jersey’s state parks, forests and historic sites. The free Pocket Ranger application provides information about activities, amenities and services directly to users’ smartphones and is part of…

  • Attendees have a howling good time at Super Pet Expo

    Vendors provide products, services, treats for pets of all shapes and sizes BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Cara Mitchell of the Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League plays with Paisley on Feb. 10 during the Super Pet Expo, held at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison. ERIC SUCAR staff There was an orange…

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    • Weekly senior games, hosted by Plumsted Senior Outreach Services, will be held 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Plumsted municipal building, Evergreen Road. Board games, card games and Scrabble are available free of charge. There is a nominal fee for bingo. All seniors are welcome. Details: 609-758-2241, ext. 111. • Kimball Closet, a…

  • Sexual predator gets 30-year term

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — John “Wes” Ackley, 44, of Jackson, was sentenced on Feb. 3 to 30 years in state prison for the sexual assault of four children. Ackley is a former paid firefighter in Jackson. “I think this is a good result for the community as well as for the victims,”…

  • FRHSD moves school election to November

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A long with many other New Jersey school boards, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has voted to move its annual election for board members from April to November. Board members voted unanimously on Feb. 6 to make the move. The decision is effective this year. Board…

  • Blue Moon Kruizers get ready to roll in 2012

    HOWELL — The members of the Blue Moon Kruizers Classic Car Club of Howell are eagerly looking forward to another year of vintage automobile cruises and helping needy individuals in the community. John Lebrio, president of the Blue Moon Kruizers, said the 7-year-old club hopes to continue to support the Howell Food Pantry. “There have…

  • Relay for Life will honor cancer survivors, those lost

    Jackson resident Dylan Ottman, 9, will join other guests at Feb. 28 kickoff event in Colts Neck BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Dylan Ottman, 9, of Jackson, is a cancer survivor and will be attending a Relay for Life kickoff event Feb. 28 in Colts Neck. Relay for Life will be held June 9-10…

  • Bear Swamp preservation area part of master plan

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The Howell Planning Board has voted unanimously to adopt a master plan for the preservation of the Bear Swamp Natural Area. The board approved incorporating the Bear Swamp master plan into the land use component of Howell’s master plan at its Feb. 16 meeting. Planning Board attorney Ronald Cucchiaro encouraged…

  • Crockam convicted of killing officer

    Christopher Matlosz had stopped his vehicle to speak with pedestrian BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Thirteen months after Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz was gunned down in cold blood while sitting in his police cruiser on Jan. 14, 2011, Jahmell Crockam, 20, of Lakewood, was convicted of murder in the slaying that shocked Ocean County…

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