• County freeholders make 2012 appointments

    A t its 2012 reorganization meeting, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders made a number of citizen member appointments to county boards and commissions, including: Advisory Council to the Monmouth County Office on Aging (three-year terms) – Rose Marie Kakol of Belford, Sarah Larsen of Hazlet, Milton Ziment of Elberon and Thomas W. Adcock of…

  • ‘Ground zero’ tourism, then and now

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN The morning the Towers fell, I was commuting from Brooklyn to my east midtown office building. At the time I was working as a staff travel writer – covering beats ranging from the cruise industry to New York – for a weekly trade magazine targeting travel agents. At 8:46 a.m., while…

  • Meet Alex’s Pal at Feb. 12 open house

    Alex’s Pal, the sire of recent Monmouth Beach Stakes winner CC’s Pal, will be presented for viewing at an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 12 at Birch Creek Farm, 201 Route 539, in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold. Councilman Joseph Irace of Oceanport, home of Monmouth Park Racetrack, will be…

  • Valentine program slated at Walnford

    The Monmouth County Park System will offer “Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue” from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 12 at Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold. Participants will view samples of 19thcentury valentines and also have an opportunity to create one of their own. To learn more, visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com or call 732-842-4000.

  • He’s got his mom on a technicality

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I t has always been an aspiration of mine to raise boys who are domesticated. Not in the way that one would train a cat or dog, mind you (although house training is always a plus), but I strive to be the kind of mother whose boys know their…

  • Governor must put politics aside, help needy

    GUEST COLUMN State Sen. Barbara Buono When leaders of political parties in NewYork State recently agreed to raise the tax rate on the wealthiest to help the middle class, a truly revolutionary conceptwas born — politicians putting the needs of the people ahead of their own personal ambitions. In New Jersey, unfortunately, Gov. Chris Christie…

  • Ceola Julia Wentzien

    Mrs. Wentzien, 83, of Upper Freehold, died Jan. 1, 2012, at Green Acres Manor, Toms River. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pa. She later attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Wentzien was employed at Fort Monmouth, security and intelligence branch, Evans Signal Laboratory as…

  • Monmouth Park: Taxpayers’ black hole

    The time has arrived for New Jersey to sell, lease or close Monmouth Park in Oceanport. How many more millions of taxpayers’dollars have to be pumped into the state’s political pit? During the 2011 Monmouth Park racing meet, the state of New Jersey lost in excess of $6.6 million taxpayers’dollars, and Monmouth’s 2011 racing meetwas…

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