• State’s policy shortsighted

    GUEST COLUMN SALVATORE PIZZURO The plight of New Jerseyans with developmental disabilities has received considerable media attention in recent weeks. Perhaps the most immediate burning issue regarding this population is the housing problem. In many cases, the parents of adults with developmental disabilities are elderly and unable to continue to care for their offspring with…

  • Local fire districts receive funding for new equipment

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI and MIKE DAVIS Staff Writers The redesign of the intersection of Routes 35 and 36 will attempt to ease traffic congestion at the intersection in Eatontown. Local fire departments were awarded more than $600,000 as part of a federal grant program to upgrade and replace life-saving equipment. The Middletown Township Fire Department…

  • DOT: Route 35/36 project on schedule

    EATONTOWN — The $12.4 million construction project at the intersection of Routes 35 and 36 is moving according to schedule and is expected to reach completion by the end of 2012, according to a spokesperson from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT). According to Tim Greeley, a spokesman for the DOT, while the overall…

  • Brain Bee open to all high school students

    New Jersey high school students have an opportunity to prove their brainpower by competing in the 2012 Central New Jersey Regional Brain Bee. The contest, which is open to all New Jersey high school students in grades nine through 12, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Feb. 4 at UMDNJ-RobertWood Johnson Medical…

  • Collier offers path to positive changes

    Open house event reveals high school in Marlboro that serves diverse group of teens BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Collier High School in the bucolic Wickatunk section of Marlboro offers an alternative educational experience to students who are not succeeding to the best of their abilities in a traditional high school setting. Collier High School enrolls…

  • Long Branch joins watershed partnership

    Whale Pond Brook Watershed group plans cleanup, greenway BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer A volunteer clears overgrowth near the stone hut during an environmental cleanup in September on Ross Island at Lake Takanassee in Elberon. ERIC SUCAR staff Long Branch entered into a partnership with the Whale Pond Brook Watershed Association last week to clean up…

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    Monmouth Regional High School’s Keone Osby (bottom) and West Orange’s Chris Morgan look to the referee after a false start in their 160-pound match at the Walter Woods Wrestling Tournament held at Middletown South High School on Dec. 28. Morgan won the match, 3-1, in overtime to advance. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • How to get your sports news in the paper

    If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Give complete information, such as dates, full…

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