• Policy on housing developmentally disabled people is shortsighted

    GUEST COLUMN DR. 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…

  • Resident asks for assistance with removal of branches

    Can someone please tell me why for the last two or three years a church in Freehold Borough refuses to take the responsibility of caring for the ground that their church sits on? They planted three maple trees in their backyard many years ago and they refuse to clean up all the branches and the…

  • You’re not getting fat, you’re just a survivor

    CODA GREG BEAN I got on the scale last week after avoiding the thing since summer and thought I had forgotten to change the batteries because itwas givingme such a crazy reading. Instead of the svelte guy I see in my mind’s eye every morning, it was informing me I’d somehow transformed into Jabba the…

  • Freeholders to reorganize on Jan. 5

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will hold a Sine Die meeting at 11 a.m. Jan. 5 in the second floor meeting room of the Monmouth County Hall of Records, Main Street, Freehold Borough. This meeting is held to conclude financial and other business matters for 2011. The Latin term Sine Die means the final…

  • Green team scores some green for project in Marlboro village

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The township has received a $25,000 grant for the Green Team’s proposal to develop an aesthetically pleasing, pedestrian friendly area in a commercial zone near the village section of Marlboro. Municipal officials praised the Green Team’s accomplishment during the Dec. 8 Township Council meeting as an oversized check…

  • Former property manager facing seven-year jail term

    Theresa Tierney, 60, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, pleaded guilty on Dec. 15 to embezzling more than $400,000 from the Strickland Farms Homeowners Association, Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. announced. The plea was entered before Superior Court Judge Richard W. English, sitting in Freehold. English is scheduled to sentence Tierney on…

  • Chinese New Year: dragons & dim sum

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN Beyond the skyscrapers, major tourist attractions, theater district and parks, the most colorful and seductive aspect of NewYork City is its cultural diversity. The best ways to experience the city’s mosaic of heritages is by dining at the multitude of international restaurants serving up cuisine from every corner of the globe,…

  • Santa’s helpers

    Pupils at the Barkalow Middle School, Freehold Township, help to load toys that were collected by the school community in support of the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots campaign. Representatives of the Marine Corps Reserve picked up the toys on Dec. 15 and made sure they were delivered to children in time for Christmas.…

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