• DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

    Time for fall family fun! Starting with this issue, Lizz Dinnigan will be writing a new column every other week for Greater Media Newspapers called “Dinnigan’s Diversions,” based on her Facebook travel blog of the same name. Who I am In my former life (pre-kids), I was a staff writer and copy editor for a…

  • Newspaper’s recent editorial cartoon was unfair to nurses

    The Sept. 22 editorial cartoon is shamefully misleading to New Jersey residents and painfully unfair to nurses who take care of our elderly and disabled in long-term care facilities. It asserts that the state of N.J. is 22nd in long-term nursing care, which implies that nurses are solely responsible for the grade on this survey.…

  • CODA

    Not everyone’s poor in ‘poorer’ school districts GREG BEAN I f you want one more bit of proof that the Abbott district funding scheme is a colossally expensive failure, just look at what happened when Joseph Ferraina, the longtime superintendent of the Long Branch schools, retired recently with a $154,741 per-year pension. Ferraina ran the…

  • Supt. says lockdown plan worked well

    Plumsted school officials are continuing review of response to Oct. 5 incident BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The decision to place the Plumsted School District’s four schools into lockdown mode during an Oct. 5 incident in neighboring Upper Freehold Township was lauded by the superintendent of schools. The schools were placed in lockdown…

  • Two candidates seek one seat in Plumsted

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Two candidates, one a Republican and the other an independent, are running for one available three-year term on the Plumsted Township Committee in the Nov. 8 election. Ron Dancer is not seeking re-election in Plumsted and will end his 21-year tenure on the governing body in December. Dancer…

  • EBC Radio completes acquisition of Greater Media’s WWTR-AM

    EBC Radio has completed its acquisition of Greater Media’s 1170 WWTR-AM in Bridgewater, N.J. The Greater Media property is in the Middlesex-Somerset-Union New Jersey market, which is ranked 40th by Arbitron. EBC has been operating WWTR-AM for several years under a time brokerage agreement with Greater Media and features a South Asian format for the…

  • New rides to make debut at Great Adventure in 2012

    JACKSON — Thrill-seekers and adrenaline junkies looking for a new rush will get the addition of two new attractions at Six Flags Great Adventure next year, park officials announced. Being touted as “the newest sensation in tower rides,” the SkyScreamer is a 15-story swing ride that can reach speeds up to nearly 40 mph. Not…

  • McCurdy directed police through time of growth

    Former Jackson police chief died on Oct. 8 at age 84 BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Walter S. McCurdy, who served as the police chief in Jackson from 1962 to 1986, oversaw the growth of a police department that was trying to keep pace with the transformation of the municipality from a rural farming area…

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