• Residents invited to join Bartley team

    JACKSON — On Sept. 24, Bartley Healthcare will be participating in the 2011 Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s and is currently inviting members of the community to help support the cause by walking with the Bartley team. This will be Bartley’s 13th year of corporate sponsorship. According to Bartley Healthcare Vice President of Community…

  • Bus firm adds local stops

    JACKSON — Commuters to New York City received an upgrade in service from Academy Bus on Sept. 6 when the bus company expanded the number of stops its buses make along Route 526. Prior to arriving at the Jackson Park and Ride facility, the bus that is heading to the PortAuthority in Manhattan will now…

  • FRHSD seeks new ways to pay for capital work

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer I nitiatives that could help to reduce energy costs and foot the bill for capital improvements in the Freehold Regional High School District are being investigated by district administrators. FRHSD Board of Education member Michael Messinger said the finance committee, which he chairs, has examined the possibility of solar energy and…

  • datebook 

     Vendor spaces are available for a fall craft and vendor fair to benefit the Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1, Station 55. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Larsen Road Firehouse, 113 North New Prospect Road, Jackson. A variety of handmade crafts and new…

  • Laws intended to help to New Jersey veterans

    Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation that creates and enhances assistance tools that provide financial support and peer counseling services through the New Jersey National Guard State Family Readiness Council Fund and the Veteran to Veteran Peer Support Program telephone helpline. “Every day, the brave men and women of the New Jersey National Guard put…

  • CODA

    Maybe there are reasons they need to keep secrets GREG BEAN You’ve got to wonder why Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson and the municipal attorney are so determined to keep the results of a review of the police department that was paid for with public funds such a secret. In October 2010, in anticipation of…

  • New Egypt’s emergency response personnel were outstanding

    On behalf of my family, I would like to thank the New Egypt FirstAid Squad, Officer Frank Murphy and the Plumsted Police Department, and especially the New Egypt Fire Company, Chief Bill Allen and Deputy Chief Steve Morgan for their rapid response and skilled help when Hurricane Irene knocked down our chimney, leaving it hanging…

  • Resident suggests hospital for veterans

    I read with great interest your recent article about the financial benefits and employment benefits of our recently combined military base (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst) to the surrounding counties. Since Jackson was reported to have the most veterans in the state, why shouldn’t the government consider building a comprehensive VeteransAdministration Hospital in Jackson? The revenue lost…

  • Leave faith-based theories at home

    I n my view, there are few things more important to the future of this country than the education of our children and our system of public education. This nation runs on knowledge, on science, on innovation, and competition. We cannot be top country if we let science and education be subverted and taken over…

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