• Area roads to be resurfaced

    Portions of nine Ocean County roads in seven municipalities will be getting a facelift in the upcoming months, providing safety and drainage upgrades and improved pedestrian access for individuals with physical disabilities, according to a press release from the county. The Ocean County Board of Freeholders was expected to award a contract to the Earle…

  • Fair features antiques & collectibles Sept. 3

    The Ocean County Historical Society’s 25th annual Olde Time Antiques and Collectibles Faire will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Ocean County parking garage between Hooper and Madison avenues in downtown Toms River. The event will include food, antiques vendors and works by local artists. Appraisals of antiques will…

  • Donations sought for library book sale

    The Friends of the Plumsted Library is collecting used books for a book sale to be held in November. Fiction, nonfiction, large print, children’s, CDs, DVDs, audio books, and jigsaw puzzles will be accepted. Videotapes, Readers Digest condensed books, magazines and encyclopedias will not be accepted. Books may be dropped off behind the Plumsted Library,…

  • Parents, children prepare to become school walkers

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — As the start of the 2011- 12 school year drew closer, the parents of children who attend the Holman School expressed their concern to the Jackson School District Board of Education about the panel’s recent decision to eliminate courtesy busing for their youngsters. In July the board voted…

  • Day of Remembrance will be held in Toms River

    Ocean County will hold its annual Day of Remembrance ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at the Ocean County Sept. 11 monument in the courtyard between 119 and 129 Hooper Ave., Toms River. “The ceremony provides an opportunity for Ocean County government workers to come together as a family and to remember the lives lost…

  • Eagle Scout project benefits Providence House children

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer For his Eagle Scout project, Eddie Delesky, 15, completed improvements to a playground at Providence House, a facility where victims of domestic abuse, including children, reside. The sound of children playing at a domestic abuse safehouse in Whiting grew a little louder earlier this month when a Jackson Memorial High…

  • Irene drops hammer on New Jersey

    Howell, Jackson, Plumsted still dealing with storm BYANDREWMARTINS & CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writers The location on Aldrich Road where Howell and Jackson meet was a no man’s land late on the afternoon of Aug. 28 as the aftermath of Hurricane Irene left residents who attempted to drive on the street stranded in flood waters. PEGGY…

  • South Amboy YMCA forming youth swim program

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The South Amboy Branch YMCA is starting a competitive swim program this fall, according to Aquatics Director Ruben Merino. The team will be known as the South Amboy Cyclones and will be open to youth swimmers up until the age of 18. Merino said practices will begin on Sept. 12. Merino noted…

  • Johnson wins The Barclays, carding final-round 65

    While nothing was going to tame Hurricane Irene, Dustin Johnson managed to tame the Plainfield Country Club in Edison. Johnson fired a final-round 65 to win the rain-shorted Barclays, the first event in the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup, on Saturday. Coupled with his opening rounds of 63- 66, Johnsonwas 19 under par for…

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