• Author to speak on Battle of Monmouth

    A s part of its “Historically Speaking” lecture series, the Monmouth County Historical Association will welcome Joseph G. Bilby to speak on June 26 at 2 p.m. The lecture will be held at the association’s headquarters, 70 Court St., Freehold. Bilby will speak about his recent publication, “Monmouth Court House: The Battle that Made the…

  • June: Make your mark

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Don’t wear perfume in the garden — unless you want to be pollinated by bees.” Anne Rover With the rising temps, our resident chipmunks — rats with racing stripes, as I call them — make their daily appearance. I watched one of them methodically filling his cheeks to the bursting point…

  • Car overturns on Stagecoach Rd.

    Millstone Township firefighters secure the site along Stagecoach Road where a vehicle overturned on June 14. MILLSTONE — One of the vehicles in a two-car accident along Stagecoach Road on June 14 rolled over and left the roadway. Both drivers got themselves out of their cars before emergency personnel arrived at the scene, but the…

  • Baby boomers becoming more coveted demographic

    GIRL TALK CLARE MARIE CELANO If I have the opportunity to come back as a woman in my 60s, I’m coming back as Helen Mirren, in her role as Victoria in the film “Red.” Mirren plays a retired CIA agent who gardens and bakes, but has not quelled the urge to shoot someone. Mirren is…

  • Retired teacher, union leader reflects on changes in education

    Cites Gov. Chris Christie as main reason for her decision to leave teaching BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Millstone Township Middle School language arts teacher Arlene Agulnick helps a group of eighth-graders with an assignment. Agulnick will retire at the end of the month. MILLSTONE — When middle school language arts teacher Arlene Agulnick’s retirement was…

  • Program can help fund college costs

    For 20 years the NJCLASS supplemental loan program, administered through the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA), has been helping students afford the cost of college. Highly rated by Moody’s and Fitch rating agencies, HESAA offered $326.5 million in tax exempt bonds recently to support the NJCLASS loan program. “On the 20th anniversary…

  • IRS offers income tax advice to students with summer jobs

    Some high school and college students with summer jobs may not realize that they have to pay taxes on their income. The IRS is offering tips for students about income earned while working a summer job. All employees fill out a W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, when starting a new job. Employers use this form…

  • 2011 Monmouth County directory available

    The 2011 Monmouth County Directory is available from the county’s website at www.visitmonmouth.com in the Information Center section. The directory contains information about local, county, state and federal elected officials who represent New Jersey and Monmouth County. Biographical information about the elected Board of Freeholders and the sheriff, prosecutor, surrogate and county clerk is also…

  • Photos documenting history of N.J. farming available online

    The state has unveiled an online data and image bank for thousands of photographs that document the history of farming in New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDOA) collected more than 7,000 photos that date from the late 19th century through the 1970s. Of these, more than 2,000 photos have been scanned into…

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