• The trouble with trillions, and it’s not science fiction

    CODA GREG BEAN If you’ve been listening to the news lately, you know there’s a huge debate in Washington over raising the national debt limit. Currently, our national debt stands at about $14.3 trillion, give or take a few billion, and President Obama’s administration and the Democrats in Congress want to raise the debt limit…

  • Racinos vs. A.C. gaming? Let Legislature decide

    GUEST COLUMN JOSEPH IRACE The state of New Jersey’s latest Atlantic City rescue plan, for all intents and purposes, ensures a slow and painful death by a thousand cuts to New Jersey’s horse racing industry, all because our elected officials in Trenton are both blinded and mesmerized by the bright lights of Atlantic City. The…

  • Serious attention must be paid to pollution at New Jersey shore

    Summer beach season has officially kicked off and like many New Jersey residents, I will spend my weekends at the shore anywhere from Sandy Hook to Island Heights. Unfortunately, reckless development of Barnegat Bay and the shore is threatening the waters where we swim and fish due to chemical pollution from overstressed storm basins, making…

  • Thanks to postal employees and those who contributed food

    On behalf of the volunteers and clients of Freehold Area Open Door Food Pantry, I would like to thank the letter carriers of the Freehold post office and those who contributed to their food drive on May 14. The residents of our community were extremely generous, and the postal workers were kept very busy picking…

  • Don’t weaken a law that protects children

    On Sept. 20, 2007, my wife and I awoke to the sounds of our baby daughter screaming. When I ran in to her room, I found that her crib front railing had dislodged from the side rail, catching her hand in between. She was only a little bruised, but it could have been much worse.…

  • First step taken on plan to buy new ladder truck

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A new piece of firefighting equipment is in the pipeline for the Freehold Fire Department. Freehold Borough officials have taken the first step toward the purchase of a new ladder truck as part of a six-year capital improvement plan for the fire department. A bond ordinance appropriating…

  • Filipino-Americans exhibit works of art

    The Filipino-Americans of Monmouth County Inc. is holding an art exhibit by Filipino artists at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, now through June 29.

  • Fundraiser supports programs at Collier

    More than 200 guests gathered at the Spring Lake Golf Club to experience The Magic of Collier – Collier Youth Services’ 25th annual A Chance to Grow Gala. Although the evening featured the comedy, magic and illusions of international performer Joe Holiday, the real magic of Collier came to light when Eric Garcia, a formerMarine,…

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