• Millstone resident still wonders if BOE did its due diligence with regard to shared services

    Last kicks of a drowning cause. Quoting former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, “There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we don’t…

  • Task force will examine education regulations

    Gov. Chris Christie has signed Executive Order 58 creating the Education Transformation Task Force to conduct a top to bottom review of New Jersey’s education regulations. According to a press release posted on Christie’s Internet website, the goal of the task force will be to rethink the way the state delivers public education for nearly…

  • Museum exhibit to explore lives of Monmouth’s Civil War veterans

    State supports project with $120,000 in grants The state has recognized the Monmouth County Historical Association’s continuing contributions to New Jersey history by awarding grants for a project that highlights the lives of county men who fought in the Civil War. The New Jersey Historical Commission awarded the association a general operating grant in the…

  • 4-H teens’ seedling sale starts

    I ndividuals who are thinking about planting trees in their landscape this spring will want to know that the Monmouth County 4-H Teen Council may have just the right species at the right price. Colorado Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, Douglas Fir and White Pines are the four varieties of evergreen seedlings available in bundles of…

  • County businesses offered money for re-employing workers

    Local businesses wishing to expand their workforce have a new financial incentive. The Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) will reimburse up to 90 percent of wages to employers who re-employ and train a previously dislocated worker. The on-the-job training program, called Monmouth Works, is paid for through a state grant and is intended to…

  • Firefighters put out basement blaze in Millstone Twp.

    MILLSTONE — Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish a fire in a Winding Creek Drive home on Saturday morning. The Millstone Township Fire Department dispatched to 4 Winding Creek Drive at 10:18 a.m. onApril 9 for a reported structure fire. Smoke detectors alerted the homeowner to the fire, and the homeowner was able to safely evacuate…

  • The clock watchers were in for a huge letdown

    CODA GREG BEAN My favorite part of the government shutdown thatwasn’t, was the clocks. Nearly every network and news organization had them, counting down the hours and seconds until midnight onApril 9, when the government would run out of money unless a budget agreement was reached between Congress and the White House, and “nonessential” government…

  • Winery to host ‘Taste of Italy’ celebration

    To celebrate its 23rd anniversary, the Cream Ridge Winery, Route 539 in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, will host “A Taste of Italy” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 16-17. Festivities will include wine tasting, Italian products from the gourmet shop and Italian music by Vince Calvanese. Wine by the glass will…

  • Car wash on April 16 for charitable works

    The Allentown Knights of Columbus will host a car wash from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 16. Cars will be washed at 165 Route 526, the site of Allentown Inc. The cost is $5 per car, and the proceeds will fund continuing charitable works.

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