• Christie: Reforms painful for some, but necessary

    Tells town hall meeting current public employee benefits no longer affordable BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie discusses his reform agenda during a town hall meeting held at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2179 in Middletown on Jan. 26. Video and more photos of the governor at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff Gov. Chris…

  • Assemblywoman pairs seniors and shovelers

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Most people are familiar with the idea of creating snow angels on a bed of fresh snow. After the plentiful snow dumped on western Monmouth County by Mother Nature this winter, state Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Monmouth and Mercer) has come up with a plan to put some…

  • Healthy minds and bodies

    Angelica Nieves, 14, (above) performs a yoga exercise during Teen Yoga Night held at the Marlboro Library on Jan. 25. The Monmouth County Library System has been hosting teen events designed for beginners in order to introduce youths to the basics of yoga. Below: Instructor Katie Strakosch teaches the teens about yoga. PHOTOS BY ERIC…

  • Holt brings Bean bill back amid rise in vets’ suicide rate

    Army report says 145 Guard, Reserve members took their own lives in 2010 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Sgt. Coleman Bean Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) is renewing efforts to pass a bill that is intended to strengthen treatment resources for returning soldiers. His reintroduction of the measure, which was suddenly removed from the federal Defense…

  • Surprise! Schools told to brace for a possible cut in state aid

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN File this one in the “not very good news” department. The New Jersey School Boards Association reported last week that while Gov. Chris Christie’s budget message is still several weeks away, “New Jersey school districts are bracing for the possibility of further cuts in state aid to districts.” Oh, that’s…

  • Optimists to honor businessmen

    The Sunrise Optimist Club of Freehold, a community service organization dedicated to bringing out the best in children, will be honoring two life members, Joe Salkin and Carmen Rivello, for the decades of inspiration and effort they dedicated to the Sunrise Optimist Club and Optimist International. The honors dinner will be held at Our House…

  • Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend?

    CODA GREG BEAN “When it hurts to look back, and you’re scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.” Anonymous T here’s nothing like surgery to make you humble and disabuse you of the notion that there is any aspect of your life that is private or…

  • Nominations sought for Russ Berrie Award

    The Russell Berrie Foundation, Mahwah, announced that nominations for the 2011 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference will be accepted through March 11, with awards presented in May at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah. The awards were created in 1997 by the late Russell Berrie to recognize unsung heroes in New Jersey…

  • Writer wants council to retain control of fire department

    I believe a fire district for Freehold Borough would be a bad idea. When this idea was first reported I wondered if the Borough Council was eager to be rid of the responsibility for funding the department. I see that they are not. So why do it? Why operate as though the council is doing…

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