• People should know the truth in a free society

    The domestic media coverage surrounding the recent release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables by whistleblower news organization WikiLeaks has simply echoed the sentiments of disgruntled government officials who are clearly embarrassed at the fact their habitual disregard for the law and complete lack of transparency has been so acutely documented. The editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, Julian…

  • A girl’s journey from the orphanage to Easy Street

    Above: Annie, portrayed by Sydney Robles, receives a cake from chef Grace, portrayed by Cay Moore, as soon as she gets to the Warbucks estate in the New Jersey Theater Group’s production of “Annie” in the Millstone Township Performing Arts Center on Dec. 11. Left: Robles stars alongside Eric Walby who portrays Daddy Warbucks in…

  • USDA offering $25M in grant funding to farmers

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks applications for grants to help farmers improve rural environmental quality and energy efficiency. The USDA is seeking proposals for grants to improve water quality, air quality and promote energy conservation. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is making available $25 million through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program…

  • Put On A Show tabbed NJSS Horse of the Year

    Put On A Show, who won the $200,000 NJSS Championship Final and $175,000 Thomas N. D’Altrui Miss New Jersey Pace at The Meadowlands, has been selected as the overall New Jersey Sire Stakes Horse of the Year for 2010. The award, which is voted annually by the Sire Stakes board of trustees, is based only…

  • Pope names new bishop for Diocese of Trenton

    Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop John M. Smith as head of the Diocese of Trenton, it was announced on Dec. 1 in the Vatican. Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., who was named coadjutor bishop six months earlier by Pope Benedict, now succeeds to the diocesan see as the 10th Bishop of…

  • Feds seize domain names in counterfeit goods bust

    Seizure orders were executed against 82 domain names of commercial Internet websites engaged in the alleged illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works as part of Operation in Our Sites v. 2.0, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Director John Morton of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

  • Millstone softball player to join Hawks

    MILLSTONE — Eve Clausen has signed a letter of intent to play softball for the University of Hartford. The Peddie School student and five other players will join the Hawks’ roster for the 2012 season as first-year softball coach Diana Consolmagno’s first-ever recruiting class, according to a press release from University of HartfordAthletics. “We are…

  • Christmas show to raise funds for food pantry and veterans

    The Company of Music, Theatre and Dance and its performance workshop youth ensemble will bring a taste of Broadway to the Jersey Shore with its “Christmas and New Year’s Spectacular,” created and directed by Alison Gertner Mann, to be performed Dec. 18-19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Millstone Performing Arts Center, Dawson Court, Millstone Township,…

  • Gov. vetoes establishment of full racing schedule for two tracks

    Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed the New Jersey Racing Commission’s establishment of a full standardbred and thoroughbred racing schedule for Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands, as the administration continues its review of recommendations to end annual taxpayer subsidies for the horse racing industry in an attempt to make the industry self-sustaining. According to a press…

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