• The Arc, Brookdale launch ‘Keep Achieving’

    The Arc of Monmouth has collaborated with Brookdale Community College to address the needs of transitioning young adults ages 21-26 with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have graduated from high school and would like to continue their education. The project, “Keep Achieving (Kach) at Brookdale,” is partially funded by a grant from The Arc of…

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    The 12th annual golf outing sponsored by the Ocean County Foundation for Vocational Technical Education will be held Oct. 7 at the Pine Ridge Golf Course on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Check-in, registration and lunch is from 10:30 a.m. to noon, with a shotgun start and scramble format immediately following. The entry fee is $85, which…

  • Brown trying to regain form lost in accident

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Rob Brown expected to get a haircut and to take the same route as he always does before heading off to a college career at Albright College in Reading, Pa., for this fall. His plans included driving past an intersection where he was involved in a horrific auto accident that sidelined…

  • Lions, Jags pointing to 2010 soccer opener

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Opening day carries a special meaning for all sports teams, and it will have added significance for soccer fans in Jackson when the Jackson Memorial High School boys team plays host to Jackson Liberty High School on Sept. 11. It is the second time in three years that the teams will…

  • Bronze medal at world meet caps Andrews’ great year

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It only took 150 meters for Robby Andrews to know this was not the NCAA Championships or any other meet in which he has raced before. Robby Andrews (l) capped an outstanding freshman year at the University of Virginia by winning a bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the…

  • Jackson resident disappointed that he could not get left-turn arrow

    It is with much sadness and profound regret that I write this letter with regard to the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (DOT) refusal to install a green left-turn arrow light at the intersection of County Line Road and Route 9 in Lakewood. For more than three years I have lobbied so very hard to…

  • Tenure is no boon to N.J. educational system

    The newest addition to Gov. Chris Christie’s busy political agenda happily calls for limiting the already outrageous salary compensations for school superintendents. They illustrate an arrogance within educational bureaucracies in New Jersey as are the political and union influences for supporting tenure for school teachers. Dramatic changes by Gov. Christie’s educational agendas and budget demands…

  • Youngster did a good deed with donation

    The Jackson Women of Today’s food pantry serves a diverse group of individuals and families. Factors such as layoffs, low pay, disability, illness, injuries, domestic violence and divorce are just some of the reasons why some people are forced to decide between paying their bills or buying food. While we all can fall on hard…

  • Readers say they feel the pain of no-service ‘service’

    CODA GREG BEAN Sometimes, one of these columns really resonates with readers, and that was the case with my rant a couple of weeks ago about Sears and their dismal service department. I won’t revisit the specifics except to say that when they failed to show up for a scheduled repair visit, for which I…

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