• Elected officials must stop tax increases

    Irecently received my new real estate tax bill. It included a tax increase of $371.06 from the same period in the prior year and an increase of $3,250 in the past 10 years. This is unacceptable and must be curtailed. Our friends and neighbors are moving from our towns because of these taxes. The elected…

  • From another angle, things aren’t as bad as they looked

    CODA GREG BEAN I’ve recently agreed to do some volunteer work for Sylvia’s Children, a charitable organization that provides financial and other support for 1,000 impoverished youngsters (200 of them orphans who live on-site) at the Mbiriizi School in Uganda. Run by Sylvia Allen, who’s well known in this area as the founder and owner…

  • Former clerk-typist sentenced to 7 years in prison for thefts

    Housing department’s cash management plan tightened up, township manager says BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — The lawyer representing a former township employee who was recently sentenced to seven years in state prison said he plans to appeal the sentence. Travis J. Tormey said state Superior Court Judge Francis J. Vernoia’s stipulation that…

  • ‘Charter and Early Members’ show celebrates guild’s 50 years

    The Guild of Creative Art, 620 Broad St., Shrewsbury, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special exhibit honoring its founders and early members. Portrait of founder Yvonne Aubert by Roberta Carter Clark Many of the 49 exhibitors in the guild’s “Charter and Early Members” show have received regional and national awards; some have earned…

  • Fire in commercial trailer results in large response in Englishtown

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Fire officials survey the damage to a pressure cleaning company’s trailer that was destroyed after catching fire at the intersection of Main and Water streets in Englishtown on July 20. The Englishtown Fire Department and a hazardous materials team responded to the fire. JEFF GRANIT staff ENGLISHTOWN — No injuries were…

  • Fees for sports and clubs remain an issue in Howell

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Sometime this week, Howell K-8 School District administrators will have a better idea of just how much middle school sports programs and clubs will cost participants during the 2010-11 school year. Participation in sports and clubs is no longer included in the district’s budget and students who…

  • Team Seth raising funds to help cancer patients

    Marlboro resident has a personal stake in Light the Night Walk BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent MARLBORO — While he was in the middle of training for his second Ironman triathlon this year, Seth Grumet, 39, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Grumet, a married father of three children who is a resident of Marlboro, received his…

  • Antique car show planned at Allaire

    The Historic Village at Allaire will present its 15th annual Antique Rolling Iron Auto Show on Aug. 22 (rain date Aug. 29). Antique vehicles from throughout the tri-state area are expected to take part in the event. This show is open to all vehicles manufactured in 1985 and earlier. Trophies will be awarded to vehicles…

  • County receives perfect audit

    Monmouth County’s finance and purchasing departments won high praises from an outside auditing firm hired to review the county’s financial records and purchasing procedures for 2009 and found them to be in perfect order, according to a press release from the county. This annual financial review marks the first time since 2002 that the county…

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