• Riding club maintains highest standards for special-needs riders

    New programs offered for preschoolers and veterans BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The Handicapped High Riders Club at Riding High Farm in Allentown has once again achieved premier accreditation from the global authority on equine-assisted activities and therapies. Founded in 1969 to promote safe and effective therapeutic horseback riding throughout the United States…

  • Practitioners trained in needs of returning N.J. veterans

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The School of Social Work at Monmouth University is expanding efforts to improve the mental health treatment of New Jersey’s returning veterans through its Coming Home Project. “How can we prepare social workers to meet the unique needs of returning war veterans and their families?” was…

  • Food pantry seeks donations

    JACKSON — The Jackson Women of Today, which operates the Jackson food pantry, is continuing to seek donations to keep the pantry’s shelves stocked during the summer months. The food pantry will be open on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month from 9 to 11 a.m. to make it easier for community members…

  • Oceanaires enjoy bringing songs to the community

    BY MICHAEL MORAN BY MICHAEL Correspondent Who, you may be asking yourself, are the Oceanaires? Answer: the Oceanaires is a wonderful group of guys singing in harmony and fellowship to enrich not only their lives but the lives of the people they entertain with their barbershop a capella singing throughout Ocean County. Contrary to what…

  • No charges filed yet in fatal Howell crash

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Police are still investigating the cause of a July 30 motor vehicle accident that led to the death of a Howell High School football player and injured his two friends and former teammates. “Within two weeks we will have a little more grasp on things,” said Howell…

  • Left-turn lanes to be added at Plumsted intersection

    PLUMSTED — The intersection of Route 537 and Route 539 in Plumsted will be improved and a nearby bridge will be replaced under an estimated $2.9 million project to begin later this year. The intersection improvements include the addition of left-turn lanes in all four directions, according to a press release from Ocean County. “We…

  • Public’s help sought in identifying man who robbed Howell bank

    Law enforcement authorities are asking the public to help identify a man who robbed the TD Bank at 4280 Route 9 south, Howell, on the morning of Aug. 6. HOWELL — The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the individual who committed a bank robbery in Howell on…

  • Motorcycle ride to raise funds for squad’s new ambulance

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent HOWELL — The Howell Township First Aid and Rescue Squad No. 1 will host its first Bike Run fundraiser on Aug. 14. Motorcycle riders and their passengers should arrive at the squad’s headquarters at 16 Kent Road to register between 8 and 10 a.m. The 52-mile motorcycle ride will begin at…

  • Questions still unanswered in June state trooper death

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — More than two months after New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano was struck down by a motor vehicle on Interstate 195 during a police search, authorities are still not ready to release the details of the accident that took his life.Police have charged Robert Swan,…

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