• Allentown alley-oop

    Allentown High School’s Dennis Brophy (r) goes in for a lay-up against a West Windsor- Plainsboro North defender during Saturday Summer Prime Time Shootout Basketball Tournament hosted by Allentown. The tournament, featuring some of the best teams in the state, ran Friday and Saturday. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • on campus •••

    Christopher D. Skeehan, son of Rae and Christopher Skeehan of the Clarksburg section of Millstone, has earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y. James Richard Fisher Jr. of the Clarksburg section of Millstone has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology and sociology from Lafayette College, Easton,…

  • UFRSD plans to improve walk to two schools

    Officials to meet with county to discuss improvements to walk to new middle school BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — With courtesy busing a thing of the past, some students in the Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) will have to find another way to get there. Although the district is offering what was…

  • Family field day to wrap up ’60s toy exhibit

    On behalf of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation’s staff, board and volunteers, I would like to sincerely thank Greater Media Newspapers and writers Patricia Yoczis and Adele Young for supporting us by publishing the article “Playthings of the Past at N.J. Vietnam Era Museum.” We have seen a significant increase in visitation since…

  • Bus drivers didn’t get anything in return for union fees

    I’ve been keeping myself a little busy trying to help our school bus drivers in Millstone keep/secure jobs while preserving the safety record that has throughout the years characterized our district’s transportation department. Actually, this type of help and concern should have come primarily from the most corrupt, inhumane, greedy, mafia-style organization I have encountered…

  • No, seriously, we take your complaint verrrry seriously

    CODA GREG BEAN Regular readers might remember the fun we had with Sears a while back because it was impossible to discover what hours their service center on Route 1 in East Brunswick was open without actually driving there to find out. I wanted to drop my lawnmower off for a tune-up, but I found…

  • Freehold Raceway to open fall meet

    The sound of thundering hoof beats from the country’s best trotters and pacers will return to Freehold Raceway in Freehold on Aug. 12. Post time is 12:30 p.m. as live harness racing resumes at the nation’s oldest continually operating harness track. Once again, the $300,000 Cane Pace, the first leg of Pacing’s Triple Crown, will…

  • Celebrities, congressman, physicians support FAAN Walk on Sept. 11

    More than 1,500 walkers expected at L.B. Boardwalk Last year’s FAAN Walk for Food Allergies attracted about 1,000 participants. Organizers expect to draw a larger crowd to the Long Branch Boardwalk on Sept. 11. LONG BRANCH — Keeping children with food allergies safe is a constant concern for their loved ones. And that’s one reason…

  • Mission Dance will perform in Freehold

    The popular 10-piece cover band Mission Dance will perform a free concert in front of the Monmouth County Hall of Records on Main Street, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 12. The concert is being presented as part of the “Thursdays Rock In Downtown Freehold” summer concert series, which has included performances by the Nerds, Jersey Four,…

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