• The drug war keeps street gangs in business

    Has anyone been able to keep track of how many gang-related shootings there have been in Monmouth County, so far this year? Our elected officials are quick to give useless, politically correct answers to stopping the violent street-gang epidemic, often by wasting your tax dollars on youth sports programs that do nothing to fight gangs.…

  • Protecting farmland remains an N.J. priority

    The last few weeks have brought the fresh taste of high quality, locally grown fruits and vegetables to many New Jerseyans. The Garden State still produces some of the best tomatoes and corn in the world. We should all take note, however, of a new inventory of our disappearing farmland nationwide. Since 1982, the National…

  • Jersey retirement ceremony postponed

    The Lakewood BlueClaws have announced that due to a Philadelphia Phillies make-up game on Sept. 2, the Ryan Howard jersey retirement ceremony originally scheduled for that night in Lakewood has been postponed. Howard, a Phillies star first baseman who played with the BlueClaws in 2002, was to be at FirstEnergy Park and become the first…

  • July packed with free events at Monmouth County Park System

    In honor of Parks and Recreation Month, the Monmouth County Park System invites area residents to the following free activities planned for July: • “ July 4, 1776,” 1-4 p.m. July 3-5 at Historic Walnford, Walnford Road, Upper Freehold. Celebrate America’s anniversary by dipping a quill in ink, donning a tri-cornered hat and imagining life…

  • Fort’s Signal Corps marks 150 yrs., relocates time capsule

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Sunlight shone on an unassuming copper cylinder at Russel Hall at Fort Monmouth on June 21 for the first time since 1960, the year of the Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in and JFK’s election. Filled with inert gas and sealed in a 4- ton concrete vault, the cylinder, a time capsule,…

  • Robert Goolrick talks about ‘A Reliable Wife’ at library

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A predominantly female crowd gathered at the Marlboro branch of the Monmouth County Library recently to meet and discuss the book “A Reliable Wife.” But this wasn’t a typical book club meeting, because on this day the author of the book that was being discussed was on hand…

  • Family grieves for two lost relatives

    June 16 murders claimed lives of brother and sister in Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A mother and father have lost two of their four children, a daughter and son have lost a mother and uncle, and a husband has lost a beloved wife and brother-inlaw in a pair of…

  • in the service •••

    Daniel R. Bailey, son of Katie and Paul Bailey of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, has entered basic cadet training at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., in preparation to enter the first academic year at the academy. The sixweek, two-phase orientation program must be successfully completed by the cadets…

  • Local athlete will compete at national games in Nebraska

    MILLSTONE — Zachary Stroik, 20, will compete in soccer at the 2010 Special Olympics National Games in Lincoln, Neb., from July 18-23. His performance at the Fall Sports Festival qualified him to compete at the national level with Team New Jersey, which comprises 52 athletes and 15 coaches. “New Jersey is proud to be sending…

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