• For some men, the other woman is just a voice

    CODA GREG BEAN It turns out I’m relatively normal after all — at least in this contentious regard. And it pleases me to know that my wife and I aren’t the first happily married couple to have a disagreement about the other woman in a husband’s life (at least a dissent that won’t ultimately involve…

  • Public invited to Lakewood business expo set for July 1

    Members of the public are invited to attend the second annual Lakewood Regional Business and Industry Expo, to be held July 1 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Lake Terrace Exhibition Center in the Lakewood Industrial Park, 1690 Oak St., Lakewood. Admission is free for the event, which will include informative business development seminars…

  • Local firefighters graduate

    The Monmouth County Fire Academy graduated 32 volunteers from the Firefighter I program. The ceremony was held May 18. Members of Class No. 85 attended weekend classes at the Monmouth County Fire Academy in Howell and completed 164 hours of course work over 24 sessions. They received training in rescue, fire extinguishment, hazardous materials response,…

  • in the service •••

    Army Pfc. Joseph P. Kemerle, son of Steven G. Kemerle and Margaret C. Pappas- Kemerle of Howell, graduated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. The field artillery specialists serve in intelligence activities including target processing in field artillery, cannon battalions, division artillery, artillery and maneuver brigade and…

  • Basketball broadcast brings Marlboro voice to Internet

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Adam Moutner MARLBORO — Adam Moutner did not let a personal tragedy hold him back and instead reached for the stars and managed to make his dream come true at a young age. Moutner, 21, has always loved basketball. The sport has been his passion from as far back as…

  • Bill proposes changes in way accident victim’s family called

    The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee has unanimously approved bipartisan legislation that would, if enacted into law, change the protocol that police follow when the victim of a motor vehicle accident is unconscious. The bill, A-1812, would require police to notify families when such a situation occurs. At the present time hospital personnel are…

  • Survey says N.J. residents want slots at racetracks

    New Jerseyans are in favor of adding slot machines to the Meadowlands and other existing racetracks in the state, according to a recent poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind. Voters support the proposal to expand slots to the Meadowlands 52 percent to 37 percent. Among those who consider themselves independent voters, the rate of support…

  • Changes looming with end of courtesy busing

    Howell Township will have to pay costs of school crossing guards BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Come September, some children in the Howell K-8 School District will have to do something they are not used to doing — walking to school. The Board of Education eliminated courtesy busing for the 2010-11 school…

  • ‘By the Sea’ exhibit comes to Applewood

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP —Applewood Estates, CentraState Healthcare System’s active continuing care retirement community, has opened its first on-site museum gallery. The gallery is in the Performing Arts Center rotunda and features collections from various regional museums and historical associations. Exhibitions will be changed quarterly, according to a press release. The Monmouth County Historical Association, founded in…

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