• Highlands painter exhibits at SCAN

    Paintings by artist Norma Wokas will be on display from June 1 through July 30 at the SCAN Adult Education Center in Eatontown. “Boat House” Wokas is a member of the Guild of Creative Art, the Art Alliance and the Art Society of Monmouth County and has studied art at the Guild of Creative Art…

  • Service honors nation’s war dead

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer America’s war dead were honored during ceremonies held at Jackson’s Melvin Cottrell Center for Senior Citizens and the Disabled on May 28. Veterans (top) salute as colors are presented during a Memorial Day ceremony in Jackson. Lt. Col. Christopher Collett (l), commander of the 57th Weapons Squadron at Joint Base…

  • No police officers will be cut in Howell

    Unions make concessions to help plug budget gap BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer No Howell police officers will lose their jobs and none will be demoted, following some last-minute concessions by both police unions. “There will be zero layoffs, zero demotions,” Howell Mayor Robert F. Walsh said. “I asked the police to fill the…

  • Memorial ‘tree’ will travel to Arlington

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Cherie Reid often wondered why it took so long for a World War II memorial to be built in Washington, D.C., so she decided several years ago that the families of military personnel who died in Iraq and Afghanistan should not have to wait decades to see a memorial…

  • Commish puts kibosh on Corzine school plan

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN File this one under the “We Could Have Told You So” Department. A year or two ago Greater Media Newspapers, and other New Jersey newspapers, reported on an initiative put forth by the administration of Jon Corzine, who at that time was sitting on the governor’s throne in Trenton. In…

  • AMVETS raffle offers new car as prize

    American Veterans (AMVETS) Post No. 2 of Jackson is conducting a raffle fundraiser in which the prize is a 2010 Chevy Malibu furnished by Pine Belt Chevrolet of Freehold. Tickets may be purchased at a cost of $20 each. Only 2,500 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held Sept. 4. All proceeds will…

  • Free companionship offered to seniors

    Community Services Inc. of Ocean County provides friendly visitors and/or telephone calls to people age 60 and older at no charge. The service helps to provide companionship as well as a sense of security and well-being for senior citizens who are homebound. Volunteers and those who want to sign up for the free services can…

  • Jackson library will offer museum pass

    JACKSON — Through the generosity of the Jackson Friends of the Library, the Jackson library will have a museum pass for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. This pass will allow one family of two adults and up to four children complimentary general admission and special exhibition tickets, discounts on the…

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