• Entertainer returns for benefit concert

    Wade Preston and band from ‘Movin’ Out’ will play in Jackson on April 17 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Entertainer Wade Preston will return to the stage at the Jackson Memorial High School Fine Arts Center, 101 Don Connor Blvd., at 7 p.m. April 17 to perform in a benefit concert. The concert will be…

  • Legislators investigating closing of bridal shop

    Monmouth County’s 12th District legislators are calling upon New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow and Acting Director of Consumer Affairs Sharon M. Joyce to investigate the possibility of consumer fraud against the owner of Enzo’s Bridal, Route 9, Manalapan, which suddenly closed two weeks ago while still processing orders. Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon…

  • State transportation head tells teens about new law

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Pam Fischer, director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS), does not want to hear another tragic story like that of Kyleigh D’Alessio. Kyleigh was just 16 years old when she was killed in a motor vehicle accident in December 2006 in Washington Township, Morris County. She was…

  • Area residents react to proposed budget and 9.88% tax increase

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Allentown and Upper Freehold voters will take to the polls on April 20 to cast their votes for or against the $37.9 million school budget. The Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) lost $1.7 million in state aid for the budget this year and made nearly $4 million worth of cuts…

  • State Sen. Jennifer Beck to be honored by 180

    State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) is one of three women being celebrated on April 23 for their influence on 180 Turning Lives Around, a private Monmouth County nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence, at the agency’s Spring Gala. The theme of the gala, “Extraordinary Journeys Turning Lives Around,” will highlight…

  • PAWPAC fundraiser aids puppies in crisis

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer An organization that calls itself PAWPAC (Protecting Animal Welfare Political Action Committee) is taking what it believes is a unique approach to helping innocent dogs that cannot help themselves — especially those languishing in puppy mills that are, in many cases, doomed to exist under inhumane conditions for the sole…

  • New law means motorists must stop for pedestrians

    New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director Pam Fischer reminded motorists that effective April 1 they must now stop – and remain stopped — for pedestrians in a crosswalk. Prior to this legislative change, motorists were required to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. “For years, too many…

  • Chicago City Limits at MPAC

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — After the long winter, spring in to the sunshine and zaniness of Chicago City Limits. The professional comedy and improvisation touring company will present “America Idles” at the Millstone Performing Arts Center (MPAC) at 8 p.m. on April 17. Chicago City Limits has been delighting audiences of all…

  • Legislators have raided funds to detriment of the state

    In another spectacular example of the lack of fitness of our legislators to exhibit any sort of trustworthiness to properly handle the state’s fiscal affairs, we now hear that unless additional revenue is found, New Jersey could lose $1.6 billion in federal funds to be used for replacing bridges, aging roads and transit facilities. What…

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