• April events at Ocean Twp. Library

    The Ocean Township Branch Library will present programs for young children, teens and adults during April. Events scheduled for children ages 5 and up: • Thursday, April 8, at 4 p.m. Recycle, Reduce, Reuse. Learn about recycling and transform everyday objects into reusable items. • Thursday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Read…

  • Monmouth County Park System recognizes its volunteers

    Planting flower beds, removing invasive plant species, monitoring endangered bird species and assisting with therapeutic horseback riding lessons are a few of the ways volunteers contributed to the Monmouth County Park System’s Volunteer in Parks program last year. The contributions by 133 volunteers to open space, parks and recreation were celebrated at a luncheon Sunday,…

  • Cinderella’s Closet to host Prom Boutique at Monmouth U.

    Cinderella’s Closet of Monmouth County will help to make dreams come true for hundreds of New Jersey high school students at the nonprofit organization’s third annual Prom Boutique on Saturday, March 20, at Monmouth University’s Student Center in West Long Branch. Students are invited to attend the event that runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30…

  • Crowded field vying for L.B. mayor, council

    Three candidates for mayor, 21 for council in May 11 race BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — When the deadline passed for filing last week, a full field of candidates had committed to a late spring run at mayoral and council positions. Three residents are running for mayor, while 21 candidates are vying…

  • Health care bill for 9/11 responders advances

    Pallone: James Zadroga 9/11 act will become law BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Advocates of a federal bill guaranteeing health care for life for Sept. 11 first responders breathed a collective sigh of relief last week as the bill took a crucial step forward. Members of the New York congressional delegation, members of the FealGood…

  • School districts react to state aid cuts

    Districts rework budgets for submission to county BY ANDREW DAVISON & KENNY WALTER Staff Writers The state Department of Education released state aid figures to school districts March 18, with some districts sustaining cuts of up to 100 percent in state aid compared to last year. In the face of aid cuts across districts, the…

  • Christie puts state’s support behind charter schools

    Gov. on NJEA: ‘This is all about greed and self-interest’ BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie and state Education Commissioner Bret Schundler showed their support for charter schools last week, telling a crowd of 400 educators that the Christie administration is a friend to the charter school movement. Keynote speaker Gov. Chris Christie…

  • It’s gonna be expensive, no matter how you define it

    Coda • GREG BEAN As former President William Jefferson Clinton famously explained during his 1998 grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinski affair, “it depends on what the meaning of is is.” In other words, in politics, it all depends on your definition. We’ve got a little of that going on in New Jersey these…

  • Passage of bill is historic social legislation

    Few issues have been as hotly debated as have the health care reform bills over the past year. The dialogue has often been not worthy of a debate on the great public policy issue of our day. We have heard claims about government takeover of the health care system, death panels and other fallacies that…

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