• Extend relief to Social Security beneficiaries

    For the first time since 1975, Social Security beneficiaries will not receive a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) this year.F or over three decades, millions of Americans have counted on these annual increases to help make ends meet. Particularly in this economic climate, having this extra protection is even more critical for the financial security…

  • N.J. needs to rethink the dysfunctional link

    Our current governor won his position promising supporters a leaner government in a time of national economic crisis. And now we’re getting it. If sacrifices weren’t already a part of our daily lives, Gov. Chris Christie’s budget cuts are adding to our mutual burdens by default. Slashing state funding to schools guaranteed that New Jersey’s…

  • There’s no place like home for disabled vet and family

    Habitat for Humanity seeks donations to make dream house come true BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Leonard Cottrell and his 3- year-old son William barely know each other. Top: Millstone Township firefighter Mark Mains secures insulation in the Habitat for Humanity house being built in Millstone on Feb. 18. Above: Leonard Cottrell (l) and his…

  • School staff votes to delay contracted pay increases

    Savings will be put toward increased cost of health benefits BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer All of the collective bargaining groups in the Upper Freehold Regional School District voted to delay their contracted salary increases, resulting in a $434,567 savings in the 2010-11 budget. Superintendent of Schools Dick Fitzpatrick said the funding that would have…

  • Millstone wants COAH eliminated

    Resolution calls for full analysis before doing so BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Aproposed bill in the state Senate that would abolish the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) may appear to answer Millstone Township’s COAH dilemma, but the mayor said some of its elements could wreak havoc on the community. The Township Committee voted 4-0 to…

  • Photo

    Mark Cooper, of Bill’s Olde Tavern in Hamilton, is barely out at first as Pat Sharples, of Hooters in Hamilton, makes the play during the Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation’s third annual Sno-ball Softball Tournament on Feb. 20. The tourney is used to raise funds for the Upper Freehold Regional School District. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • News of the weird: Tiger, VW, Olympics and more

    Coda • GREG BEAN So much to write about this week, so little space. Some weeks, I don’t know what I’m going to write about until I sit down at the computer on deadline day. Other weeks, there’s so much to write about I’d need 10 columns to do the subject matter justice. So, in…

  • Country music recording artist Moot Davis concert in Hamilton, NJ

    Country music recording artist Moot Davis concert in Hamilton, NJ

    By Highway Kind Music Trenton native Moot Davis returns to his hometown area for a concert in Hamilton. The show takes place on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at the Ye Olde Nottingham Tavern in Hamilton Square at 9:30 p.m. www.mootdavis.com

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Bridgewater man injured in snowmobile mishap

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    A Bridgewater man suffered facial and head injuries when he was ejected from a snowmobile after driving into a drainage culvert on private property on Township Line Road at 3:38 p.m. Feb. 18.    Patrick Djamoos, 30, was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after the accident,…

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