• Kimball keeps affiliation with St. Barnabas

    LAKEWOOD — Kimball Medical Center will remain an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System. After stating late in 2008 that Kimball Medical Center, a 95-year-old medical facility on Route 9 in Lakewood, was seeking to become an independent, freestanding medical center and divest itself as an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care…

  • Senior citizens offered free tax-filing service

    PLUMSTED — Senior citizens in Plumsted who need assistance completing and filing their federal and state income tax returns in advance of the April 15 deadline will benefit from the continuation of a new program that was offered last year and was very well received, according to Mayor Ron Dancer. With the support of the…

  • Veterans’ supporters eye housing at Earle

    Monmouth Advocacy Team wants Laurelwood homes for senior & disabled personnel BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer When Phil Welch and Linda Zucaro visited the Laurelwood housing development on Naval Weapons Station Earle recently, they saw possibilities. Welch and Zucaro, who are members of the Monmouth Advocacy Team that advocates for affordable housing in Monmouth County,…

  • Investigation continues into text message scam

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — Sprint/Nextel users and Wachovia account holders beware — a text message scam targeting customers of the cell phone service provider and the national bank has been affecting local residents. Within the past week, three residents of Howell reported receiving a text message that attempts to con Sprint/Nextel telecommunications…

  • Groups uniting to help Jackson soldier in need

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Local nonprofit organizations known collectively as the 501 Association are coming to the aid of a disabled veteran who recently returned home from Iraq. The identity of the Jackson veteran is being kept confidential at this time. To better aid the community, the 501 Association coordinates and collaborates…

  • Manasquan Reservoir,

    Water at the Manasquan Reservoir, Howell, froze in a pattern that resembled a funky checkerboard during a recent cold spell in Monmouth County and around the Garden State. AMY ROSEN

  • Couples will renew vows

    JACKSON — The Hope of Glory Worship Center is offering married couples a chance to renew their wedding vows. “With Valentine’s Day only a few weeks away, the Hope of Glory Worship Center is offering all married couples an opportunity to renew their wedding vows on Feb. 14,” said Christopher D. Soleberry, pastor. “This past…

  • Smoke condition sends firefighters to JLHS

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — No one was injured in an incident that brought firefighters to the campus of Jackson Liberty High School on the morning of Jan. 22. Firefighters from Jackson Station 55 and Whitesville Station 57 responded to an alarm that sounded at 8:17 a.m. “The alarm brought fire crews to…

  • Senator’s bill proposes putting end to COAH

    Towns would be authorized to plan for development of affordable housing BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Abill that would abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) has been introduced in the state Senate as S-1. The bill was introduced in a Senate session that was held after Gov. Chris Christie was inaugurated on Jan.…

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