• Sutera, Moses Bruno elected to board

    Three candidates who ran unopposed were elected to the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education on Election Day, Nov. 3. The board is made up of nine members from the district’s eight sending municipalities (two members are from Howell) and oversees the operation of the district’s six high schools, which enroll about 11,300…

  • Burnetsky, Sargent, Grasso claim Jackson school seats

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON – John Burnetsky, Scott Sargent and Vicki Grasso have been elected to three-year terms on the Jackson School District Board of Education and will join the panel in January. Two incumbents, Marvin Krakower and Adam Silvan, lost in their bids to remain on the board in the Nov. 3…

  • Doctor calls for support of Tobacco 21 bill

    According to the American Heart Association, smoking is responsible for killing more than 480,000 Americans annually — including 11,800 New Jerseyans — making it the No. 1 cause of death. It is no secret smoking results in heart disease, stroke, cancers and many other devastating health issues. Yet smoking remains a crisis in the Garden…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Tasty homemade apple pies tempt visitors attending the 50th Apple Festival sponsored by the Madison Township Historical Society, Old Bridge, on Nov. 8.

  • New K-9 officer joins county sheriff’s department

    Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden has welcomed the newest member to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Division. K-9 Gunner, a Labrador retriever who has been trained in narcotics detection, has officially joined the ranks of the K-9 Unit. “We are grateful to have Gunner as part of our K-9 Unit,” Golden said. “He…

  • Classmates place headstone to honor friend killed in war

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Correspondent The flags of the United States and the U.S. Marine Corps are presented during a ceremony to honor U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gerald W. Conner, of Colts Neck, who was killed in Vietnam in 1968. Members of the combined class of 1965 at Freehold Regional High School and Southern Freehold…

  • Judge: Landscaping firm must adhere to regulations

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A state Superior Court judge has granted an injunction that was sought by Jackson municipal officials against JR Custom Landscaping, Jackson, apparently putting an end to more than a year of legal action. On Oct. 29, Judge Mark Troncone, sitting in Toms River, filed his determination in favor of Jackson…

  • Retail health clinics fill demand for rapid care

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Walk-in health care clinics at pharmacies are booming as customers demand quick service. METRO CREATIVE SERVICES Quick and convenient are two words typically associated with fast foods or ATMs, not health care services. A growing trend is changing that as retail-based clinics (RBC) are popping up in drugstores and supermarkets…

  • Front seat sleep

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: For many reasons, including a need sometimes to sleep in my car and sometimes haul really long things, I have decided it’d be really great to have an SUV or hatchback with a front seat that folds flat (as the back seats do). I’ve never seen one. Do they exist…

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