• Ocean freeholders report finances in good shape

    Ocean County’s finances are in good shape and should continue to be even with growing needs in areas like social services and public safety, according to two international bond rating firms. Ocean County Freeholder Director John C. Bartlett Jr. recently released Ocean County’s bond ratings from two international bond-rating agencies. Fitch Ratings provided the county…

  • EPA says local farm is clean

    PLUMSTED — All cleanup work has been successfully completed at the Wilson Farm federal Superfund site in Plumsted, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is deleting it from the national list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. According to a press release from the EPA, the agency sought input from the public on…

  • Plumsted police officer back at work

    Ernest Freestone was suspended for 18 months for medical reasons BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer APlumsted police officer who was suspended from his job for more than a year is back at work. Township officials last week reinstated Officer Ernest Freestone to his position in the Plumsted Police Department. Freestone returned to work on Sept.…

  • Machines will clear the air

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer As health officials across the country predict a comeback of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus this fall, administrators in the Howell K-8 School District will be taking novel steps to prevent the likelihood of infection. In a unanimous vote, the Howell Board of Education recently approved the purchase of three…

  • Keeping alive the memory of the Forgotten War

    Marine travels country to interview Korean War veterans BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer AMarine Corps combat veteran has begun a noble journey to document the story of the Korean War veterans who survived one of the most decorated battles in American history. Korean War veteran Charles Crilly is filmed as he recounts his experiences at…

  • Osborn, Lions look for progress in ’09

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Jackson Liberty High School football coach Tim Osborn for many months early this year was the buzz around Brick Township High School as an heir apparent to retiring coaching legend Warren Wolf during a drawn-out coaching search. Osborn attended Wolf’s farewell press conference following the 2008 season at Brick Township…

  • James E. Britton

    Mr. Britton, 63, of Eatontown, died Aug. 28, 2009, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was predeceased by his father, George Ellsworth Britton. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Karen Widner Britton; two daughters, Kristin Britton of Raleigh, N.C., and Jaime Britton of…

  • Sport Shorts

    Tryouts will be held for boys and girls by Jackson Travel Basketball. Teams play in the Mid-Monmouth League. All tryouts will be held at the Holman School gymnasium: Sept. 21 and Sept. 23, junior boys (grades 5-6) from 6-7:30 p.m. and senior boys (grades 7-8) from 7:30-9 p.m.; Sept. 22 and Sept. 24, junior girls…

  • Doris E. Durlacher

    Mrs. Durlacher, 78, of Howell, died Aug. 8, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was a 1955 graduate of the Clara Maass School of Nursing, Belleville, and worked there as a registered nurse before moving on to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Patterson. Mrs. Durlacher then retired from the Fair Lawn Manor, Fair Lawn. She…

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