• Penalty creates revenue for town, doesn’t teach proper lesson

    My daughter is a 17-yearold junior at East Brunswick High School. On April 1 she was given a citation for smoking a cigarette on school grounds, which required her to appear in court. The student handbook she was given at the start of the school year noted that a first offense, which this was, would…

  • Urges unaffiliated voters in cast ballots

    This letter is being written to the registered but undeclared/ unaffiliated voters of New Jersey. As many of you know, the New Jersey primary election will be held on Tuesday, June 2. Unaffiliated voters may vote in the primary, if they so choose. The procedure is simple. On election day go to your normal polling…

  • ACS invites residents to take part in study

    This year Middlesex County residents have an unprecedented opportunity to directly participate in a nationwide cancer study and make an impact on the lives of many. The third Cancer Prevention Study of the American Cancer Society (CPS-3) will be enrolling participants at only a few select locations in New Jersey. One opportunity will take place…

  • To escape, just step out of the last two centuries

    Coda • GREG BEAN Iguess nearly everyone has a side of their life that they tend to keep private because they think nobody would understand. I know I do, and for more than 30 years of writing columns, I’ve never written about it. I guess it’s time. Fact is, I’m a historical re-enactor, and so…

  • Brookdale teams shine on diamonds

    Baseball team is third, softball team is sixth at national tournaments BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It has become a rite of spring. As sure as April showers bring May flowers, the Brookdale Community College baseball and softball teams play in the junior college national championships. The two teams — which over the years have…

  • ‘A Century of Smiles’

    Although animation had its earliest beginnings in Europe in the 1800s, it took root in the U.S. at the dawn of the 20th century and is considered to be a true American art form. “Cheshire Cat – Krafty Kitty” by Disney Opening Friday, May 29, at the Monmouth Museum, “A Century of Smiles” pays tribute…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Co-Chair of the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council Joe Reynolds lends a hand in the cleanup held along the Luppatatong Creek in Keyport on May 16. The New York/New Jersey Baykeeper and the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council sponsored the cleanup, which included about 20 volunteers.

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    CHRIS KELLY staff A color guard from Matawan Regional High School marches in the Matawan Memorial Day Parade on May 24.

  • Celebrating 32 years of open space preservation

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Securing permanent funding for open space was stressed at the annual board of trustees meeting of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF). MCF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to acquiring, holding and preserving open space in Monmouth County. Judith Stanley Coleman, president of MCF, held the April 26 meeting in her…

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