• Urges council to keep library strong

    While it is understandable that every town service may have to be impacted during these difficult financial times, library patrons in East Brunswick cannot be silent about the proposed budget cuts. Cutting back on the hours of service, as planned, will hurt many vulnerable people who need access to the library because they do not…

  • Let school board cut administrative jobs

    The East Brunswick Board of Education has told us a nice story about how it is saving us money, and that is all well and good, but it’s an election year so let’s dig a little deeper. How is the board accomplishing this Herculean task and why would a Special Education Parent Teacher Association (SEPTA)…

  • In Long Branch, they don’t need no stinkin’ commission

    Coda • GREG BEAN Are your town elders being bothered by pesky members of the local Historical Commission who don’t want to tear down historic buildings so a new Starbucks can go up (attention, Milltown)? Then you ought to take a lesson from Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider and his rubber stamp City Council (with…

  • Stop budget cuts aimed at centers for independent living

    Guest Column • Anita Clavering Iproudly work as a systems-advocacy and social-recreation program coordinator for the Alliance for Disabled in Action Inc., which is a center for independent living, serving and empowering people with disabilities of all ages in Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties. I have written this letter not only as a staff member…

  • May: Diligence is the word!

    “Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.” Geoffrey Charlesworth Have you lately seen your resident woodchuck? The rapacious varmints have made their spring debut, and their banquet table is laden with tender apple-green shoots of hosta and tall foliage…

  • TriCity Arts Tour returns May 15-17

    In the three cultural hubs of eastern Monmouth County — Red Bank, Long Branch and Asbury Park — art happens in the most amazing places. Mark Mothersbaugh exhibit at Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park. And this weekend, from theaters to art galleries and from boardwalks to sidewalks, the TriCity Arts Tour 2009 will take place May…

  • NOTES

    U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) meets with Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) students Max Kornek, a senior from Oceanport; Nicholas Dona, a senior from Freehold; Danielle Delp, a junior from Manasquan; and Robert Gaffey, from Locust, and Alexander Kloo, from Manasquan, both sophomores. The students at MAST in Sandy Hook were…

  • Guilty plea entered in donut shop robberies

    AMiddletown man has pleaded guilty to the armed robbery of two local donut shops. On May 4, Brandon Sandford, 26, appeared in Superior Court in Freehold and pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree armed robbery, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The charges relate to a pair of armed…

  • Angling contest is basis for good fish tale

    Participants of all ages flocked to Cliffwood Beach for the 16th annual Aberdeen Family Fishing Contest May 2 sponsored by the Aberdeen Township Environmental and Shade Tree Advisory Board. Winners included Howell’s Corey Laurence, shown with his father Scott, who placed first in the children’s category. ABERDEEN — Approximately 40 families packed the beach at…

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