• Politicians commended for bill to abolish COAH

    Iwould like to commend Assemblywoman Amy Handlin and Assemblyman Sam Thompson for co-sponsoring a bill that would, in effect, abolish the costly affordable income housing (COAH) program. Gov. Jon Corzine’s recent budget cut property tax rebates and property tax deductions for most families and municipal aid to Middletown, but did not cut unfunded mandates like…

  • Medicine cabinets also need a spring cleaning

    With every spring comes the inevitable urge to “spring clean.” Prevention First wants to remind you to add your medicine cabinet to your list of cleanups! Your spring cleaning potentially may save the life of a young person seeking to experiment with prescription drugs to get high. Your own health will be safeguarded as well,…

  • Family vacation: the good the bad and the flat ugly

    Coda • GREG BEAN When I was a kid, family vacations were a special level of hell reserved for the worst miscreants imaginable. And it wasn’t the Hades we learned about in Bible class, the kind of place you go after a long lifetime of misdeeds. Nope, family vacations were a more immediate form of…

  • Horse Park of NJ faces hard times

    BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers Due to the economic climate, the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold Township has canceled the Garden State Combined Driving Event and may cut other popular shows later this year. The driving event, which had been scheduled to take place on May 29-30, has been…

  • Intersection will be fixed

    JACKSON — New turning lanes and an updated traffic signal will be included in the reconstruction of the intersection of Bennetts Mills and New Prospect roads. The Ocean County Board of Freeholders will seek bids for the estimated $1 million project that will begin later this spring, according to a press release. Freeholder Director John…

  • A tunnel of fun in Howell

    CHRIS KELLY staff Ricky Wohler, 2, of Little Silver, crawls through a tunnel of trash that was one of the exhibits on display during Earth Day activities at the Manasquan Reservoir, Howell, on April 18. The tunnel of trash gave visitors an idea of the type of garbage that can make its way to the…

  • Teen drivers will display special decal on vehicles

    Gov. Corzine signs Kyleigh’s Law Gov. Jon S. Corzine has signed Kyleigh’s Law, making New Jersey the first state in the nation to have a teen driver decal law. Named in honor of 16-year-old Kyleigh D’Alessio, S-2314/A- 3069 requires the use of an identifier on vehicles driven by teens holding a permit or provisional license.…

  • State offers assistance to help smokers quit

    According to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, dieting, exercise and smoking cessation are typically the top three items on everyone’s list of personal goals, yet without the proper support, they too often go unrealized. The reasons for quitting are as varied as the smokers themselves. Whether it is the cost of…

  • Secretaries’ union waits for new deal

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The Jackson School District employees who make up the Jackson Central Office Secretarial Association (JCOSA) want the public to know they have not had a new contract for 17 months. There are 32 members of the union. “It is a disgrace that our members have been working for…

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