• BlueClaws opening practice free to public

    The Lakewood BlueClaws have announced that they will hold their annual open practice on April 7 at 6 p.m. at FirstEnergy Park, Cedar Bridge and New Hampshire avenues, Lakewood. The event, which is free to the public, is the first and only opportunity to see the 2009 BlueClaws players before the season begins on April…

  • AHS Student Council serves up smiles

    Left: Jeff Fenton prepares the meals to be served during the Allentown High School Student Council’s annual Breakfast With the Easter Bunny on March 28. Right: Samantha Roth (r) and Ariana Albarella serve the meals during the breakfast in the high school cafeteria on March 28. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff

  • U.F. driver makes harness history

    He has 9,000 wins and counting. With his win behind Redstone Ruckus in the sixth race at the Meadowlands on March 29, Upper Freehold’s Dave Miller, 44, became the youngest driver to ever reach the 9,000-win milestone, according to a New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority press release. “It’s something I’m very proud of,” Miller…

  • Schools raise $21K for research hospital

    The Millstone School District participated in the St. Jude Math-a-thon program and raised $21,805.21 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which is internationally recognized for its research and treatment of childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. The Millstone Township community sponsored students by pledging an amountper problem or a one-time donation. More than 337…

  • Face to face

    MATT DENTON Russell Gutter, 7, studies a taxidermic fox during the seventh annual Science Night Live at the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary/Middle School on March 20.

  • Photo

    Student Amanda Turowski signs a letter of intent to play basketball at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pa., at Allentown High School in the company of her father Steven (l-r), her mother Hope, coach Linda Weise and Athletic Director Brian Irwin.

  • Elizabeth Searby McLaughlin

    Mrs. McLaughlin, 85, of Freehold Township, died March 20, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Mrs. McLaughlin had resided in Freehold from 1960 until 1985 when she moved back to the home where she was born in Millstone, moving to Applewood Estates six months ago. She was a court clerk at the Monmouth County…

  • They say life is sweeter for Twitterers who Tweet

    Coda • GREG BEAN The email message was enough to make little beads of sweat break out on my forehead and set my heart to thumping with dread. It said one of my brothers had invited me to join Twitter so he and I could Tweet. It’s not easy keeping true to my Luddite philosophies…

  • Novel addresses problems in pharmaceutical industry

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Dr. Michael Rushnak was visited by a drug company representative in 1979. Dr. Michael Rushnak The marketing salesperson, who did not have a clinical medical background, was trying to market the new drug Selacryn, which at the time was advertised to be the best blood pressure pill ever. Rushnak initially…

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