• An auto fix so simple even a caveman could do it

    Coda • GREG BEAN As an admitted American car nut, I’ve watched with horror, disbelief and profound sadness the parade of auto executives coming before Congress with their hands out in recent weeks. General Motors, which had already gotten $17.4 billion in loans from the government, said it needs another $16.6 billion to keep the…

  • Public-private partnership can help resolve mortgage crisis

    Your Turn Guest Column • David Petrovich For thousands of homeowners in New Jersey it is increasingly difficult to believe in the guarantees of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” as the American dream of homeownership evaporates along with jobs, retirement savings, college funds and home equity. It will require new models of privatepublic…

  • Nonprofits will face a year of challenge in 2009

    Your Turn Guest Column • James Abruzzo The financial crisis of 2008 will have a serious negative effect on the nonprofit sector in New Jersey in 2009. The sector is comprised of many organizations that are often taken for granted until they are no longer there: after-school programs, food banks, homes for children with aids…

  • Screenings with the stars

    Imagine going to the movie theater and seeing a festival-winning film before public release and then meeting its creators when the lights come up. Moviegoers will have those opportunities during the Filmmakers Symposium Spring 2009 Series, which will run for 12 weeks at two New Jersey theatres: AMC Loews at Monmouth Mall in Eatontown and…

  • Michael’s Feat spring gala set for March 20

    Michael’s Feat, a local nonprofit organization, will host its Black Tie Spring Gala at the Battleground Country Club, Manalapan, on March 20. The Michael Gerard Puharic Memorial Fund Inc. (Michael’s Feat) is dedicated to assisting local families carrying and caring for seriously ill newborns. The black-tie optional event scheduled from 7-11 p.m. will feature appetizers,…

  • Grants fund apprenticeships to help keep folk arts alive

    Grants to fund apprenticeships in traditional folk arts are available from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Guidelines and applications for the arts council’s Fiscal Year 2010 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program are currently available. The application deadline is April 3 and workshops conducted by arts council staff will be offered in various locations…

  • Environmentalists target proposed LNG facilities

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent If three proposals on the drawing board win approval, there will be port storage and regasification (conversion of liquid back to gas) facilities for imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) offshore from the New Jersey coastline. The frontrunner is the Atlantic Sea Island Group (ASIG) proposal that envisions building the world’s first…

  • Area residents all heart for hooves

    Feb. 14 benefit raises over $6K for horse rescue group BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — On Valentine’s Day, one local horse organization showed love for another when the Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township threw a benefit event for Helping Hearts Equine Rescue at the Clarksburg Inn. Lea Blanco, Millstone, who took reservations for…

  • County plan for solid waste, recycling ready for update

    Apublic hearing on Monmouth County’s amendment to its Solid Waste Management Plan will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 in the freeholders’ meeting room on the second floor of the Monmouth County Hall of Records, Freehold. The plan serves as an inventory, appraisal and policy document for guiding waste management activities within the county…

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