• Exploring the risk factors for prostate cancer

    In the United States, one in six men can expect to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, while there is a one in seven chance that a Canadian man will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during his lifetime. Those elevated incidence rates could be a byproduct of an aging population, as age is…

  • Savings plan would assist new graduates

    Terrified. That is how I feel when I think about my life after college. The graduating class of 2015 worked extremely hard to reach this point. Unfortunately, it also required a lot of money. Along with our diplomas, we will be leaving college with more than $1.2 trillion in debt. Even with the job market…

  • Photo

    Garden State farms have provided a bounty of beautiful vegetables. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Clearwater Festival celebrates its roots in the life of Pete Seeger

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The 40th annual New Jersey Clearwater Festival will have at its heart a day of remembrance and celebration of the men who started it all — Pete Seeger and Bob Killian. Presented by the New Jersey Friends of Clearwater, the free Clearwater Festival will take place at Brookdale Community…

  • Tracing the roots of Matawan’s Italian immigrants

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Left: Pasqualina and Giuseppe Angello on their 25th wedding anniversary in 1926. Right: Santino and Marianna Fedele on their wedding day in 1928. As a child, Gloria Bucco remembers her father telling her stories about older relatives who left Italy to settle in the small town of Matawan, New…

  • Sports betting proponents mull game plan

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The state and Monmouth Park in Oceanport are once again forced to swing for the fences after their pursuit of legalized sports betting was shot down in court a second time. In an Aug. 25 ruling, two of three Third Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled in favor of the…

  • Home schooling gives parents more control over child’s education

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Sherry Prioli watches as her sons Joe, 12, and Nick, 10, play a numbers game at the Howell Public Library. The eight Prioli children have been home schooled. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR As summer draws to a close, many families turn their attention to the upcoming school year. Shopping for…

  • Four found dead in Long Branch fire

    LONG BRANCH – Four members of the Beharry family were killed overnight in a house fire that officials say may have been intentionally set. Lyndon Shane Beharry, a Long Branch Department of Public Works employee, along with his partner, Amanda Morris, and their sons, Brandon, 7, and Brian, 4, died in the blaze, according to…

  • Redbirds work to play as a team in rebuilding year

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent In a preseason of uncertainty amid total rebuilding, Allentown High School boys soccer coach Andrew Plunkett finally is getting a read on his team and whether it can be competitive as it has been over the past three seasons. “We’ve got some talent. It’s just a matter of them playing together,”…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community