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    MARK ROSMAN/STAFF Visitors who bring bread to Lake Weamaconk in Englishtown will make fast friends with friendly fowl. The afternoon of Aug. 2 was a fine summer day to feed ducks and geese.

  • Monroe farm’s gentle horses evoke seniors’ fond memories

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Donald McClure meets Coco, a therapeutic horse, at Superior Horse Farms in Monroe on July 30. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL NUNES/STAFF MONROE — Sometimes horses can do what humans just cannot. “Most of our residents have been around horses all their lives. I like to do programs that are memorable experiences,”…

  • County announces winners of senior art competition

    Winners of the Middlesex County Senior Art Contest will be honored during a ceremony on Aug. 14. The Middlesex County Freeholder Board and its Office of Aging and Disabled Services held their annual competition for professional and non-professional artists over age 60. Local winners include: Acrylic: 2nd Place Professional, Necati Itez of Monroe for “Hoopoe…

  • Missing man found dead in Monroe

    By JENNIFER AMATO & ADAM UZIALKO Staff Writers Alfred Fiume MONROE — A man who was last seen on July 26 was found dead in Monroe Township on July 29. Alfred “Fred” Fiume, 53, of Rutherford, did not show up for work in Jamesburg on July 28. At around 12:16 p.m. July 29, the Monroe…

  • South River history chronicled through photographic images

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Richard Van Dyke Reid, left, photographed Frederick William Bissett’s grocery and drug store, above left, at the corner of Main Street and Ferry Street in South River in the 1890s. Above right: A view of lower Main Street in South River on Oct. 26, 1895, while the digging was taking…

  • Central New Jersey breaks out in Pharoah fever

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Brian Skirka and Emilee Carton mingle prior to the Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Show held as part of the “Hats and Horses: A Day at the Races” event held at Monmouth Park in Oceanport Aug. 1, the day before the Haskell Invitational. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR At 9 a.m. sharp, the…

  • East Brunswick reexamines EMS services

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer It was a typical summer day for Cathy Diem — or at least it was until her son, who was mowing the lawn, ran into the house a finger short. After calling an ambulance, she waited anxiously for 12 minutes until one showed up, an interval she sees as far…

  • Distracted driving poses peril on N.J. roads

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Distracted driving, whether it involves a motorist on a cell phone, eating a sandwich, applying makeup or shaving, takes a dangerous toll on New Jersey’s roads. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Distracted driving is fueling a dangerous epidemic on New Jersey’s roads as it rivals the risks of…

  • Rescue plan in works as crowds watch dolphin frolic in South River

    By Adam C. Uzialko Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — One dolphin is making quite a splash after finding a bit of shelter in the South River. On Thursday, staff members from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) were on the scene at the Old Matawan Road bridge, where a dolphin swimming in the South River…

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