• Eatontown cleanup volunteers thanked

    The Pride in Eatontown Committee would like to thank each of the more than 130 volunteers who turned out on April 19 for the borough’s annual Spring Cleanup. Eatontown’s volunteers are amazing. They dragged branches, brush and small dead trees from the arboretum. They pulled 37 tires from Wampum Brook. They dug and planted the…

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    Visitors to Holmdel’s 17th annual Earth Day Festival enjoy the spring scenery May 3 at Bayonet Farm on Middletown Road. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Dr. Oz is a competent, caring physician

    Recently, certain doctors have accused Dr. (Mehmet) Oz of “quackery.” Dr. Oz responded on his television show to the criticism. I did not need Dr. Oz’s television response to put the lie to the baseless attack on one of the world’s great heart surgeons. Dr. Oz repaired my mitral valve in a complex operation. A…

  • Ocean school board adopts ‘educationally sound’ budget

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Board of Education has adopted a $60.7 million budget that will increase school taxes nearly $80 on the average home for the 2015-16 school year. The board approved the spending plan, which represents an increase over last year’s $59million budget, during the May 5 meeting. “The…

  • Vietnam vets honored on Remembrance Day

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer A veteran receives a medal recognizing his service to the nation during ceremonies marking Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day on May 7. State military awards were presented to nearly four dozen veterans for their service in World War II and Vietnam. PHOTOS COURTESY OF MICHAEL MCMAHON The afternoon sun beat…

  • District health center reduces cost of benefits

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Long Branch School District was able to save on health care costs after opting to leave the state health benefits program and open a district health center. Superintendent Michael Salvatore said the district has budgeted $750,000 less in health insurance costs for the 2015-16 school year, largely due to…

  • Going to extremes

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Participants make their way over a wall during a Rock Solid Mud Run at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Several types of mud runs and obstacle course races are held annually at venues around the region. At the age of 53, Kevin Cullen is a two-time veteran of the Tough…

  • Bulletin Board

    – Youth orchestra will perform at Brookdale The Bravura Youth Orchestra of central New Jersey will hold its year-end concert at 7 p.m. May 17 at the Performing Arts Center of Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The free concert will feature three winners of the 2015 Bravura Youth Young Artists Concerto Competition:…

  • The hidden cost of traffic tickets

    Being written a moving violation is enough of a salvo to the wallet, but a recent report suggests the long-term costs in terms of higher insurance premiums will sting a motorist for years, and can be particularly painful depending on where he or she lives. According to data compiled by InsuranceQuotes.com in San Francisco, Calif.,…

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