• G.P. Pool Service Inc. can take care of all your pool needs

    G.P. Pool Service Inc., located in Jackson, is a family-owned business serving Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties with 40 years of experience installing and servicing in-ground, steel wall vinyl liner pools.Whether you are a first-time customer or upgrading an existing pool, they can help you turn your yard into a summer paradise to be enjoyed…

  • How to handle weed growth

    Homeowners who take pride in their lawns and gardens know just how problematic weeds can be.Weeds can make otherwise well-manicured and thriving lawns and gardens appear unhealthy and illkempt. But homeowners don’t have to sit back and accept weeds as an inevitable byproduct of warm weather. The following are a handful of ways homeowners can…

  • Howell school board reconfigures district

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — After months of deliberation, public information sessions and research, the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a plan to reconfigure the district’s schools. The 9-0 vote for the reconfiguration of the district’s schools to a kindergartenthrough second grade, third grade-throughfifth grade, and sixth grade-through-eighth…

  • Scouts honor role models

    The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore paid tribute to a select group of individuals and organizations during its annual Women of Distinction and Community Partners Gala, sponsored by Investors Bank. The event was held in March 13 at Eagle Oaks Country Club, Howell. Holly Boylan Flego, a fourth-generation owner and craft beer representative at…

  • Hunting banned on public land in Freehold Township

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — An ordinance adopted by the Township Committee now bans hunting and the killing of birds and animals on all public properties in Freehold Township. Mayor Thomas Cook said the issue arose when residents who live near Lake Topanemus Park, Pond Road, complained about hearing shots being fired…

  • Incarnation Church celebrates anniversary

    Incarnation-St. James School will celebrate 60 years of excellence in Catholic education with a Mass at 12:30 p.m. May 31 at Incarnation Church, 1555 Pennington Road, Ewing. Mass will be immediately followed by a reception in the school auditorium. All alumni, their families, school faculty, past and present staff, and friends of the school who…

  • White Tiger, NRG to rock again

    Those who are in their middle or late 50s and have lived in the tri-state area most of their life may remember remember the band White Tiger. White Tiger relocated to New Jersey in the late 1970s from New Orleans and took the area by storm, playing to sold-out crowds nightly, according to a press…

  • Local chiropractor serves as attending physician at 40th National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships

    BACK TO BUSINESS Dr. Ira A. Shapiro, director of the Plaza Chiropractic Center in Old Bridge, was appointed to the medical staff of the 40th National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships, held from April 4-5 at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. Hosted by the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (NCTA), this highly prestigious event serves as…

  • Carjacking charges lodged

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — An employee of a restaurant in the Marlboro Plaza shopping center has been charged with stealing a car from a fellow employee. Police said that at 3:05 p.m. April 17, officers responded to the shopping center for a report of a stolen vehicle. A female employee of Anthony’s…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community