• Walkers will venture into bluebird habitat

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The official bird of Plumsted will once again have its day in the spotlight when a local organization hosts the second annual New Jersey Bluebird Festival. From 8 a.m.-2 p.m. May 3, attendees will be invited to walk local trails and learn about the Eastern bluebird from members…

  • Farming villages became Jackson Township

    A Look Back at Jackson By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer In 1968, the Jackson Township Police Department had grown to 18 members to provide law enforcement protection for the township’s growing population. Today, there are more than 80 men and women serving in the Police Department. PHOTOS COURTESY OF BORDEN APPLEGATE Fifty years ago, Dr.…

  • Prayer doesn’t belong in council chambers

    Plumsted Township is, according to the Tri-Town News, considering opening public Township Committee meetings with a devotional prayer. Prayer is a religious act, whether it is a particular religion or totally nondenominational. Requesting that people stand for a prayer is invasive in that it puts some citizens, such as humanists, agnostics, atheists and secularists, in…

  • Gov. Christie is not presidential material

    As Gov. Chris Christie hobnobs all over the country with his affluent friends, the residents of his own state are telling the rest of the country: buyer beware. Gov. Christie’s approval in New Jersey is at the lowest point ever; steadily dropping in an uninterrupted freefall. The majority of New Jersey residents disapprove of his…

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    TOM ROBERTSON Each spring, Edward Avenue becomes one of Monroe Township’s most colorful streets when the cherry blossoms bloom.

  • Jackson council approves contracts with municipal unions

    JACKSON — The members of two unions in Jackson will receive annual 2 percent raises through 2018. On April 14, the Township Council unanimously ratified four-year contracts with the Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 255, Branch 4, and the Firefighters’ Mutual Benevolent Association (FMBA) Local 486. Business Administrator Helene Schlegel said the parties involved in…

  • Freehold Borough resident charged in string of Howell thefts

    HOWELL — A Freehold Borough resident has been charged with illegally entering five businesses in Howell and committing thefts at three of those locations. Isiah Casrell, 28, was charged in connection with multiple incidents that occurred in Howell on March 19, according to complaint warrants released by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Authorities allege that…

  • Young actors ready to bring ‘Mary Poppins’ to Deal stage

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Talented young actors from around Monmouth County will showcase their skills in a production that some people might consider to be “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” Members of the Rising Stars Youth Program, in association with the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave., Deal Park, will present the Disney musical “Mary Poppins”…

  • DATEBOOK

     A multifamily community yard sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 9 at Jensen’s Deep Run Community Center, 20 Longview Trail (off Route 537), Cream Ridge. Rain or shine.

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