• Gala will benefit county food bank

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties wants to bring the community together to ensure that every New Jersey family has food on its table. The food bank will host its 2015 Boots and Bling Humanitarian Food Bank Gala on April 24 at the Monmouth University Multipurpose Activity Center,…

  • Two developers unveil projects along Route 33

    REGIONAL INTEREST By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Two developers have presented plans for ambitious mixed-use projects on Route 33 in Manalapan. During a town hall meeting on April 8, representatives of Cardinale Enterprises and Stavola Enterprises presented their ideas for developments at Route 33 and Millhurst Road, and Route 33 and Woodward Road,…

  • Teens and seat belts

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: We live in Colorado and read that 64 percent of teen drivers and passengers here don’t wear seatbelts. That was shocking to me. Are we higher than normal here? Not that it matters much, as we’re definitely going to have a conversation with our twins. Still, are there any national…

  • More Americans looking to buy

    Both homeowners and renters are gaining confidence in the housing market Confidence in housing market is on the rise among both current homeowners and renters looking to buy. More than 5 million renters are planning to buy a home this year, according to Zil low Housing Confidence Index. This figure — which represents more than…

  • Millstone students think green for poster contest

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — The township will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Some 720 students from the Millstone Township K-8 School District primary and elementary schools are expected to participate in the annual Earth Day poster contest, according to Lori Maher, who is the town’s Clean Communities coordinator.…

  • Children’s troupe to stage ‘Beauty and the Beast Jr.’

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Disney’s “Beauty and The Beast Jr.” will be presented at the Millstone Performing Arts Center. Pictured, left to right, are students from the Millstone Township Community Education theater class who have leads in the show — Cassandra Leach (Cogsworth), Ellie Mashkevich (Lumiere) and Gianna Noto (Belle). Area residents are invited to…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Tyler Grey, 13, of Old Bridge, explores a section of Bicentennial Park in East Brunswick on a sun-filled April 12.

  • A fabulous gift from the lumber yard

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch When Pat, my beloved husband of many years, walked in the door on a recent night, he was beaming with pride. “I’ve been thinking about you all day long,” he said. Then he smiled, looked at me with love, and reported, “And I’ve been considering an expensive gift.” I’m…

  • Thomas E. Price

    Thomas E. Price, “Tom,” 57, of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, formerly of New Egypt, New Jersey, and Wrightstown, New Jersey, passed away on March 17, 2015. He was born May 26, 1957, in Elyria, Ohio, and shared his birth date of May 26 with his on-screen hero, John Wayne. Tom was raised in New Jersey by his…

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