• Hospice course begins March 2 for volunteers

    The Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center will host an eight-week training program for individuals interested in becoming a hospice volunteer in Monmouth County. The program will be held 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays, beginning March 2, at Monmouth Medical Center, 300 Second Ave., Long Branch. Participants will gain an understanding of the needs of patients…

  • New Jersey should opt out of PARCC test

    I attended the Jan. 29 public hearing at Jackson Liberty High School in Jackson that was held by the Study Commission on the Use of Student Assessments in New Jersey not as a parent, school administrator or teacher; just as an observer and a concerned citizen regarding the future education of our children in New…

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    KAREN KESTEN Wind creates patterns in a snowdrift in central New Jersey.

  • ‘Eyes from the Ashes’ honors Holocaust victims, survivors

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Ann Weiss, above, discusses the cache of photos she secured after she visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1986. She has sought to identify the people in the photos, which she believes were hidden by prisoners during the Holocaust. Ann Weiss was not, by her own admission, anyone special…

  • Partners seek to preserve Stella Maris

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Monmouth Conservation Foundation, along with the Monmouth County Park System and two separate third partners, have put in bids to purchase and preserve the Stella Maris Retreat Center, which is scheduled to close at the end of the year. FILE PHOTO The Monmouth County Park System and two nonprofit…

  • Demographic shifts prompt sea change

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Population growth has put a strain on infrastructure, creating the need for investment in bridges, roads and tunnels, along with an update to bus and train systems. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The population of central New Jersey is expected to grow as the number of foreign-born workers increases and young…

  • Consumers borrowing more to cover car costs

    While car sales continue their upward trend, consumers are apparently going deeper into debt than ever to pay for them. According to Experian Automotive in Schaumburg, Ill., the average new-vehicle loan was a record $27,799 during the third quarter of 2014, which represents an increase of $1,080 over the previous year. Used vehicle loans jumped…

  • States with the highest speed limits

    Those of a certain age will remember back in 1974 when oil shortages jolted Congress into enacting the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act that restricted velocities on interstate highways and access roads to a maximum 55 mph. Legislators would eventually repeal the national speed limit in 1995, and 34 states have since raised maximum speeds…

  • Four Redbirds headed to indoor Meet of Champions

    ALLENTOWN VARSITY REPORT By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Lamesha Burgess, middle, and the Allentown High School girls basketball team has had plenty to cheer about this winter. The Redbirds are 17-3 and seeded No. 3 in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III tournament that begins next month. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Allentown High School’s indoor track…

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