• Bloodhound joins police force

    The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office is welcoming its newest member to the force, and she has the one credential for the job: her sense of smell. Skye, a 10-month-old bloodhound who was nationally certified by the National Bloodhound Association, has officially joined the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit. “Skye will be a significant asset…

  • The phone book is, like, so yesterday!

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Phone books. Back in the day, I never used them. Why, I would simply dial 411, state a name and city and wait patiently for the nice person on the other end of the line to look the phone number up for me. The small fee they began to…

  • Jewelry Design Gallery marks 30th anniversary

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Drew and Carrie Cowit MANALAPAN — Turning grandma’s old diamonds into a new original treasure is now possible as the Jewelry Design Gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary with the implementation of new jewelry design technologies. The Jewelry Design Center, located in the Towne Pointe shopping center, 357 Route 9…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Trees for Troops, a program of the nonprofit Christmas Spirit Foundation, was held Dec. 5-7 at Keris Christmas Tree Farm, Allentown. Through donations from Christmas tree growers, FedEx and consumers, farm-grown Christmas trees are given to U.S. troops and military families at bases in the United States and overseas. Trees for Troops, which is celebrating…

  • ‘Movie Day’ supports foundation

    MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence raised more than $3,900 from its fourth annual “Family Movie Day” held on Nov. 16 at the Millstone Performing Arts Center. Proceeds will help provide grant funding for innovative classroom programs, educational opportunities for students, staff development, and state-of-the-art teaching materials that are beyond the scope…

  • Educators will be trained to help struggling readers

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Help may have arrived for students who have been diagnosed with dyslexia or other reading problems and who may have fallen under the radar in the Millstone Township K-8 School District. Director of Special Services Laurie Hall came up with a new idea involving the formation of a partnership…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Christmas trees are on display at Matawan World of Gardening, Old Bridge, on Dec. 4.

  • Brookdale board faces difficult decisions

    Some problems have no simple solutions. Brookdale Community College is facing declining enrollments, and the end of that trend is not in sight. Since 2005, public school enrollments in Monmouth County have fallen by almost 9,000 students with additional declines likely. At the same time, costs have risen. These facts have been further compounded by…

  • Fine issued in wake of party

    MILLSTONE — Two men who were charged with violations stemming from a large party at a home in Millstone Township this summer had their day in court Nov. 25. Lakuan Ebanks and Wesley G. Williams appeared before Municipal Court Judge Thomas F.X. Foley. Both men were charged with the unlicensed sale of alcoholic beverages at…

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