• Brookdale trustees OK staff reductions

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Faced with declining enrollment and funding, the Brookdale Community College Board of Trustees has authorized a reduction in force (RIF) in advance of a reorganization of the college structure. The board’s unanimous vote, which came after emotional pleas were made during a Nov. 13 meeting on the Lincroft campus,…

  • FOR THE RECORD

    A sentence in the Allentown Borough Council election article in the Nov. 13 Examiner should have stated that the mayor does not vote on council business except in the case of a tie vote.

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    JESSICA D’AMICO/STAFF View of the Raritan River from the Driscoll Bridge, Middlesex County.

  • Legislator supports ‘Breakfast After the Bell’

    Students who eat a nutritious, well-balanced breakfast tend to be healthier, have longer attention spans and are more likely to succeed in school. For this reason, I have sponsored legislation that was recently signed into law that would encourage schools to move their breakfast programs to after the first bell of the day in order…

  • Police file charges of false report

    ALLENTOWN — Police allege that an Allentown man cried wolf on Nov. 18 when he reported that he was the victim of an armed robbery. According to Allentown Police Lt. Dan Panckeri, a report was filed by Sean Beams, of North Main Street, who claimed he was robbed at gunpoint by two black men in…

  • Chef brings passion for craft to kitchen

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer “Competitions force me to get out of my comfort zone and look at foods and flavor combinations differently.” — Chef Peter Morris I t may be his passion for cooking great food that started Peter Morris on his path to a career as a restaurant chef, but it was…

  • Brody recalled as advocate for veterans

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Richard Brody Richard Brody, who chaired the Millstone Township Veterans Memorial Council, was remembered this week as an advocate for veterans, a man who promoted American patriotism in schools and a person who cared deeply about his family. Brody, 66, of Millstone Township, died on Nov. 17 at the Hospital of…

  • Gasko’s open house to benefit injured teen

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Roseann Goodman prepares holiday wreaths at Gasko’s Family Farm and Greenhouses in Monroe. The farm will host its Christmas Open House on Nov. 29 to raise money for high school hockey player Mikey Nichols, who suffered a spinal cord injury last winter. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The annual winter…

  • Affordable housing picture is cloudy after COAH vote

    YOUR TURN ASSEMBLYMAN SEAN KEAN GUEST COLUMN The failure of New Jersey’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to reach an agreement on new thirdround regulations for the state Supreme Court-mandated construction of housing for low-income residents has created confusion for municipalities now facing dramatic increases in litigation that would force towns to accept affordable housing…

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