• Supreme Court sends turbine back to Union Beach

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer UNION BEACH — The N.J. Supreme Court has declined to hear the borough’s suit challenging the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA)’s plan to install a 380-foot wind turbine on the authority’s property. Two lower courts previously upheld BRSA’s argument, ruling that a state statute restricting municipalities from regulating “small…

  • Helmetta shelter under scrutiny

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter has been issued six warnings by the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals due to reports of substandard conditions. ADAM C. UZIALKO/STAFF The Middlesex County Health Department has warned the Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter (HRAS) about violations after two inspections…

  • Elected positions are not supposed to be ‘jobs’

    A s the important mid-term election approaches, desperate power-crazed politicians seeking re-election resort to their same pathetic tricks to give the economy an artificial stimulus and make us feel better so we will be conned into voting again for them. The most obvious examples are the various highly visible road-related projects, including resurfacing that is…

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    JESSICA D’AMICO/STAFF Yellow and green hues brighten a meadow at Bear Brook Park, Marlboro.

  • State grants will help fund school upgrades

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer The Matawan-Aberdeen School District will use $1.7 million from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) toward funding $4.3 million in upgrades at several schools. The district applied to the Regional Operating District grant program in 2013. According to Business Administrator Patrick DeGeorge, the district will assume the remaining $2.6…

  • Mat-Ab district updates social media policies

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education has adopted two new policies for electronic communications between staff and students that update current guidelines. The New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) mandated the policies be implemented by districts across the state. The board unanimously adopted the policies, titled…

  • Cardiac screenings inspired by story of MikeyD

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO Above: Volunteer Dennis Crayon uses test dummies to demonstrate CPR to a group of youngsters during a cardiac screening event for young people on Sept. 27. Left: Mike Doherty Sr. and his son, Mike Doherty Jr., also known as MikeyD, attend the event held at Mater…

  • Despite hurdles, student-athlete keeps running

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Jillian Milton has never let her limited eyesight keep her from competing, but the seventh-grader’s spot on the Thompson Middle School cross-country team recently hung in the balance. Jillian, who is legally blind, has been running with the help of a trained guide for three years. She first began…

  • Raritan Bay, Meridian plan merger

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Raritan Bay Medical Center and Meridian Health are seeking to merge following a review of financial, clinical and legal issues. Two major health organizations in central New Jersey have decided to join forces in an effort to enhance services and control costs. Meridian Health and Raritan Bay Medical Center…

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