• Campaign warns against leaving children in cars

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Thanks in part to a heightened campaign, it has been three years since a child in New Jersey has died from heat stroke in a locked car, a child-safety advocate said last week. According to Diana Starace, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s injury prevention program coordinator and the Safe Kids…

  • Gone fishin’

    PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Clockwise from above: Anglers cast their lines into the lake at Thompson Park during the Monroe Township Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby on Aug. 12. A largemouth bass is measured. Derby hopeful Angelo Rubino of Monroe shows off the largemouth bass he caught.

  • East Brunswick places liens on 15 homes

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer The East Brunswick Township Council has authorized liens to be placed on more than a dozen homes to address what officials say is a growing problem of vacant properties not being maintained. A total of 15 liens have been placed on residential properties in the township that have been deemed…

  • Schools test out tech programs

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Many school districts this year will seek to modernize an aging educational system and improve the learning process by allowing students to use their personal tech gadgets as classroom tools. The move is part of a growing trend to make devices like laptops, smartphones and tablets part of the curriculum.…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Dylan Aulbach of Monroe waits patiently for a bite during the annual Fishing Derby sponsored by the Monroe Township Recreation Department at the lake in Thompson Park on Aug. 12.

  • Lakewood awaits word on student missing in Israel

    By Taylor M. Lier LAKEWOOD — Community members gathered outside the Lakewood municipal building at a press conference on Aug. 26 as concern grows over the whereabouts of a Lakewood resident who has been reported missing in Israel.   Authorities said Aharon Sofer, 23, an exchange student studying in Israel, has been missing since approximately…

  • Spiritual medium sets reading at Forsgate

    Forsgate Country Club will welcome well-known spiritual medium and medical intuitive Marisa Liza Pell at 7 p.m. Sept. 4. The evening will feature a 90-minute “experience” where selected guests will receive messages of strength, hope and love from the other side, according to a press release. General admission is $40. Forsgate members may register by…

  • Fatal crash victims identified

    By Taylor Lier Three victims of a fatal three-vehicle crash on Kozloski Road in Freehold Township were identified by authorities Wednesday afternoon during a press conference at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in Freehold. Nicholas J. Dever, 19, of Freehold Borough, was driving a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta traveling south on Kozloski Road when he lost…

  • Howell girls basketball team shows progress over summer

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School’s girls basketball team is in transition — as in fastbreak basketball. Not blessed with much height, the Rebels are looking to utilize their biggest strength — team speed — to beat teams down the floor and create more offense. All signs from the Monroe Sports Complex’s High…

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