• School puts an emphasis on health

    JACKSON — Saint Aloysius School announced it has received a $10,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through the YMCA of Toms River as a result of the efforts of its marketing director, Olive Taylor. The mission of the grant is to promote “policy and environmental change to impact childhood obesity,” according to a…

  • Search ends with drug charges

    HOWELL — The execution of a search warrant resulted in the arrest of two individuals on May 23. Police are withholding the identity of one of the individuals who was arrested. Police said that at 12:45 p.m., members of the Howell Police Department Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant at a home on Middle…

  • Two Girl Scouts produce play, reach out to teens

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Girl Scouts Hannah Misyak and Briana Piscopiello know about the issues people their age experience each day, and they decided to bring those issues to the attention of the community in their direction and production of the play “Fighting for Myself.” Hannah is an eighth-grade student at Howell Middle…

  • Howell responders using Narcan to combat overdoses

    HOWELL — Officers in the Howell Police Department and the paid employees of the township’s Emergency Medical Services Unit have been trained in a new way to save a person’s life. The first responders have been trained in the use of Narcan, a medication that is commonly used to reverse the effects of opiates such…

  • DATEBOOK

     Patriotic standards with award-winning professional singer and Toms River native Jared Martin will be offered at 7 p.m. July 7 at the Plumsted Library, 119 Evergreen Road, New Egypt. Details: 609-758- 7888.  Live animals from Cattus Island Park will be at the Plumsted Library, 119 Evergreen Road, New Egypt, at 1:30 p.m. July…

  • Glenn Fredricks Sr.

    Mr. Fredricks, 67, of Spotswood, died June 14, 2014, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Newark, he resided in Spotswood for the past 36 years. Before his retirement, he was employed as an electrician for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 52/164 for 41 years. Mr. Fredricks was a U.S. Army…

  • Host families needed for exchange students

    Global Friendships is seeking host families for a group of teenage students coming from Barcelona, Spain. The group is scheduled to visit the Jersey Shore area June 29 to July 27 with the goal of experiencing the American way of life. Potential host families are permitted to choose the student they want to live with…

  • Young adult finds calling with humanitarian group

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Anthony Camme shares a laugh with African youngsters in a village in Tanzania. Camme worked with Growth International Volunteer Excursions to help build the foundation for a technical school in the community. FARMINGDALE — This last year has been a whirlwind for Farmingdale native Anthony Camme. After participating in a…

  • JCP&L names new manager of emergency preparedness

    Raemon Mallin has been named manager of emergency preparedness for Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L). In addition to being JCP&L’s main liaison with federal, state and local emergency preparedness organizations, the Ocean Township resident will also oversee several new preparedness initiatives designed to help ensure that the company continues to respond quickly and effectively…

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