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    Parasailers prepare for flight off the coast of Point Pleasant Beach.

  • Common Core tramples on the Constitution

    The oath of office for an elected Board of Education member in New Jersey reads like this: “I (name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same…

  • It is time for Mexico to release U.S. Marine

    On March 31, U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi was arrested by Mexican police after he accidentally crossed the border while carrying three firearms, all legally owned and registered in the United States. Sgt. Tahmooressi immediately disclosed to Mexican border guards that he had made a wrong turn and that the three guns were in his…

  • Amateur radio ops to display skills

    MANALAPAN — The community’s amateur radio operators will demonstrate their skills at the Manalapan municipal complex, Route 522 at Taylors Mills Road, on June 28. Members of the public are invited to come and see the new capabilities of “ham radio” and learn how to get their own Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s radio license. Despite…

  • JCP&L names new manager of emergency preparedness

    Raemon Mallin 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…

  • Accident under investigation

    A Subaru sedan was one of two vehicles involved in an accident on Route 539 in Upper Freehold Township just before noon on June 16. A spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said the cause of the accident remains under investigation. UPPER FREEHOLD — New Jersey State Police personnel are investigating a motor vehicle…

  • Superintendent excited about journey to China

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Richard Fitzpatrick Richard Fitzpatrick, superintendent of schools in the Upper Freehold Regional School District, recently was awarded a scholarship from Education First (EF) for an all-expenses paid, 10-day trip to China that began on June 24. “I was absolutely thrilled” to be chosen for the scholarship, Fitzpatrick said prior to his…

  • Sports complex proposed for Manalapan parcel

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer An artist’s rendering, above, shows the Sportika sports complex that has been proposed for a site on Woodward Road, Manalapan. Plans for the two-story building, floor plans included below, include an indoor soccer field, a pool, batting cages and basketball courts. The public hearing on the application is scheduled to…

  • Common Core concerns some area parents

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Prior to a presentation about the Common Core State Standards at a joint meeting of the Upper Freehold Regional and Millstone Township school boards on June 16, a parent-led petition in opposition to the standards was read into the record. The petition was signed by 260 residents from Upper Freehold Township,…

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