• Rice not worthy of guest-speaker role

    JOHN CALIMANO Jonathan Carfagno wrote in his recent Your Turn guest column that he finds it “disgraceful” that we in the Rutgers University community — alumni, faculty and students — were motivated to object to the selection of Condoleezza Rice as this year’s guest speaker at commencement. Ms. Rice had been invited by the Rutgers…

  • EMS volunteers have served the state well

    I n response to the growing need for trained emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, Charles R. Measure — a former ambulance driver in France during World War I and a volunteer fireman in Belmar — started the Belmar First Aid and Safety Squad in 1928. It was the first volunteer first aid squad in the…

  • Establishing golden rule in foreign policy

    A t a Republican presidential primary debate in South Carolina in January 2012, Congressman Ron Paul was booed by the audience for advocating the golden rule in foreign policy. That audience echoed Mahatma Gandhi’s assertion that the West has rejected the Sermon on the Mount. The golden rule is at the heart of the sermon…

  • New Jersey anniversary to be marked at library

    Residents are invited to attend a variety of educational events at the Monmouth County Library as the library celebrates New Jersey’s 350th anniversary. Chat with Gen. George Washington and heroine Molly Pitcher, see a cannon named Thundering Barbara, and listen to period music and great authors at a special New Jersey 350th anniversary weekend of…

  • Joint Base event draws a crowd

    Visitors from New Jersey and surrounding states gathered at Joint Base McGuire- Dix-Lakehurst in south central New Jersey for the 2014 Open House and Air Show on May 10-11. The Open House and Air Show exceeded attendance expectations, with more than 300,000 spectators throughout the twoday event. “It is amazing to see all of our…

  • Crafters’ market will return to Allaire Village on June 28

    The annual Allaire Village Summer Crafters’ Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 28 on the grounds of the Historic Village at Allaire State Park, 4263 Atlantic Ave., Wall Township. Admission to the crafters market is free; parking is $5 per car. The event will feature exhibits and demonstrations by more…

  • Kind-hearted youngster aids area lunch program

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Kyle Sikkema MILLSTONE — Kyle Sikkema is a seventh-grader at the Millstone Township Middle School who felt a pang inside upon learning there was a significant need to feed people locally. The young man contacted the Feed All God’s Children lunch program at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Freehold Borough and…

  • Web of social services buoys adult with autism

    By JACK MURTHA Kevin Petranich performs his tasks at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton. This is part six in an occasional series of stories about people with autism in New Jersey. The entire series can be found at www.gmnews.com/autism. K evin Petranich doesn’t hit the snooze button on his alarm clock or call…

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