• Police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run

    HOWELL — Police were continuing their search early this week for the driver who was involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident last week. At about 2 p.m. March 12, Charles McHugh, 58, of Spring Lake, was riding a bicycle on Herbertsville Road when a vehicle struck him, Howell police Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said. McHugh…

  • Anti-drug message hits YouTube

    An anti-drug message for the YouTube generation is being touted as the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office’s latest weapon in its fight against a rising drug epidemic in the county. An interactive video titled “Right Turns,” which was released by the prosecutor’s office on March 4, is the first in a series of online films aimed…

  • IN THE SERVICE

    Air Force Airman Colton J. Peer, son of Michael Peer of Jackson and Karen LaBrosse of Winthrop, N.Y., graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles…

  • Enjoy the area’s many recreational offerings

    Recreation 2014 Monmouth County Park System This summer make the Monmouth County Park System part of your life. With its great parks, memorable summer camps and fantastic golf courses, every day is an adventure.The hardest part about the summer will be deciding what to do first. Park System summer camps are sure to be the…

  • Officials subdivide tract to allow for cell tower

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The next step in a plan to construct a cellular communications tower on municipal property was recently approved by the Township Committee, paving the way for better reception and a potentially steady revenue stream. Members of the committee unanimously adopted an ordinance that created a 3,600- square-foot subdivision…

  • Tree trimming will help prevent electrical outages

    Beginning this month, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) will begin tree trimming in Colts Neck, Eatontown, Fair Haven, Howell, Long Branch, Manalapan, Red Bank, Shrewsbury and Tinton Falls. Approximately $24 million worth of tree-trimming work will be performed along more than 3,400 miles of lines across 13 counties in northern and central New Jersey…

  • Friends seek bone marrow donor for ailing counselor

    JACKSON — Efforts to provide support for a member of the Jackson School District faculty will turn into a rallying cry from friends, family members and colleagues during a bone marrow drive on March 22. In an effort to help Elms Elementary School guidance counselor Debi Hotmar fight the acute lymphoblastic leukemia with which she…

  • Grants to fund school work

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education has passed a resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of several grants that will be used to upgrade and repair schools. The grants are coming from the New Jersey School Development Authority and will be used for partial roof replacements…

  • Cancer research at core of fundraising effort

    Mark Rosman IN THE NEWS When I embarked on my journey in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)’s Man/Woman of the Year program, I said I was doing so to honor my late wife, Stephanie, who died of Hodgkin’s lymphoma in April 1999. Although I have never participated in a public fundraising event, I believed…

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