• Redbirds’ Thomas readies for outdoor track and field season

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s Kathleen Kyle (14) fights for a rebound with Notre Dame High School’s Nneka Eziegbo at the Mercer County Tournament. The Redbirds’ 20-win season came to an end in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III playoffs, with a 47-34 loss at home to Middletown High School North. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER…

  • Service engine soon

    Your car is trying to tell you something when one of the warning lights on the dashboard illuminates. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features I f you find yourself perplexed by the plethora of warning lights and displays on your car’s instrument panel, you’re not alone. A recent survey determined that a surprising number of U.S.…

  • ‘Music Man’ coming to Red Bank, Newark

    ‘M eredith Willson’s The Music Man,” a concert version of the classic Tony Award-winning musical about big brass bands and smalltown spirit, will be performed by an African-American cast in Red Bank and Newark this month. The River City, Iowa, setting will be based on historical accounts of black communities established during the Great Migration…

  • Food pantry joins in hunger challenge

    MANALAPAN — The Samaritan Center is once again participating in the Feinstein Foundation Challenge to end hunger in the area. For the 17th consecutive year, Alan Shawn Feinstein will give away $1 million to hunger-fighting agencies nationwide. The Feinstein Foundation, which was founded in 1991 by Feinstein, is dedicated to the alleviation of hunger, the…

  • Groups offering scholarships

    MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township PTSA and the Millstone Township PTO, two nonprofit groups of parents, students, educators and community members who work together to support the schools and offer educational opportunities for Millstone Township students, will once again be sponsoring a scholarship program. The PTSA and the PTO will each be providing a $1,000…

  • Survey shows community seeks better communication

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Survey results provided by the community, staff and students have helped guide the creation of the goals now being worked on within five action committees established by the Millstone K-8 School District Board of Education. The survey was part of the school district’s strategic planning initiative. Superintendent of Schools…

  • Q&A

    Redesign reservations with Sharon Peters Q: We’re looking at the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, and we’re enthusiastic about it, but we’re afraid that all the bad press about the redesign will spoil its resale value in five or six years. What do you think? A: It’s a little early to tell how the public at large…

  • IN THE NEWS

    Public relies on board members for info about school matters Mark Rosman During the school board election season in the fall of 2013, I half-jokingly instructed the reporters on my staff to ask the following question to residents who were running for a seat on their local school board: “If you are elected, will you…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    He’s just trying to make Mom better Lori Clinch When our first-born son left for college, it broke my heart. I cried when he packed his boxes, sobbed when he loaded the car, and I sniveled all over myself as I drove away and left that young man at a campus home far away from…

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