• DATEBOOK

     The Jackson Rotary Club is sponsoring a bus trip to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City on March 23. The cost of the trip is $32 per person and includes bus transportation, lunch on the bus, beverages, driver gratuity and $25 back in slot play. The bus will leave at noon from Brookwood Plaza,…

  • Plumsted voters reject fire company’s budget

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Ten days after voters resoundingly denied a plan put forth by the New Egypt Fire Company to expand its operations in downtown New Egypt, they defeated the fire company’s proposed 2014 budget. The fire company’s budget will be reviewed by the Township Committee. The governing body has the…

  • Student film festival accepting entries

    The Ocean County Library Student Film Festival is currently accepting original film works by high school students and those beyond high school age. The deadline for submission is March 26. Entries must be original work and can be submitted via U.S. mail or electronically to [email protected]. Films will be shown at a red carpet event…

  • Allentown ‘swamp’ prepares to welcome ‘Shrek’

    Cast members Michael Masse (Lord Farquaad), Jason Diaz (Shrek), Matthew Jones (Donkey) and Hannah Shaffer (Fiona) are preparing for this week’s presentation of “Shrek: The Musical” at Allentown High School. He’s big, green, loud and proud, with a penchant for flatulence. Despite these unseemly characteristics — or perhaps due to them — children and adults…

  • Cost of snow removal sets new record

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Officials throughout New Jersey are licking their financial and logistical wounds following the recent spate of snowstorms that will ultimately cost all levels of New Jersey government in the millions. “This year’s the new record [for spending],” New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesman Steven Schapiro said. Tasked with maintaining…

  • Health issues lead Meinders to retire as superintendent

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Less than one year after being named the superintendent of schools in the Jackson School District, Lu Anne Meinders has announced her retirement from the position due to health reasons. Meinders said her decision to retire stems from a recent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in combination with high blood pressure.…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The harsh winter weather creates a stark scene at the Manasquan Reservoir, Howell, on Feb. 19.

  • Puff, puff, gone

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: We have a law in our city against “puffing” — a term they use for starting your car and leaving it running in the driveway to warm it up (and that’s something that we all like to do during these sub-zero days). I can’t imagine we’re the only place in…

  • ROAD WARRIOR

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features The 2014 Jeep Cherokee is a stylish and comfortable five-passenger crossover SUV, with solid on- and off-road capabilities and a long list of high-tech options. Jeep has long been known as purveyor of rough-and-tumble offroad ready vehicles, including the iconic Wrangler that traces its lineage to World War II. While…

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