• Millstone teachers excited to receive foundation grants

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Millstone Township K-8 School District educators recently received grants from the Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence. Pictured, from left, are Sarah Iannuzzi, reading specialist; Jennifer Kohn, third-grade teacher; Meredith Weibel, reading specialist; and Stephen Wisniewski, Millstone Township Elementary School principal. MILLSTONE — Cowbells rang out in the Millstone Township Elementary…

  • Advocates warn: Areas of urban coast are at risk

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer While superstorm Sandy exposed a host of vulnerabilities in communities throughout the region, local advocates say “urban coastal” areas in New Jersey face a specific, complicated set of planning and development issues that remain unaddressed. As waterfront communities from Long Branch to Union Beach continue to grow and develop, their…

  • Victim details experience

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Holly Smith Former New Jersey resident Holly Smith can attest to warnings about human trafficking. Forced into the sex trade at age 14, Smith now advocates for victims of human trafficking and describes her experience in her book, “Walking Prey: How America’s Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery.” Smith had…

  • Warning sounded on human trafficking

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI & KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writers The Rev. William Stokes, left to right, New Jersey Junior League State Public Affairs Committee Chairwoman Sue Flynn and Detective Shawn Murphy participate in a forum addressing the growing incidence of human trafficking. NICOLE ANTONUCCI/STAFF Local nonprofits and law enforcement agencies have been working over the past…

  • Vo-tech systems allow students to pursue passions

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Michael Volker, above, wears a SWAT team vest and ballistic helmet during a class demonstration at the Academy of Law and Public Safety in Long Branch. At right, Ellen Dougherty and Emanuel DeLaCruz practice a DWI traffic stop during class. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Ellen…

  • Audit shows decline in food service revenue

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Some four years ago when the members of Congress believed they could fight the nation’s childhood obesity and diabetes epidemics, they rewrote the rule book on school food nutrition to phase out fatty, sugary and salty foods and drinks. Millstone Township K-8 School District administrators continue to grapple with the reality…

  • Pinewood Derby

    Friends, relatives and members of Cub Scout Pack 180, Allentown, watch their racing cars cross the finish line during the annual Pinewood Derby that was held on Jan. 25 in the Stone Bridge Middle School. The cars are small wooden models, powered by gravity, that the Cub Scouts make themselves. TERRY BOUDREAU

  • STATE WE’RE IN: The back story on the understory

    by Michele Byers ”Not being able to see the forest for the trees” means we’re focusing so much on small things we don’t see the bigger picture.    But sometimes the opposite is true — we see the forest, but don’t comprehend the smaller components that make up a forest ecosystem.    Bicyclist and author Michael Heffler,…

  • FLORENCE: Police investigating armed robbery

    FLORENCE: Police investigating armed robbery

    Police are seeking the public’s helping in identifying the suspect of an armed robbery at Town Liquor on Route 130 on Monday. FLORENCE — Police are seeking the public’s helping in identifying the suspect of an armed robbery at Town Liquor on Route 130 on Monday.    According to police, the robbery occurred at 6:40 p.m.…

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