• Ocean planners consider rezoning Apple Farms site

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Residents continued to pepper the Ocean Township Planning Board with questions about a planned re-examination of the master plan that could pave the way for construction of 100-plus housing units on the former Apple Farms site. During a Jan. 8 special board meeting, the board and professionals…

  • Tolstoy’s book should be required reading

    “The Kingdom of God is Within You” by Leo Tolstoy is a book relatively unknown by the vast majority of Americans. But here is what Mahatma Gandhi of India wrote about this book: “[When] I was passing through a severe crisis of skepticism and doubt … I came across Tolstoy’s book ‘The Kingdom of God…

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    Ice fishing on Imlaystown Lake, Upper Freehold Township, on the afternoon of Jan. 8. RAY CHISTE

  • Eat plant-based foods and exercise for good health

    I hope John Cisna, the Iowa science teacher who ate nothing but McDonald’s food for three months, isn’t trying to convince his students that it’s wise to eat fast food on a regular basis. It’s worth noting that many of the items Mr. Cisna ate were not the nuggets and burgers that fast food customers…

  • Resources available for victims

    A fter we learned that a woman in Keansburg had been sexually assaulted recently, it is important for everyone to realize that sexual violence does not take a holiday — or a snow day. While this woman was helping a friend dig out from the storm, she was lured away and sexually assaulted. Sexual violence…

  • Email stirs debate over appointment

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Eatontown Borough Council President Dennis Connelly, left, and Mayor Gerald Tarantolo discuss the appointment of a municipal court judge during the Jan. 1 meeting. NICOLE ANTONUCCI/STAFF EATONTOWN — An email sent by a borough councilman over the appointment of a municipal court judge may have violated the Open Public Meetings…

  • N.J. gets taste of healthier school lunches

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Food-service directors and school administrators from around New Jersey sample foods served by vendors at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foods Conference in East Brunswick on Jan. 9. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR School lunches have come a long way since the days when ketchup was determined to be a…

  • Fueling the future

    A wave of new ‘clean diesel’ cars and trucks boasts strong performance with impressive fuel economy By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features While diesel-powered autos remain far more popular in other parts of the world, they’re finally beginning to catch on here in the United States, fueled by several new models debuting for 2014 from automakers…

  • Q&A

    End of the road with Sharon Peters Q: I own a 2002 Pontiac Bonneville. It is my third Bonneville. They have all been great cars that drive well and I always have felt very safe and comfortable in them. I had my current one at the dealer yesterday and the service person commented that I…

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