• School board members bid educator farewell

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent The highlight of a joint meeting of the Millstone Township School District and the Upper Freehold Regional School District boards of education on Dec. 9 was a heartfelt farewell to Stephen Cochrane, who served both districts as an assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction. Cochrane will become the superintendent of schools…

  • New Jersey’s birthday bash will kick off in Red Bank

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A crowd, at top, anxiously awaits a screening in the lobby of the Carlton Theater in Red Bank in 1956. The Carlton would eventually become the Count Basie Theatre in 1984. COURTESY OF DORN’S CLASSIC IMAGES rom Monmouth Battlefield to Sandy Hook to the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank,…

  • Allentown food pantry offers help to all in need

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer The end of the year may be a time when families are beset by the stress of the holiday season, from shopping for loved ones to traveling long distances to visit relatives. Yet for many families living with financial hardships, the holiday season’s stress is less about getting a new…

  • Bingo players enjoy camaraderie

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Margaret Simonovich of Edison enjoys a round of bingo at Congregation Beth-El, Edison, on Dec. 18. The temple is one of many locations in central New Jersey that attracts dozens of players to its bingo nights. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Some people enjoy a cocktail to relax, others choose…

  • IN THE NEWS

    Put on a happy face Mark Rosman We have come to the end of another year of news gathering in communities in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties. Greater Media Newspapers’ staff writers have authored thousands of articles about the issues of the day and the people who contribute to the towns where we live and…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Handex Consulting and Remediation Inc., Windsor, has announced the appointment of two top industry leaders to execute its strategic plans for diversification, market expansion and revenue growth. Bruce N. Bosserman has been named president and Diane M. Anderson has been appointed senior vice president for corporate market management. Handex is an award-winning, full-service environmental consulting,…

  • Christmas, a moveable feast

    Christmas, a moveable feast

    How a family dealt with loss during the holidays By Carolyn Foote Edelmann One Christmas, our girls unexpectedly lost both grandmothers within six weeks. The following year, we had to leave our Princeton home and yard and all our usual Holiday rituals. There was no way we could sit around our festive table, site of…

  • PRINCETON: Wilson: ‘It’s the right time’ to move on

    PRINCETON: Wilson: ‘It’s the right time’ to move on

    For the past nine years, Judith A. Wilson would make the daily commute up I-295 from Camden County to Princeton more times than she probably can remember. By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    For the past nine years, Judith A. Wilson would make the daily commute up I-295 from Camden County to Princeton more times…

  • LAWRENCE: Judge reduces fatal crash driver’s bail

    LAWRENCE: Judge reduces fatal crash driver’s bail

    The bail for an alleged drunk driver that crashed into a truck and killed his three passengers Dec. 12 on Interstate Highway 95 has been reduced to $500,000 cash or bond, according to the Mercer County P By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer LAWRENCE – The bail for an alleged drunk driver that crashed into a…

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