• Equine rescue celebrates 5 years

    MILLSTONE — Helping Hearts Equine Rescue, based in the Perrineville section of Millstone Township, was established in 2008 and has been helping horses ever since, according to a press release. Founded by Lisa and Chris Post, Helping Hearts Equine Rescue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and placement of equines in need.…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    From mom to marketing, in a snap Lori Clinch My goodness, how quickly life changes. It just seems like yesterday that I was carting a baby while dragging a toddler and trying to finagle the 18-foot cord on the phone around the house without strangling myself. I was toting boys to and from football games…

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    The restored boardwalk in Ocean Grove. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Many missing the point on marijuana issue

    Having read Jacquelin Duffy’s recent letter to the editor concerning marijuana use, several inaccuracies present themselves. She begins by comparing cannabis legalization to pedophilia and the rape of children. This is off-base, and such sensationalism is characteristic of the scare tactics of prohibitionists. In fact the two are incomparable. Cannabis consumption is a victimless crime…

  • Resident likes Upper Freehold Republicans

    When my wife and I made the decision to move closer to our places of employment, we searched long and hard for the perfect place to make our new home. One town kept rising to the top: Upper Freehold Township. What led us to this decision? We wanted a community that we could be proud…

  • Freehold native gives Queens bar a boost

    Steve Smith grew up in area, now owns New Orleans bar featured on ‘Bar Rescue’ By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Steve Smith Steve Smith and Brad Bohannan are made of tough stuff. Smith is a native of Freehold Borough, and Bohannan, who is Smith’s business partner, is a native of Missouri. They live in…

  • Candidates Christie, Buono outline ideals

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced The Nov. 5 election is quickly approaching, and Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono are campaigning steadfastly, throwing jabs at one another whenever they can as they travel around the state. Twenty-four days before the election, Christie, after traveling to Washington D.C.,…

  • Still trying to go home, one year after Sandy

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Union Beach resident Bart Sutton has been living with his family in a Keyport apartment since Sandy’s massive flood surge ravaged his home a year ago. He wanted to make the necessary repairs to his house, elevate it to a new 14-foot flood elevation and move back in, but the…

  • Sandy bills keep piling up

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A rguably the most devastating storm to hit New Jersey’s shores, Sandy claimed more than three dozen lives and pushed hundreds of thousands from their homes across the state. Cleanup and repair expenses totaled more than $36 billion, according to Gov. Chris Christie, and the storm’s long-term effects on local…

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