• Local youths win at arts competition

    Freehold resident Darnesha Moore took top honors at the National Fine Arts Celebration held Aug. 6-9 in Orlando, Fla. The National Fine Arts Celebration is a competition hosted by the Assemblies of God National Youth Ministries. The competition receives thousands of entries over dozens of categories in the areas of the arts, including music performance,…

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    Family mourns loss of young life to addiction Jack Murtha We buried my 21-year-old cousin Courtney on the afternoon of Sept. 5, near her lifelong home in Bergen County. She died two days earlier, after a difficult period scarred by a cruel and far-too-common disease. Courtney spent the final years of her life as an…

  • Halloween story of Irish Jack set for kids

    MARLBORO — Kateri Environmental Center in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro will present the story of Irish Jack on Oct. 25-26. For the 27th year, Kateri will present this live drama that tells the origins of Halloween. The environmental center’s woodland trails will be lit with more than 250 jack-o’- lanterns as visitors walk through…

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    Save judicial independence in New Jersey New Jersey Law Journal Last month, the governor announced that he would not reappoint Justice Helen Hoens to the New Jersey Supreme Court, but would instead nominate Judge Faustino Fernandez-Vina, the Camden County assignment judge, to fill her seat. Shortly thereafter, Senate President Stephen Sweeney announced that the Senate…

  • Family grateful for support at difficult time

    When we experienced the sudden and unexpected death of our beloved Lucille C. Bruno, it left us lost, bewildered and unsure of what to do next. There are no words to express our heartfelt appreciation toward Police Officer Tom Hartman and Detective Dan Valentine of the Freehold Township Police Department, the Freehold First Aid and…

  • School bus safety in N.J. is a joint effort

    A s students gather at bus stops across New Jersey for the new school year, it is important to stress that school bus safety is a top priority for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). By requiring all school transportation vehicles to pass through a meticulous inspection process and drivers to meet specific, mandated…

  • Politicians are sowing seeds of discontent

    A long, long time ago when I was an engineering student, I studied surveying. I never understood how a navigator at sea could stand on a pitching deck and line up the horizon with the sun while holding a sextant to his eye and turning the lever. It was once the only way to determine…

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  • Third man pleads guilty in burglary

    On Sept. 12 a Brooklyn, N.Y., man admitted his involvement in a plot to burglarize a pharmacy on Union Hill Road in Marlboro and distribute stolen narcotics, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Dzheykhun Avshalumov, 24, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with…

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