• ‘Great Food for a Great Cause Fundraiser’ slated

    ‘Great Food for a Great Cause Fundraiser’ slated

    By JESSICA HARDING Staff Writer For the eighth year in a row, the Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF) will hold its “Great Food for a Great Cause Fundraiser” to benefit pediatric brain tumor research. The fundraiser will be held Feb. 25 and 26 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at all 13 Turning Point Restaurant locations in Brick, Cherry…

  • RV dealership site plan gains preliminary approval

    RV dealership site plan gains preliminary approval

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township Zoning Board of Adjustment is allowing an applicant’s request to develop a dealership for recreational vehicles on Route 33 to move forward. On Jan. 25, the board granted minor subdivision and major preliminary site plan approval to Lenzo Family LLC to create a new lot…

  • Outside groups prohibited from using Jackson spray park

    Outside groups prohibited from using Jackson spray park

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer JACKSON – Organized groups from outside the community are now prohibited from using the Jackson spray park in the Jackson Justice Complex. On Feb. 14, the Township Council adopted an ordinance which states that “individuals and families are welcome. No organized groups (are) allowed, with the exception of Jackson Township…

  • Suspicious fire at Howell fence company under investigation

    Suspicious fire at Howell fence company under investigation

    HOWELL – A fire that has been ruled suspicious in nature is under investigation by the Howell Police Department Investigations Division, the Howell Fire Bureau and the Monmouth County Fire Marshal’s Office. Police said that at 11 p.m. Feb. 14, police officers and firefighters from Howell’s Adelphia Fire Company responded to a call at the…

  • Poetry contest focuses on coping mechanisms

    Poetry contest focuses on coping mechanisms

    The NAMI New Jersey (National Alliance on Mental Illness) fourth annual Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Mental Health Poetry Contest 2017 will be held in honor of National Poetry Month in April and Mental Health Awareness Month in May. Participants should submit a poem that exhibits the process or processes he/she uses to help make it through tough…

  • The Seniors of Little Silver meeting set for March 28

    The Seniors of Little Silver meeting set for March 28

    The Seniors of Little Silver will have the first meeting of the year at 1 p.m. on March 28 at the Woman’s Club, 111 Church St., Little Silver. The day will include Irish music and refreshments. Bring a friend, make new friends and mingle with old friends. All seniors from Monmouth County are welcome. For…

  • Pump station repairs honored as Leading Infrastructure Projects

    Pump station repairs honored as Leading Infrastructure Projects

    Projects that will repair and improve Middlesex County Utilities Authority’s (MCUA) Edison and Sayreville pump stations, both of which suffered severe damage to their electrical systems during superstorm Sandy, were honored as Leading Infrastructure Projects by the New Jersey Alliance for Action. The MCUA and the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust acquired Federal Emergency Management…

  • East Brunswick Library circulates 30 millionth item

    East Brunswick Library circulates 30 millionth item

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Public Library has achieved a milestone 50 years in the making. On Feb. 12, the library circulated its 30 millionth item. “This is a huge accomplishment for us,” Library Director Jennifer Podolsky said. “Our customers realize that libraries are more than just books and stop by to borrow movies, music,…

  • Freehold Township’s Kasun chosen state superintendent of the year

    Freehold Township’s Kasun chosen state superintendent of the year

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Ross Kasun, the superintendent of schools of the Freehold Township K-8 School District, has been selected as New Jersey’s 2017 candidate for the American Association of School Administrators’ (AASA) National Superintendent of the Year Award by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA). According to a…

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