• JCP&L working in local towns on vegetation management

    Having trimmed more than 2,500 circuit miles across the state, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) vegetation management contractors are continuing the work in an additional 45 municipalities this month. The vegetation management is done each year to maintain clearances around electrical equipment and help protect against tree-related storm damage. “Proper vegetation management is an…

  • Model aircraft to be on display

    The Jersey Coast Sport Fliers (JCSF) will participate in National Model Aviation Day, a free event that will be open to the public on Aug. 17. The event will run from noon to 3 p.m. at Dorbrook Park, Route 537, Colts Neck, and JCSF’s plans include lessons on how to fly the aircraft and three…

  • Teenagers ready to step onto stage

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — A cast of local teenagers will take audience members for a ride in their performance of “Once on This Island, Jr.” this weekend at the George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Produced by the musical theater company VoiceWorks, the shows are scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug.…

  • Board names meeting room for retiring assistant super

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — It’s the room where Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education members and administrators spent long nights discussing curriculum, budgets, and everything in between. Now, the space where the path of education in Marlboro has been shaped and reconfigured has a name. At its July 23 meeting, the…

  • Money ¢lip

    Peeling back the label Jack Murtha I might as well kick off this column with a confession: I still use the same brand of deodorant that I wore 10 years ago. From high school gym class to the cubicle, I’ve relied on a single company to ward off attacks on my personal hygiene. It’s not…

  • Judge rules suit vs. county needs further examination

    A lawsuit that questions the propriety of a vote cast by a member of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders must proceed, according to a state Superior Court judge. In an opinion dated July 31, following arguments held July 26, Judge Lawrence M. Lawson, sitting in Freehold, declined the county’s request to dismiss a lawsuit…

  • Horsemen’s assoc. gears up for late-summer and fall activities

    Residents of all towns welcome to participate By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Susan Koval, president of the Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township, and Checkers. No horsing around, Sue Koval, president of the Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township (HAMT), is looking forward to planning upcoming events when the group holds its next meeting on Aug. 20. “Nothing…

  • Traffic, parking issues addressed in private school expansion plan

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Despite a proposed increase in the size of the student body, vehicular traffic generated by the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County would still flow at an acceptable level, according to professionals representing the school before a municipal board. Representatives of the Jewish private school continued to make…

  • Is New Jersey climbing out?

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Chris Martin New Jersey is slowly breaking away from the doldrums of the economic recession, but it will likely take several years and a chain of smart decisions before the state can tout a full recovery, according to financial experts. The preliminary unemployment rate in New Jersey hit 8.7 percent…

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