• A fish fry sponsored by the New Egypt Elks, 105 Lakewood Road, New Egypt, will be held 6-8 p.m. Feb. 10. A fish dinner is $9 (two pieces) or $10 (three pieces). Chicken will be available for $8 (two pieces) and $9 (three pieces). All children’s dinners are $5. Take-out will also be available. More...

The governor’s recent choice of a black gay person, living with his partner of more than 30 years, for the state Supreme Court, shows that the governor, when he wants to, can look beyond the bigotry that characterizes the so-called “social value” discourse in too many other states. More...

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Here’s a story that made my blood boil, and I’m guessing it’ll do the same to yours. According to the stories from several news sources, police in Wakefield, a suburb of the Bronx, thought they saw an 18- year-old man named Ramarley Graham on the street buying drugs. They tried to arrest him, he took off, and then the tale turns deadly. More...

Mrs. Skinner, 89, of Brick, formerly of Lakewood, died Feb. 2, 2012, at Meridian Nursing Center, Brick. She was employed as a sales representative at Butler’s Pharmacy, Point Pleasant, for many years, and also at the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library. She was predeceased by her husband, Alvah; and a son, William. More...

JACKSON — With about nine weeks left before the Jackson School District Board of Education expects to hold a public hearing on the 2012-13 budget, the second of four preliminary budget presentations was held at Jackson Memorial High School on Jan. 17. More...

The Jackson Memorial High School boys track and field team is ready to make a statement in what will be a competitive Central Jersey Group IV state sectional meet to be held Feb. 11 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. More...