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      September 20, 2007  RSS feed

      Minister continues mission to serve forgotten residents
      Over the entrance to a trail leading into the woods was a Mexican flag that swayed above the heads of people who were about to go into those woods. A couple of feet back were colorful, tattered and torn tents left vacant by the day laborers who live in them. More...
      Unanswered questions about density cited as reason for denial

      Members of the Jackson Planning Board turned thumbs down Monday on the Leigh Realty Company's plan build Jackson Mews, a development of 2,531 homes spread over 600 acres on West Commodore Boulevard. More...

      The nation's three major bond-rating agencies, Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's, recently announced that Monmouth County will be retaining its triple-A status. Only a small percentage of counties throughout the United States have been granted AAA ratings, the highest rating, according to Mark E. Acker, Monmouth County's finance director. More...


      JACKSON - The lives of three young women ended tragically on Sept. 11 when they died of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. The two-car crash occurred shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sept. 10 on East Veterans Highway near Van Hiseville Road. More...


      PLUMSTED - 4-H is one of the largest youth development programs in the nation with more than six million young people ages 5 to 19 and more than 500,000 youth and adult volunteers. The Township Committee is partnering with Ocean County's 4-H staff to establish a Plumsted Township 4-H Club for local youths. More...


      "Social Networking & Internet Safety" will be hosted by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office Computer Crime Unit and the Ocean County Library at 6 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Jackson library, 2 Jackson Drive. The program includes highlights of the spring 2007 undercover sting operation in Ocean County featured on "Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator. More...
      Recently the Jackson mayor and Township Council awarded a bid of $449,000 to build two basketball courts in Johnson Park. They only received one bid for the job. After reviewing the specs and the bid on this project I have come to the conclusion that the mayor and council think that the taxpayers of Jackson are idiots. More...
      One of my favorite literary characters is a guy called Otherguy Overby. Otherguy makes his first appearance in a book by Ross Thomas called "Chinaman's Chance." In the book, it's explained that Otherguy got his name because every time he got arrested for a crime, his alibi was that "some other guy did it. More...
      Ellen M. Losso Longstreth Mrs. Longstreth, 78, of North Brunswick, died Sept. 6, 2007, at home. Born in New Brunswick, she had resided in Highland Park before relocating to North Brunswick in 1967. She was a secretary at Instant Alarm Service Inc., Edison, for 23 years, retiring in 1993. More...
      HOWELL - A private high school to be known as the Monmouth Academy of Scientific Arts will be coming to Howell. The Planning Board recently approved an application from Bruno DeVinck to build a private high school that is expected to accommodate about 130 students. More...
      At left, Brianna Ecklof, 15, a sophomore at Howell High school and member of the gymnastics team, warms up on the balance beam before a meet with Brick Memorial High School in Howell. Right, fellow sophomore Austyn Fobes, 16, warms up on the bars before the meet. More...