Goal is to show adoption potential of formerly wild horses
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer
The spirit of the West was alive and well recently at Rick's Saddle Shop. More...
LAKEWOOD — The year was 1908. It was illegal for women to smoke in public in New York, females were declared unfit to operate automobiles in Cincinnati, and women around the world were struggling to gain the right to vote. More...
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
LAKEWOOD — For Derek Pierre, playing the guitar is a labor of love. Pierre, 59, of Lakewood, taught himself how to play the instrument after being inspired by the jazz guitar technique of Wes Montgomery. More...
On Aug. 6, Robert Bayly, 20, of Cape Coral, Fla., was sentenced to a three-year term of probation for the third degree crime of assault by auto. This charge pertains to a 2006 motor vehicle collision which occurred in Howell. More...
Army Reserve Pfc. Kathleen Pesina, the daughter of Sandi and Greg Meehan of Howell, has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. More...
HOWELL — Republican Party officials are still seeking a Township Council candidate to round out their 2008 slate. More...
PLUMSTED — The annual fall service project for the local MOMS Club is collecting school supplies for children who may not have the financial means to have more than the basics offered at the school. More...
Eugenia Lawson is getting district ready for new year
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
LAKEWOOD — Neither chance nor desire could be given credit for Eugenia Lawson's 20-year career in education. According to her, it was all destiny. Lawson, 46, said she always knew she was born to lead. More...
The Ocean County Library will participate in the national "Cell Phone for Soldiers" program by distributing postage-paid envelopes for shipping cell phones at 17 of its branches. More...
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer
JACKSON — An applicant proposing the construction of an affordable housing apartment complex continued working its way through testimony from professionals at the Aug. 4 meeting of the Jackson Planning Board. More...
Veiga family will join walkathon on Sept. 27 in Avalon
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer
UPPER FREEHOLD — Terry Veiga considers herself to be a very lucky woman. It's not just the nice house in the Grande at Old York development, the good husband, the two active sons, and her adored dogs. More...
Milltown taxidermist restores 73-year-old behemoth for museum
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer
MILLTOWN — David B. Schwendeman recently found out that size does matter. More...
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer
JACKSON — The 2008 version of America's Night Out Against Crime surpassed all expectations. "Every year we try to expand it a little bit," said Jackson Police Sgt. John Convery, who organized the event this year and last. More...
As a mother of two children, one of whom has autism, the decision to vaccinate or not is agonizing. More...
Whether they want to admit it or not, the members of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education and several of the district's administrators now have a significant credibility problem. More...
PATRICIA A. MILLER Ocean View
At first, Avery Lubrecht's parents thought their 4-year-old daughter had a stubborn stomach flu. The little girl had been vomiting and suffering from headaches off and on for several weeks. More...
GREG BEAN Coda
I remember graduate school with a certain degree of awe and loathing More...