June 4, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Housing plan has four objectors

Property owners ask Howell to include their land in affordable housing plan

Four entities have filed objections with the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to an affordable housing plan Howell officials submitted to the state in December 2008. More...

Lakehurst to Red Bank is panel's rail selection

Efforts continue to institute passenger train service for inland Monmouth, Ocean

Passenger train service could come to inland Monmouth and Ocean counties if NJ Transit administrators follow through on the recommendation of a working group of stakeholders. More...

Showing lots of love for Locks of Love

Freehold woman makes special donation to keep a promise to her niece

Lesley Taylor of Freehold Borough has not had short hair since she was a child, and only one thing inspired her to trim her 30-inch chestnut mane — her niece Kaitlynn Koehler's illness. More...

Defendant in drug case permitted to enter PTI

JACKSON — A township resident who was charged in 2008 with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (marijuana) with intent to distribute has entered a pretrial intervention (PTI) program. More...

Brunch benefits local family

JACKSON — A charity brunch was hosted on May 17 by the Jackson Women of Today. More than $680 was raised at the brunch, and a total of $900 has been raised to benefit the O'Hara family. More...

Pinelands will be focus of three presentations

Beginning in June, the New Jersey Pinelands Commission will host a series of free educational presentations on a variety of Pinelands topics at its headquarters in Pemberton Township. More...

Letters

Many people helped make festival a success

Main Street New Egypt and the Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) would like to thank the many people and organizations who came together on May 16 to make New Egypt Day a great day for the community. More...

Resident is very impressed with Jackson's police department

Our township of Jackson, third largest in the state of New Jersey with over 100 square miles and approximately 55,000 residents, is very fortunate, in my view, to have within its borders a very dedicated and professional police force that should be More...

Opinion

Tragedy mars start of boating season

Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of the summer season and is something I look forward to all winter. To my family, the warm weather and sunshine means one thing — boating. More...

Pursing her lips over tiny purses

My mother's purse is held in high regard. It is an object of reverence, a monument to her being, and an entity of respect and reverence. As kids, we could observe it from afar and perhaps gaze upon it with love. More...

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New Egypt High School's Emily Bausher (middle) is greeted by her teammates after knocking in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Warriors defeated Florence High School, 1-0, to win the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I softball champi More...

Budget under council review

Apublic hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. June 23 on the 2009 Jackson municipal budget. At its meeting on May 26, the Jackson Township Council introduced a spending plan for 2009 that totals $40,755,852. More...

Pound fishing a part of N.J. maritime history

Boating museum's new exhibit chronicles the industry's heyday

There was a time when the Jersey Shore was more than just a place for vacationers to sprawl in the sand in the summer sun or plunge into the breakers of the Atlantic Ocean. For those who lived here, it was their livelihood. More...

Council lodges objection to state Assembly bill

JACKSON — Township Council members have gone on record in opposition to New Jersey Assembly bill 3686. A-3686 was introduced in the Assembly on Jan. More...

Howell budget hearing June 9

HOWELL — A public hearing on Howell's 2009 municipal budget will be held at 7:30 p.m. June 9 at Town Hall during the Township Council's workshop meeting. More...

Prom gives patients break from hospital routine

JACKSON — Spending a lengthy period of time in a hospital is not what any teenager enjoys doing, but that is the way it has been for Gabrielle "Gabby" Osowiecki, 13, of Jackson, who has been at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for more More...

Town opposes governor's diversion of EMT funds

PLUMSTED — The Township Committee is opposing Gov. More...

Bulletin Board

Free SAT I practice exam slated at library

JACKSON — The Jackson library will host a free SAT I class conducted by an Ivy Insiders intern on June 13 from 9:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. More...

Carnival Fun Day set for June 6

JACKSON — The Jackson Educational Foundation will host its second annual Carnival Fun Day on June 6 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Jackson Liberty High School physical education field, 125 North Hope Chapel Road. More...

Student selected for leadership conference

Gregory Caldwell of Jackson has been selected to participate in the National Student Leadership Conference on engineering this summer at the University of Maryland. More...

Obituaries

Ann W. Van Hise

Mrs. Van Hise, 86, of Jackson, died May 20, 2009, at Care One at Jackson, Jackson. She had resided in Millstone Township for 65 years before moving to Jackson. Mrs. More...

Roseann Birillo Koehl

Mrs. Koehl, 69, of Lakewood, died May 23, 2009, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. Prior to her retirement in 1993, she was secretary of medical records for the New York City Police Department in Staten Island, N.Y., for 15 years. Mrs. More...

Charles Hein Jr.

Mr. Hein, 90, of Howell, died May 17, 2009, at home. He had lived in Lakewood before moving to Howell in 1962. Mr. Hein, a U.S. More...

Sports

Howell volleyball sets new playoff standard

Adeep run in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association boys volleyball tournament was not quite as satisfying as the Howell High School Rebels might have thought it would have been. More...

Howell Rebels repeat as FRHSD golf champs

Afourth-place finish in the team standings at the recent NJSIAA South- Central state sectional golf tournament did not sit well with the Howell High School golfers. More...

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New Egypt High School pitcher Emily Bausher throws a pitch to a Florence High School hitter during the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I state sectional tournament softball championship game on May 29 in Plumsted. More...