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Construction under way at Sunnyside development

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St. Veronica parish celebrates 50 years of faith and fellowship

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CODA

SkyScreamer gives riders thrilling view of park

Food pantry benefits from young athletes

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Jaguars pound EB Bears in state lacrosse action

Horsemen take reins at Monmouth Park

School upgrades to be on ballot

Jackson Board of Education to seek approval for projects in four questions on Jan. 26

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

On Jan. 26 voters in Jackson will be asked to consider four referendum questions that propose improvements and upgrades throughout the Jackson School District. More...

Pinelands panel will help towns pay to implement clustering rules

At a recent meeting, the Pinelands Commission voted to help 37 Pinelands municipalities offset costs they will incur to implement recent rule changes that will better protect the Pinelands' unique environment. More...

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Jackson Township Council approves ethics committee

BY ANDREW DAVISON Correspondent

JACKSON - The township will form its own Ethics Review Committee to help ensure the highest level of accountability and integrity in local government. More...

A Night for Gabriel to aid child battling leukemia

Performances by talented young singers and musicians, as well as a dinner, are included in A Night for Gabriel, a fundraiser for Gabriel Garcia, a 4-year-old boy who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. More...

Letters

Writer addresses Menendez on health reform

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Local group wants to provide assistance to people in need

As a group of independent Christians from different churches, we came together to serve our community in Ocean County and surrounding areas. More...

Veterans to commemorate WW II victory at Battle of the Bulge

Veterans of World War II are a fading commodity. I am a veteran of that war and fought in the Battle of the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge. I was born in Germany and, as a Jew, had to leave to save my life. More...

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Columns

In long battle over shaky degrees, taxpayers suffer

Coda • GREG BEAN

The interminable dispute in the Freehold Regional High School District over administrators and teachers who got ginned-up degrees from an unaccredited and highly suspicious online diploma mill just won't go away. More...

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Sports

McAuliffe captures soccer crown

BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer

It was something of a surprise to coach Pat Novak that the Christa McAuliffe Middle School boys soccer team would have another solid season after graduating 10 eighth-graders from a team that recorded a 10-2-1 mark in 2008. More...

HHS grad Gallo stars in area race

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Howell High School graduate Lindsey Gallo was back on familiar terrain for the Born to Run 5-Mile Run in Freehold Borough on Nov. 27. More...

Sky Blue soccer team to host tryouts for aspiring professional soccer players

Sky Blue FC, the defending Women's Professional Soccer champions, will be hosting two open tryouts with two-person combines in Robbinsville, Mercer County. The first tryout will be held on Dec. 15-16 and the second tryout will be held on Jan. More...

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Smith, Gotto take seats on Howell council

Two Republicans join three independents on governing body

BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

Freshly elected Howell Township Council members Pauline Smith and William Gotto were sworn in to office on Nov. 24 with the help of a few special guests. New Jersey Congressman Christopher H. Smith and Lt. More...

Bay historian memorialized simpler way of life now gone

Robert Jahn, 62, loses battle with lung cancer, but his book lives on

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

Robert Jahn's love of Barnegat Bay was born when he was a small boy, sitting on the wooden porch of his grandfather's home on Mantoloking Road in Brick Township. More...

Couple conjures up the charm of days gone by

New business provides horse-drawn carriage rides for all occasions

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

JEFF GRANIT staff UPPER FREEHOLD — A desire to share their love of horses with others is the catalyst behind an Upper Freehold Township couple's new carriage business. More...

Bands to rock Pony, aid Samaritan Center

Greater Media wants to fuel the holiday spirit by providing good music and a way to help the hungry at Greater Media's Good Samaritan Holiday Bash to be held Dec. 13 at the Stone Pony, Asbury Park. More...

Operation Medicine Cabinet deemed success in Plumsted

PLUMSTED — Operation Medicine Cabinet was a success in Plumsted on Nov. 14 as residents cleaned out their home medicine cabinets of unused, unwanted and expired prescription and over-the-counter medicines, according to Mayor Ron Dancer. More...

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Howell holding holiday giveaway

HOWELL — Each year a group of dedicated volunteers organizes a program sanctioned by Howell officials to collect gifts for hundreds of challenged families in the community. More...

Scouts will conduct food drive in Howell

Boy Scout Troop 258 of Howell will conduct a food drive to help replenish food and goods needed at the Howell Emergency Food Pantry. The Scouts will drop off bags in their neighborhoods beginning Dec. 5 and return between 10 a.m. and noon Dec. More...