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      May 13, 2010  RSS feed

      Walsh family fights to give autistic son as normal a life as possible
      Fifteen-year-old Sean Walsh paces in a robotic loop around the lower level of his family’s Camelot Drive, Howell, home. He circles the table in the family’s great room, pauses by his sister Shannon, then punches her in the head. “I can’t fight back,” she says later. “How are you going to punch an autistic kid in the nose?” More...

      With sunshine smiling on the Monmouth County municipality of Lake Como, 125 residents and family members from Jackson’s Four Seasons Metedeconk Lakes adult community recently joined forces to “Walk for Larry” in the annual Walk MS event. Wearing their bright blue Team High Hopes T-shirts, the group of seniors walked a 6.5-mile loop at the Jersey Shore. More...

      PLUMSTED — The fish will be jumping on May 15at the annual New Egypt Day festival, and attendees are encouraged to bring their fishing poles to Oakford Lake, which has been stocked with brown trout, large mouth bass, catfish and sunnies by Big Woods Nursery — just in time for the festival. More...


      Participants will gather at high school track on weekend of May 22-23

      PLUMSTED — The New Egypt Relay for Life will kick off its ninth annual twoday event to fight cancer with a cancer survivors’ luncheon at noon and opening ceremonies slated for 2 p.m. May 22 at New Egypt High School, Evergreen Road. More...


      Greater Media Newspapers’ Photo Department took home seven awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2009. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 10 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. Head photographer Jeff Granit took first place in the Feature Picture Story category and second place in Sports Action. More...


      JACKSON — American Veterans (AMVETS) Post 2 of Jackson is conducting a raffle fundraiser to win a 2010 Chevy Malibu furnished by Pine Belt Chevrolet of Freehold. Tickets may be purchased at a cost of $20 each. Only 2,500 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held on Sept. 4. All proceeds will benefit the veterans organization. For tickets call 732-814-0279. More...
      GIRL TALK
      “The greatest difficulty of travel is that one is forced to take oneself along.” Alain de Botton More...
      CODA
      If the phone company stops printing and delivering residential white pages, as Verizon has asked regulators permission to do in New York and New Jersey, what am I going to use as a doorstop, or to raise my computer monitor an extra 3 or 4 inches? More...
      Ms. Pearlman, 59, of Howell, formerly of Freehold, died April 27, 2010, at the Manor Nursing Home in Freehold Township. She attended the Freehold Regional High School system, Brookdale Community College and was among the first graduating classes at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona section of Galloway. More...
      Officials hope to educate more special-needs children in-district
      JACKSON — With one out of every 94 children in New Jersey diagnosed as having autism, the Jackson School District is aiming to provide the least restrictive environment for these students and others with learning disabilities. More...
      Depth helped the Jackson Memorial High School boys track and field team win the NJSIAA Group III indoor track and field championships in February, and it helped the Jaguars claim their second Ocean County track and field team championship in three years on May 8. The meet was held at Neptune High School, Neptune. More...
      Free Motion Rehabilitation Center has been selected for the 2010 Best of Howell Award in the Physical Therapists category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). The USCA “Best of Local Business” award program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. More...