August 19, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Fees for sports and clubs remain an issue in Howell

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER
Staff Writer

Sometime this week, Howell K-8 School District administrators will have a better idea of just how much middle school sports programs and clubs will cost participants during the 2010-11 school year. More...

Greater Media shows budding journalists the ropes

Park System campers get a look at how newspapers work

The future of journalism looks bright if the participants of the Monmouth County Park System’s Camp Correspondents are any indication. More...

Church youths complete mission

JACKSON — Twelve members of De- Bows United Methodist Church in Jackson recently traveled to Illinois to take part in a youth mission trip that was sponsored by Group Workcamps of Loveland, Colo. More...

Full moon hike returns to Jackson

JACKSON — People of all ages are invited to take part in the upcoming Full Moon Hike to be held at the Forest Resource Education Center, Don Connor Boulevard, Jackson. More...

Book recounts story of fallen troopers

BY CLARE MARIE CELANO
Staff Writer

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — New Jersey State Police Sgt. First Class John O’Rourke has done something no one else has been able to do over the last 90 years. More...

Teacher raises reported falling

Statistics released on Aug. 12 by the New Jersey School Boards Association indicate that average teacher salary raises are dropping to the lowest point on record. More...

Letters

Howell K-8 deserves progressive leadership

At the July 21 Howell K-8 School District Board of Education meeting, board member Tim O’Brien was proposing that the board look at making internal operating improvements, and he suggested that the board form a brainstorming committee to develo More...

Give New Jersey residents a chance to answer ballot question

Currently the people of a municipality have no tool in their tool box to stop an increase or give a decrease to property taxation. But in November 1991 the people of Point Pleasant Beach in Ocean County voted to have such a tool. More...

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Opinion

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Horse racing needs time to adapt to changes

GUEST COLUMN
 THOMAS LUCHENTO

Iam Thomas Luchento, president of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey. More...

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Sports

Howell’s Monticollo prefers baseball action to softball

BY TIM MORRIS
Staff Writer

Once a baseball player, always a baseball player. That is the way Juliet Monticollo, 15, of Howell sees it. “I’m good at baseball and I’m so used to playing it,” she said. “I like it. More...

Summer play helping Johnson regain form

Correspondent

BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Brandi Johnson, a former standout on the Jackson Memorial High School soccer team, played a key role as the Jersey Shore Boca Under-23 team captured the Mid-Atlantic Summer Showcase League (MSSL) Cup for the second year in a row. More...

McDonnell changes college hoop plans

Jackson Memorial graduate plays well in summer ball, switches to Temple Owls
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI
Correspondent

Just days before Jimmy McDonnell would be heading to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, the former Jackson Memorial High School basketball standout has taken a detour. More...

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Bus service eliminated for some FRHSD pupils

By Rebecca Morton

When school starts next week for about 11,800 students in the Freehold Regional High School District, some of the teenagers will no longer be provided with bus transportation to and from their school. More...

Selection of bus. admin. questioned

Jackson council members raise several concerns about mayor’s selection
BY REBECCA MORTON
BY REBECCA Staff Writer

Q uestions concerning a potential new employee’s qualifications and possible nepotism issues were raised during the Aug. 10 Jackson Township Council meeting in relation to the appointment of a new business administrator. More...

Fund Raiser for First aid Squad

Reimer Leuth (l), of Brick Township, and his son, Joe, 10, wait for the start of the first motorcycle run held at the Howell Township First Aid and Rescue Squad No. 1, Kent Road, Howell, on Aug. 14. More...

Nonprofits will not be charged for school use

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER
Staff Writer

HOWELL — Kill it. That sums up Howell K-8 School District Board of Education member Timothy P. More...

Jackson panel members named

JACKSON — After some delay, the members of Jackson’s Going Green Committee have officially been appointed to terms that will end in June 2011. The committee members were appointed by the Township Council during the Aug. More...

Moms busy collecting school supplies

PLUMSTED — The New Egypt MOMS Club has begun its “Pack the Sack” campaign to collect school supplies for students who are in need of assistance. More...

‘Charter and Early Members’ show celebrates guild’s 50 years

The Guild of Creative Art, 620 Broad St., Shrewsbury, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special exhibit honoring its founders and early members. More...

Residents enjoy National Night Out

JACKSON — A turnout numbering in the thousands attended the annual National Night Out Against Crime event that was held on Aug. 3 at the Jackson Plaza. More...

Lobbyist reports available on ELEC Internet website

Members of the public, the media and others can now go online and conveniently view annual financial activity reports filed by lobbyists in 2010, Jeff Brindle, executive director of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), announced More...

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Antique car show planned at Allaire

The Historic Village at Allaire will present its 15th annual Antique Rolling Iron Auto Show on Aug. 22 (rain date Aug. 29). Antique vehicles from throughout the tri-state area are expected to take part in the event. More...

Charity event will help Oceans of Love

Family Focus Retirement Group, a local estate and financial planning firm, will sponsor the Family Focus Cares Charity Concert event 1-5 p.m. Sept. 12 at its office, 2042 W. County Line Road, in Rosa Plaza (corner of Steuben Avenue), Jackson. More...

Children to receive riding lessons

PLUMSTED — Rein Dancer Therapeutic Riding Stable in New Egypt has qualified for $2,000 in funding from the Air Warriors Courage Foundation to provide free therapeutic horseback riding for military dependent children in need. More...

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Columns

From another angle, things aren’t as bad as they looked

CODA
GREG BEAN

I’ve recently agreed to do some volunteer work for Sylvia’s Children, a charitable organization that provides financial and other support for 1,000 impoverished youngsters (200 of them orphans who live on-site) at the Mbiriizi School in U More...

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Schools

on campus •••

Daniel Kulakowski, son of Nora and Michael Kulakowski of Jackson, was selected to receive a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. More...

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Business

business briefs •••

The Howell Chamber of Commerce will host a Breakfast Bonanza networking event 8:30-9:30 a.m. Sept. 17 at Chick-fil- A, 4881 Route 9 north, Howell. Maureen Brown from PNC Bank will speak at the meeting. More...

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