
ERIC SUCAR staff With help from teacher Danielle Pepitone, 4-year-old Aidan Lagana paints a handicap stencil on a parking spot at the Holmdel Preschool Center on Aug. 14. The activity was designed to promote awareness of people with disabilities among the preschoolers. See page 26 for more photos.
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For lifelong Aberdeen resident, there's no place like home

BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
She may have lived through two world wars, the Great Depression and a recent invention known as the Internet, but if it isn't a lawn mower, Alice Grace Schanck McGuire doesn't want to know about it. McGuire will turn 100 years old on Sept. More...
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer
MIDDLETOWN — The township plans to examine the role of the Middletown Human Rights Commission (MHRC) to determine if it is a viable part of township affairs. Township Administrator Anthony Mercantante said the township is looking into the makeup of the commission, which should have 11 membe... More...
Former Old Bridge official begins new post Sept. 8

BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
ABERDEEN — After a six-month search for a township manager, the Township Council named Joseph Criscuolo as the new township manager on Aug. 13. Criscuolo, who served as assistant business manager for Old Bridge Township since March 2004, will begin employment with Aberdeen Sept. 8 and will... More...
My daughters have been going to the Hazlet Day Camp since they were 5 years old. This year when signups came, the girls told me and their dad they no longer wanted to do it. We agreed with them and did not sign them up. About a week after sign-ups, I asked the girls what their plans were for the ... More...