Roosevelt News

Robert Silverstein knows off the top of his head how many days it's been since his daughter Emily, a Gettysburg College student, was killed.

Three recent mirrors have sized us up as a society, and the image is not flattering.

Gregg Monsees is trying to change New Jersey tax law after a dispute he had in 2003.

The leading contender to replace the current township attorney was reprimanded by the state Supreme Court in 2001, according to a document obtained by The Times.

In his flyer soliciting donations, Bill Zuppa is direct in his intention: "Pedaling 300 miles from Montclair, N.J., to the summit of Whiteface Mountain, N.Y., to make a difference in the life of one needy handicapped child at the Piscataway Regional Day School." In about a week, Zuppa sets off from his hometown of Montclair for the 14th Annual ...

The Monmouth County Planning Board has scheduled a public information session about future development, preservation and conservation of the county's "Panhandle" - Millstone Township, Roosevelt, Allentown and Upper Freehold - Wednesday night.

The Roosevelt String Band is to bring its folk music repertoire to shows Friday and Saturday.

Criminal charges filed Friday suggest the Gettysburg College student who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend near the campus two weeks ago also might have been dealing drugs.

It was a beautiful day in the city Friday, thanks in part to the weather and more than 300 volunteers - mostly fifth-graders - who spent part of their day picking up litter in the neighborhoods around their schools.

Emily Silverstein was supposed to come home for a visit from Gettysburg College this weekend.

Emily Rachel Silverstein lived in a Gettysburg College residence called Peace House with construction-paper flowers covering the windows and world music filling the hallways.

A twenty-one-year-old Gettysburg College senior is being held without bail in the Adams County Prison, charged with criminal homicide in the death of his ex-girlfriend. Kevin Robert Schaeffer of Oley, Pa., is accused of killing Emily Rachel Silverstein,19, a sophomore at the private liberal-arts college.

A Gettysburg College student is facing criminal homicide charges after his former girlfriend was found dead in his off-campus apartment.

THE STAKES: Three candidates are running for three available seats, each carrying full three-year terms.

IF YOU GO: April 25, 9 a.m. to noon. Meet at the Municipal Court, 215 Millstone Road near Perrineville Road-Sweetman's Lane.

Roosevelt fourth-grader Lindsey Diamant of South Plainfield has been named the winner of the annual statewide "What New Jersey Means To Me" essay contest sponsored by state senator Barbara Buono.

WHO: Readings by poets Wes Czyzewski, David Herrstrom and Ron Kostar; two short plays by Judith McNally; music by David Brahinsky and Guy DeRosa WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Roosevelt borough hall, 33 N. Rochdale Ave.

The Board of Education's proposed 2009-10 budget shows a 4.3 percent increase in spending.

CAMCare Health Corp.'s employees are used to seeing their waiting rooms fill with more and more patients each year.

Only feet from where it flows under Route 33, the Millstone River is a wilderness.