Monmouth University News

An independent candidate for governor of New Jersey said Tuesday that he has raised enough money to qualify for taxpayer matching funds.

Many voters don't like Democratic Gov. Corzine, despite his progress on promises to cut state spending and to support tougher ethics laws, two areas where residents wanted action.

Come to think of it, it was Shakespeare himself who started this whole outdoor Shakespeare thing - as sure a signifier of summer as beach fees, bumper cars and banner planes.

Douglas T. Fox was selected as one of three statewide winners in the New Jersey State League of Municipalities' Louis Bay II Future Municipal Leaders Scholarship Competition.

New Jersey nurses are being asked to weigh in on doctors through a unique online survey.

WASHINGTON TWP. Whether they end up at colleges across the country, just over the Delaware River, or even the next town over, the graduates of Washington Township High School were reminded Monday night of the one thing that will bind them their pride.

Four professors talk about the gubernatorial race -- Fairleigh Dickinson University Public Mind Poll Director Peter Woolley; The Eagleton Institutea s Ingrid Reed and John Weingart; and Monmouth University/Gannett Poll Director Patrick Murray.A Hosted by Michael Aron.

WEST LONG BRANCH: Monmouth University recently donated $11,000 to pay for a new battery-powered stretcher, which first aid volunteers have said would be easier to maneuver around the tight corners of the borough's many older homes.

Marlboro resident Ryan J. Tetro, a third-year law student at Seton Hall University School of Law, in Newark, is among seven future lawyers participating in the Summer Associate Program at Archer & Greiner, P.C., in Haddonfield, South Jersey's largest law firm.

A host of venues in the New York metropolitan area will offer screenings of the National Theatre's current production of Phedre , which stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren.

Time was you could hurl a Frisbee clear across a college green in summer and be assured that you would not bop anyone on the head.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Urban Coast Institute of Monmouth University will begin Tuesday to present a two-day course designed for coastal community planners and developers.

The Branchburg Woman's Club recently honored several local students who were selected by their respective schools for academic achievement, citizenship, and community service.

Monmouth University and two other private universities in the state will share a $2.5 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to train future nurse faculty members.

WOOLWICH TWP. If all had gone according to plan, Kingsway Regional High School Salutatorian Patrick Lewis said graduates would have arrived on their graduation day in limousines, listened to speaker President Barack Obama and after receiving diplomas, entered a time machine to party with their future selves.

But in the ensuing decades, credit became pervasive. To assess how debt payments affect low-income households, the two economists studied the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, a detailed look at how Americans of all income levels manage their money.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Chris Christie has publicly sworn off political considerations in making his eventual Lieutenant Governor pick, arguing that the public will vote largely based on who occupies the top of the ticket.

The Jewish Federation of Monmouth County is sponsoring a Three Faiths Event Sunday, June 14, that will include an interfaith tour starting at 12:30 p.m. and a multicultural exchange from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Monmouth University which is a partner in the event.

Their professional futures would appear to be now for Monmouth University junior pitchers Ryan Buch and Brett Brach, and Brookdale Community College outfielder Joe Talerico.

WEST LONG BRANCH: Monmouth University will host the "Three Faiths Event" program of the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County at 4:30 p.m. June 14 in Anacon Hall at the Rebecca Stafford Student Center.