Lakewood News

Dozens of teenagers among the 200 people who jammed Sixth Street Baptist Church for the funeral Monday of Shakuur Prince received scoldings from eulogists.

When U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson lit into Gov. Chris Christie during the Chamber of Commerce dinner in Washington 10 days ago, some thought it was the first shot fired in the 2013 campaign.

Lakewood, N.J., Feb. 2, 2010 - Jasmin Singer, campaign manager for the animal rights organization Farm Sanctuary, will discuss "Veganism to Activism," during a presentation hosted by the Georgian Court University Vegan Society on Wednesday, February 10.

GCU Offers Lecture on the Gospel of Luke & the Apocalypse Lakewood, N.J., Feb. 3, 2010 - Join Georgian Court religious studies and theology professors for a two-part lecture in GCU's continuing Women of Witness series, which celebrates the lives and achievements of women of faith and influence in history and contemporary society.

Drivers will smell the sweet odor of hot asphalt on six Shore area roads and one bridge, thanks to a fresh shot of federal stimulus money approved for the projects Thursday.

The annual Dancers Unite For Life benefit show will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Strand theater at Fourth Street and Clifton Avenue.

Haiti's prime minister says he's outraged by what he calls a U.S. Baptist group's "illegal trafficking of children." The group of 10 Americans say they were taking more than 30 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti to help them.

TLS SITE: Audio of an automated phone call to Lakewood residents this afteroon, urging them to check the Tu B'shvat fruits prior to eating.

Toyota's black-and-white ads Sunday characterized the halt in sales and production as a "temporary pause" to put customers "first." Video A A Toyota in damage-control mode A A Jan.

A 22-year-old Jackson man, awaiting sentencing for his role in a gang-related barbershop murder case in Lakewood in 2006, was arrested without incident Wednesday after eluding police during a drug raid at his home in December.

Lakewood, N.J., Jan. 28, 2010 - Georgian Court University will hold an information session for the 9-month full-time or 18-month part-time Postbaccalaureate Teacher Certification program on Wednesday, February 17, at 6:00 p.m. in the Lake House on the historic Lakewood campus.

At Monmouth Academy, there is a small school store near the director's office called Gator Corner.

A housing inspector and former state Assembly candidate who was charged in New Jersey's biggest corruption sting has admitted taking more than $17,000 in bribes.

A high school community service organization is seeking donations for earthquake victims in Haiti.

An Ocean County grand jury has charged a onetime bookkeeper with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer in a scheme that lasted more than seven years.

A judge on Friday rejected a request to reduce the $1 million bail for a homeless man accused of shooting two Lakewood teenagers, killing one and wounding the other.

Johnnie Brown has waited three years to buy a home. In April 2008, he entered a lottery for one of 72 affordable housing units in Lakewood.

Harry H. Beren ASK OU OUTREACH presents Kashrut and You: A Kosher Consumer Education Seminar on Sunday, February 14th 9:30-5:00. The event will take place at Lander College, 75-31 150th Street, Kew Gardens Hills.

Township police said they want to talk with the Strand's former executive director about $5,000 missing from the theater's coffers.

One grass-roots advocacy group used the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth to build support for public school reform, saying "We as a community have lost our passion." United Neighbors Improving Today's Equality lived up to its slogan, "Silent No More," on Monday as several of its members, most of them minority pastors, gave ...