St. Joseph's Church, Millstone, will hold the second of two kickoff meetings for its two new youth groups. The meeting for the high school youth group, open to those entering grades 9-12, was held Aug. 3. A similar meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 10 for the junior youth group, which is open to those entering grades 7 and 8. More...

Like most New Jerseyans, I was horrified to learn of the Paterson mother who stabbed her 6-month-old infant to death. While it's unimaginable to comprehend the choice to harm a child, I found myself plagued with uneasy questions about how the tragedy came to be. Was the teen mother, pregnant at 17 while she herself was still a child, overwhelmed by the baby's needs? More...

I'm sitting out on the deck looking over my backyard in the dark of a hot summer night. The air is thick and close, and if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine I've been transported to an earlier, almost antediluvian time. The canopy of leaves on the big trees in the yard is foreboding, the branches hanging low with the weight and humidity. More...

A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson — a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist — and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. More...

Mr. Russo, 57, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died Aug. 1, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He resided in Hazlet, and Palm Coast, Fla., prior to relocating to Port Monmouth six years ago. He was a security guard at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, for eight years. Prior to that, he was employed in law enforcement for several years. More...

One question prevailed in the minds of more than 45,000 racing fans at Monmouth Park Sunday — will Big Brown make the huge comeback so many were hoping for by winning the Haskell Invitational? The answer was yes. "He showed his true class," rider Kent Desormeaux said. More...