Fifty-eight years after Army Cpl. Philip James Reed was knocked to the ground from the blast of an artillery round during the Korean War, tearing up his ankle, the Berkeley resident has been awarded the Purple Heart for his injuries.  

Reed, who turns 80 on Saturday, received the military decoration Tuesday from Rep. John Adler, D-N.J., at a ceremony at the congressman's district office in Toms River.  

Dear Mr. Runyan: These are tough economic times for New Jersey’s families, seniors and small businesses. Local residents deserve to hear our ideas on how to solve the complex problems facing our great country. Starting this month, I propose that we debate twice a month, every month, until the election.

Each year, primary season reveals a dearth of viable minority-party candidates for voters to consider. That's whether the dominant party in a district is Democratic or Republican. That means New Jersey voters must scour every source of information to make wise choices on June 8. In the congressional primaries, only the incumbents are likely to be familiar names.

As a guide, the editorial board makes these recommendations:

By: DAVID LEVINSKY
Burlington County Times
April 23rd, 2010

OK, so technically Thursday was "Take Your Daughters to Work Day" on Capitol Hill.

But since Congressman John Adler is the father of four boys - none of whom he said is particularly interested in his job in Washington - the freshman representative opted to host two young cancer survivors from Burlington County instead.

Burlington County Times – April 2, 2010
By: CHRIS BISHOP

EVESHAM - The Vietnam War claimed the lives of 58,148 Americans. Another 304,000 were wounded in the conflict.

More than 2 1/2 million U.S. service personnel took part in a war that ended only with the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975. American troops were withdrawn in 1973.
Of the thousands of Americans who served in that unpopular war, many received medals for their valor.

Robert Aguero, a Delran resident, was one of them.