Author: Greater Media

  • Student artwork to be exhibited in Rumson

    Oasis TLC will sponsor an “Art Oasis” exhibit and sale 3-6 p.m. March 7 at Beauregard Fine Art, 109 E. River Road, Rumson. The artwork is created by students of Oasis TLC, which supports adults with autism. The free event will feature wine and light snacks. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/oasisfarms.

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    The Turner Syndrome Foundation invites the community to join its Team TSF as a walker, runner or volunteer at the 2015 New Jersey Marathon scheduled to begin 8:30 a.m. April 25 at Pier Village, 1 Chelsea Ave., Long Branch. The Turner Syndrome Foundation is a nonprofit organization, which seeks to better the lives of those…

  • Libraries, book clubs cater to niche interests

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Libraries throughout central New Jersey host book clubs and discussion groups to suit a broad range of patrons’ interests. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR If New Jersey were hit with a zombie apocalypse, the odds for survival would not be great, according to Tyler Rousseau, emergent technologies coordinator at the Monroe…

  • Noise concerns sink motocross application

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer The Tinton Falls Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a hotly debated motocross facility that was proposed off Shafto Road. After nearly 18 months of hearings, the board unanimously voted down the proposal by Jersey Shore Motocross to locate the facility on 21 acres next to Mazza & Sons Demolition and…

  • Red Bank Regional students embrace Black History Month

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer “Amazing Grace” was one of the songs and hymns from African-American culture that students in Red Bank Regional High School’s strings program performed at the Black History Month celebration on Feb. 18. FRANK GALIPO Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. are major figures in African-American history, but perhaps Americans…

  • Riding in cars with dogs

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Pet safety is paramount when traveling. Here are a few tips to help make the trip less ‘ruff’ for everyone. Whether undertaking a short jaunt or a major excursion, family road trips can be hard enough on mom and dad, but adding one or more dogs to the passenger list…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Children of all ages take advantage of a recent snowstorm by bringing their sleds to the hill at Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, on Feb. 17.

  • Changes needed in Common Core standards

    I believe the Common Core curriculum is a disaster. It telescopes learning far too quickly; forces teachers to move rapidly; teach to the test; and, worst of all, frustrates students to the extent that school is no longer a place children want to go. Math and science topics that were taught in grades 10-11 are…

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    PHOTO COURTESY OF LYNNE RICHMOND Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, from left, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher, Julianna Ezzo of Kendall Park and State Board of Agriculture President Richard Norz recognize Julianna as a lead ambassador of the Middlesex County 4-H at the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention Delegates’ Feb. 4 dinner in Atlantic…