Author: Greater Media

  • ON CAMPUS

    Michael Kaminski of Howell is participating in the stadium band at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. The stadium band plays at all home football games, the homecoming parade and pep rally, and at special events throughout the fall. The Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, named its top 50 alumni business leaders under…

  • DATEBOOK

     The Morganville United Methodist Church, 215 Conover Road, Marlboro, is accepting donations for its fall Nearly New Rummage Sale. Accepted items include men’s, women’s and children’s gently used clothing and shoes; toys and games; bed and bath linens; housewares; art and home décor; jewelry; and books. No furniture, televisions or electronics accepted. Donations will…

  • Businessman sentenced to prison for paying bribes, defrauding county

    A Marlboro resident who owned a company that sold maintenance and cleaning supplies was sentenced to 31 months in prison for paying bribes to a Union County official and to defrauding the county of more than $120,000 in connection with the purchases, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Richard Greer, 56, of Marlboro, pleaded guilty…

  • Manalapan to seek DOT grants

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Municipal officials will seek grants from the state Department of Transportation to fund infrastructure repairs in 2016. Speaking at the Sept. 30 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee, James Winckowski of CME Associates, the township’s engineering firm, said applications will be filed with the DOT. Grants will be…

  • Local artists present work in Colts Neck

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Residents and visitors will have a chance to view the work of local artists at the 16th annual Friends of the Colts Neck Library Art Show and Sale. The show and sale will be held on Oct. 17, 18, 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 4…

  • DJs rock dream house

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Volunteers and DJs from Greater Media’s 95.9 WRAT build a section of a future house during “The House That Rock Built” project held by the WRAT and Monmouth County Habitat for Humanity in the Monmouth Mall parking lot in Eatontown on Oct. 8. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR EATONTOWN –…

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    KAREN KESTEN/STAFF Early signs of fall can be seen in central New Jersey.

  • League opposes proposal for pipeline

    The League of Women Voters of Western Monmouth, with the full support of the New Jersey League of Women Voters State Natural Resource Committee, opposes a 22-mile-long pipeline in one of New Jersey’s largest and most unique areas: the Pine Barrens. This area comprises 1.1 million acres and is located in the Cohansey Aquifer which…

  • Perspective offered on today’s solar energy

    I need to correct a recent letter to the editor about home solar panels which contained inaccuracies and generally cast them in an unfavorable light. Here is the way the most popular plan works: Unlike the old days when you had to fund all the costs yourself and get the power for free, now you…