Author: Greater Media

  • Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival

    TOP PICK The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Festival will be held noon to 10 p.m. Aug. 29 on The Great Lawn on the Boardwalk in Long Branch. The festival features live performances by jazz and blues musicians from the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation. Exotic and regional New Jersey food, crafter and sponsor…

  • Sept. 25 fashion show being planned by PTSA

    MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Middle School PTSA is preparing to host a “Masquerade Fashion Show” fundraiser at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 25 at the middle school, Dawson Court. Tickets are $14.50 per adult and $9.50 per child. PTSA Co-President Michele Stillwell said, “Enjoy a night watching your child walk the runway!” Stillwell is co-chairing the…

  • Supply drive sends pupils off to school with a full backpack

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — For the seventh consecutive year, Anita Hahn of Millstone Township is spearheading a school supplies drive that will end today, Aug. 27. Tomorrow, all of the supplies will be placed in backpacks and delivered to between 10 and 20 children who are in need in the community. Schools in…

  • Using their heads

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Allentown High School’s Pat Kyle, left, and South Brunswick High School’s Chris Bobev try to win possession of the ball in air during a preseason scrimmage Aug. 21 at Allentown.

  • Allentown looks to fill spots left by key departed runners

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Conor Murphy repeatedly reset record times in distance running in his three years on Allentown High School’s cross-country and indoor and outdoor track teams before embarking this month on a college career at Rutgers University. Also graduated are top five crosscountry runners Andrew Fortier and Vincenzo Ferriola. Mimi Crawford, the lead…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT) will host the Central New Jersey Junior Challenge Sept. 12-13 at the Westlake Golf and Country Club in Jackson. Players can register as a member or non-member for the event. Members can play the event for $199, while non-members play at $244. To get more information about the HJGT…

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    Waiting for a winning number at St. Rose of Lima Bingo, Freehold Borough, Aug. 22. MARK ROSMAN/STAFF

  • Savings plan would assist new graduates

    Terrified. That is how I feel when I think about my life after college. The graduating class of 2015 worked extremely hard to reach this point. Unfortunately, it also required a lot of money. Along with our diplomas, we will be leaving college with more than $1.2 trillion in debt. Even with the job market…

  • Showplace Farms tract eyed for preservation

    REGIONAL INTEREST By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Conservationists and elected officials are joining forces in a possible bid to preserve the land on Route 33 in Millstone Township that is the current home of the Showplace Farms Standardbred training facility. In July, operators of the facility announced that Showplace Farms will cease operations on Oct.…