Author: Greater Media

  • Christmas spirit

    The Keris Tree Farm and Christmas Shop in Upper Freehold Township was a busy location on Dec. 6 as guests from surrounding towns came to choose the perfect Christmas tree and deliver their wish lists to Santa. In top photo, Brooklyn Higginbotham, 18 months, help to select her family’s tree. At left, James Ketterer, 3,…

  • Flash and food drive supports U.S. troops

    Monmouth County’s constitutional officers want to make certain that American military personnel who are serving overseas are not forgotten during the holidays. Clerk Christine Hanlon, Sheriff Shaun Golden, Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni and Surrogate Rosemarie Peters have kicked off a flash and food drive in support of troops stationed overseas, according to a press release.…

  • Millstone Girl Scouts create special homes

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Six new homes will be placed at the historic Baird homestead when the weather turns warmer because of the efforts of the members of Girl Scout Troop 1765 of Millstone Township. The young ladies crafted the homes for inhabitants who are blue and are a threatened species. Will these…

  • Support urged for research center at Manalapan site

    REGIONAL INTEREST By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A group of people who are living with multiple sclerosis (MS) told the Manalapan Township Committee they would like to see a proposed research center constructed on a 135-acre property at Route 33 and Millhurst Road. At the same time, Joe Spano, who owns the property,…

  • Guitar donors find grateful children in Asbury Park

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Correspondent Karen High is doing what she does best — giving away guitars to young musicians who need them. High, who founded The Project Matters and serves as its executive director, seeks to further the creation of music, with an emphasis on aspiring musicians age 21 and younger. High and her…

  • New law will broaden safety options

    We at 180 Turning Lives Around Inc. applaud the recent enactment of the Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015, which broadens the safety options for a greater number of survivors in New Jersey. Beginning in May 2016, survivors of this most heinous crime, which includes acts or attempted acts of sexual assault, sexual contact,…

  • Photo

    FRANK GALIPO Leonard Feber, 4, of Tinton Falls, plays on the beach at Victory Park, Rumson, on Dec. 13.

  • ON CAMPUS

    Anthony Toleno of Allentown, a senior majoring in accounting at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, participated in the college’s 11th annual McGowan School of Business forum at the Union League Club of Philadelphia.

  • A Christmas Carol

    TOP PICK PHOTO COURTESY OF PLAYHOUSE 22 Playhouse 22 presents its 20th annual production of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 20 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Fred Dennehy returns as Ebenezer Scrooge. The rest of the…