Author: Greater Media

  • Beekeepers find sweet success in N.J.

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer From the Garden owner Drew Madzin endures the August heat to check on one of his honeybee hives. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Standing among his beehives, Drew Madzin is calm, despite the bees feverishly buzzing around him. With the hot, August sun beating down on him, Madzin, a Freehold resident,…

  • Proposed ‘no knock’ penalties attracting support in Jackson

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Members of the public have voiced their support for an ordinance that will, if adopted by the Jackson Township Council, make unwanted solicitations on private property subject to tougher penalties. On Aug. 11, council members voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance that will amend the portion of the municipal code…

  • National Night Out in Jackson

    PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Members of the Jackson Police Department and the community’s fire companies were among the service organizations represented at the National Night Out event held on Aug. 4 at the Jackson Plaza shopping center. National Night Out gives people of all ages a chance to meet and greet the individuals…

  • Kicks 4 Kids will benefit Camp Quality, other organizations

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer HOWELL — The fourth annual Kicks 4 Kids soccer marathon is approaching and the board members who direct the event are thankful for the success it has generated the past three years. The soccer marathon was created in memory of Madison Beggs of Howell, who died in June 2012 at…

  • Raritan Poets to meet monthly at library

    The Raritan Poets, a reading group and workshop since 1994, will meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the East Brunswick Library, 1 Civic Center Drive. All ages are welcome. Bring 10 copies of the reading sample.

  • Concert will benefit food bank

    On the evening of Aug. 26, the plaza in front of the Monmouth County Hall of Records in Freehold Borough will again be filled with great music, good times and the family and friends of Bill Heine when the second annual Hope for the Hungry concert takes place. Performing from 7:30-9:30 p.m. will be Turnstyles,…

  • Ceremony to mark attacks of Sept. 11

    North Brunswick Township will mark the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with a ceremony at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Sept. 11 Memorial Park Monument, across from the Municipal Building at 710 Hermann Road.

  • ON CAMPUS

    Brian Scheno of Jackson has been named to the Presidential Service Corps and Bonner Leader Program at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. Timothy McNamara, son of Jan and Pat McNamara of Jackson, graduated with an associate’s degree in accounting from Ocean County College, Toms River. Timothy is a 2013 graduate of Jackson Memorial High School. Patrick…

  • North Brunswick local joins Teach for America

    A graduate of North Brunswick Township High School has been accepted into Teach for America’s 2015 teaching corps. Teach For America (TFA) is a national nonprofit working to expand educational opportunities for students in low-income communities. Corps members commit to teach in high-need urban or rural public schools and become lifelong advocates for educational equity.…