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  • Brookdale to host cybersecurity camp for high school students

    LINCROFT — Brookdale Community College is accepting applications for the new GenCyber Jersey Blues program, a free, two-week cybersecurity training camp opening this July on the college’s Lincroft campus. The program, funded by grants from the National Security Administration and National Science Foundation, is open to local high school students and provides enrollees with an…

  • Farm will open doors to visitors

    To celebrate the New Jersey Month of the Horse, Fair Winds Farm in Cream Ridge will open its doors to visitors on June 26 from 1-4 p.m. The third annual free open house will be held at the farm, 74 Red Valley Road, Cream Ridge, and will allow visitors to see the inner workings of…

  • Seniors’ entries due for art show

    Seniors’ entries due for art show

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is inviting all Monmouth County residents age 60 and over to participate in the 2016 Senior Citizen Art Contest and Exhibition by submitting one piece of original visual art. Senior artists who have professional or nonprofessional status are welcome. Categories in both divisions are acrylic, craft, computer imagery, drawing,…

  • Foundation awards grants to Millstone schools

    Foundation awards grants to Millstone schools

    MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence has awarded five grants totaling $8,180.20 to Millstone Township schools. Grant awards included balance ball chairs, a real life learning lab, CRICUT for the computer graphics elective, a drum set and tower garden equipment, according to a press release. In January, the foundation awarded five grants…

  • Suspect sought in burglary of Jackson home

    Suspect sought in burglary of Jackson home

    JACKSON – Police are looking for a man who came face to face with members of a family whose home he had allegedly burglarized. Jackson Police Capt. Steven Laskiewicz said detectives are searching for a stocky Hispanic male in his late teens to early 20’s who is believed to be responsible for the burglary of…

  • Officer commended for talking man out of possible suicide

    Officer commended for talking man out of possible suicide

    HOWELL – A Howell police officer is being praised for the compassion he showed in talking a man out of killing himself on the afternoon of June 7. Police said a note left by a 45-year-old Howell resident sent police into action. The note indicated the man had suicidal intentions. Police said the man was…

  • Freehold Regional publication honored by professional group

    Freehold Regional publication honored by professional group

    The New Jersey School Public Relations Association honored the Freehold Regional High School District at its 2016 School Communication Awards. The FRHSD received second place in the Special Interest Publication Category for its 2014 annual report. The award ceremony was held on May 20 at Rowan University, Glassboro. According to its website, “NJSPRA’s School Communication…

  • MCVTS instructor ‘shines’ during awards night

    MCVTS instructor ‘shines’ during awards night

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The longest serving apprentice instructor in the United States was honored as the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) awarded certificates of completion to 34 graduates of its apprenticeship program. The May 18 graduation ceremony at the MCVTS East Brunswick Campus was highlighted by the presentation of the Albert Hudanish Leadership Award…

  • Principal sets fitness challenge for school, community

    Principal sets fitness challenge for school, community

    LITTLE SILVER — Principal Risa Clay of Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) has challenged her school and the community to get fit with her on Workout of the Day on Saturday, June 11, at the school’s lacrosse field. The event is a fundraiser that will benefit RBR’s The Source services. Registration begins 9:30 a.m.…