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By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Christopher Bacchus MILLSTONE — Life could not be sunnier for Christopher Bacchus of Millstone Township. Bacchus will be featured along with his band Sunny Gang in a documentary film that is expected to be released this fall. The film focuses on the underground music scene in Newark through the lives of…

ALLENTOWN — Allentown celebrated the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of its library association on March 8. The Allentown Public Library Association is a nonprofit organization that owns and operates the historic Main Street building currently housing the Allentown Library, according to a press release. The Allentown Library is a branch of the Monmouth County…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Historical Commission has denied a grant request for a building in Upper Freehold Township that has been deemed to have no future public use. Municipal officials applied for a grant in the amount of $6,325 in late 2014 for repairs and maintenance to…

The Central Jersey Bicycle Club will hold its 31st annual Farmlands Tour on May 2. The tour will begin and end at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. Participant registration will begin at 7 a.m. on the day of the Farmlands Tour, which will weave through scenic locations, including Colts Neck, Freehold, East Windsor and Bordentown. Proceeds…

Monmouth County will host the 2015 Made in Monmouth event 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 11 in the Multipurpose Activity Center at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. Admission is free. “Today, Monmouth County produces sophisticated custom furniture, artwork, coffee, specialty teas and much more,” Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone said. “I am proud that our residents can…

MATT DENTON Madison Stewart, 4, hunts for eggs during an Easter egg hunt at Wagner Farm Park, Millstone Township, on March 28.

By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer During the past five years, 180 Turning Lives Around has provided safe shelter for more than 400 adult victims of domestic and sexual abuse and 500 children, but the nonprofit has had to turn away just as many individuals. To meet the growing need for safe shelter, the nonprofit…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer David Gunther pours chocolate out of one of the many molds used at Old Monmouth Candies in Freehold on March 24. The shop owners say the chocolate bunnies represent the start of spring. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR New Jersey candy factories have discovered new ways to satisfy a customer’s…

TOP PICK Young Prince Gabriel is dashing and debonair, well-trained in sword fighting and horseback riding — and set to inherit his grandfather’s vast fortune. There’s just one problem: On his 16th birthday, Gabriel finds out that he is a she. How will Gabriel proceed to live and love in the rigidity of the 19th…