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  • Battleground Symphony to usher in the holidays

    Battleground Symphony to usher in the holidays The Manalapan Battleground Symphony will present its annual holiday concert Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, 155 Millhurst Road, Manalapan. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Chiu-Tze Lin is music director and conductor of the symphony orchestra which is sponsored by…

  • The Arc honors area businesses, individuals

    The Arc honors area businesses, individuals The Arc honors area businesses, individuals The Arc of Monmouth recently honored several individuals at its covered dish supper and awards presentation held in early October. Local winners of the awards were Sherry Blackman, Ocean, manager of the Green Grove Adult Training Center, Leadership Award; Jorge Vega, Long Branch,…

  • Auditions

    Auditions Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, will hold auditions for a musical revue. The auditions are open to the community as well as Brookdale students, although Brookdale students will have priority in both auditioning and casting. Those auditioning should bring a prepared piece to sing 16-32 bars of a Broadway standard song, as well as the…

  • Events to raise funds for Petrella scholarship

    Two events to benefit the Scholarship Fund for Struggling Students are planned. The scholarship was established in memory of John W. Petrella Jr., an Allentown High School student who died last month. The John W. Petrella Jr. Remembrance Concert will be held Nov. 29 from noon to 11 p.m. at Black Bear Lake Camp, 465…

  • Operation Sleighbells to bring holiday cheer

    Operation Sleighbells to bring holiday cheer Almost a century after its inception, Family and Children’s Service (FCS) continues its longest standing tradition as "Operation Sleighbells," the agency’s annual holiday giving program, gets under way. "Operation Sleighbells" invites individuals, families, clubs, civic groups or businesses to help FCS "play Santa" throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. Donations…

  • CentraState schedules activities for seniors

    CentraState schedules activities for seniors CentraState schedules activities for seniors CentraState Healthcare System’s SeniorsFirst is a free community outreach program offered by Applewood Estates, Freehold Township, for individ­uals over the age of 60. SeniorsFirst of­fers access to a variety of elder-care pro­grams, services, health screenings, well­ness classes, education and social offer­ings. The following programs have…

  • Mensa sponsoring essay contest for scholarships

    Central New Jersey Mensa, the "High IQ Society," is sponsoring its 2003-04 scholarship essay contest for its Education and Research Foundation scholarships. U.S. citizens or U.S. residents who will be enrolled in an accredited U.S. institution of post-secondary education for fall term 2004 are eligible to apply for awards of $300 to $1,000. For an…

  • Yesteryear 100 years ago

    Yesteryear 100 years ago Yesteryear 100 years ago Freehold has good stores and enterprising merchants, who are doing good business, but we do not recollect that those merchants have ever made any concerted efforts to attract trade to the town. While there has been a good deal of advertising done, it has been done by…

  • ‘Journey to Bethlehem’

    Dec. 5-7 at Old Tennent The annual "Journey to Bethlehem" drive-through Christmas event on the grounds of Old Tennent Church, Manalapan, will be held Dec. 5, 6 and 7 from 6-9:30 p.m. on the church grounds. The free event, which is presented by Old Tennent Presbyterian Church and St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, also…