Category: News Transcript Calendar

  • Fall trip scheduled

    The Christian Neighbors of Covered Bridge, Manalapan, will sponsor a trip to Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire Sept. 23-27. The tour will include two nights in Vermont and two in New Hamp-shire, an evening of entertainment, four breakfasts, four dinners, and visits to the Maple Museum; the Calvin Coolidge Homestead; Quechee Gorge; Dartmouth College; Kennebunkport;…

  • Marlboro resident on state panel

    The New Jersey Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission held its organization meeting at the State House in Trenton recently. The chair of the New Jersey panel is former state Sen. Leanna Brown of Chatham. Roland Alum of West New York and Ved Chaudhary of the Morganville section of Marlboro are vice chairs,…

  • Photo

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Kim Cattrall, one of the stars of the HBO series Sex and the City, takes a break before filming a scene on Monday at Jake’s Cree-Mee Freeze, Route 33, Millstone Township. A location scout found the roadside eatery appealing and decided the setting could pass for a Long Island hamburger stand. Series stars…

  • Getting a taste of Millstone

    A makeup artist applies a finishing touch to actress Cynthia Nixon prior to the filming of a scene from an upcoming episode of HBO’s Sex and the City on Monday at Jake’s Cree-Mee Freeze ice cream stand on Route 33, Millstone Township. Series stars Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker were featured in the…

  • Authors sought for statewide competition

    Authors sought for statewide competition The Unlimited Potential Theater Company, a project of VSA arts of New Jersey, is seeking poems, essays and plays by New Jersey residents, 18 years of age or older, for its ninth annual New Jersey Wordsmiths Competition. The contest is open to all writers, and submissions by writers with disabilities…

  • Law limiting telemarketers now before state Senate

    Law limiting telemarketers now before state Senate The state Assembly has passed legislation sponsored by Assembly Assistant Majority Leader Linda Greenstein (D-14) and Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew (D-1) designed to crack down on the barrage of telemarketing calls to residents’ homes. If signed into law, New Jersey would become the 21st state to adopt such…

  • Cablevision awards scholarships to teens

    Cablevision awards scholarships to teens Cablevision Systems Corp.’s "Power to Learn," a multifaceted initiative dedicated to integrating technology and education, announced the recipients of its 2002 scholarship awards. Among the 25 recipients of the $1,000 scholarships are three students from Monmouth County: Marlboro resident Saleem Malkana of Freehold High School, Marlboro resident Yin Li from…

  • Battle of Monmouth re-enactment

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI VERONICA YANKOWSKI In the middle of the Battle of Monmouth re-enactment at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan, on June 22, one â01Cperiod correctâ01D participant got his hands on the real â01CReal Thing,â01D a can of Diet Coke, during a break in the hostilities.

  • Officials OK purchase of vans, equipment

    Officials OK purchase of vans, equipment FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee has approved three bids for equipment totaling $93,599. The equipment includes a shuttle van, a prisoner transport van and a leaf collecting machine. Jersey Bus Sales, Bordentown, the lowest bidder, was awarded the contract for the shuttle van with a bid of $40,802;…