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  • Hanukkah rapping

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Youngsters are on their feet as Kid Kosher, aka Glenn Fuchs, performs his repertoire of Hebrew hip-hip songs and gets the crowd in the Hanukkah spirit Dec. 2 at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center, Marlboro. The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah began on the evening of Dec. 4 and will continue for…

  • Miss N.J. to be feted with concert

    Amy Polumbo HOWELL – Howell High School and the Drama Parents Organization will hold a special send-off concert to support and cheer their very own Miss New Jersey, Amy Polumbo, as she prepares to compete for the title of Miss America. The concert, featuring friends and colleagues from Howell High School, Wagner College, and throughout…

  • Asbury Park boardwalk cats in need of new homes

    Cats living under the Asbury Park boardwalk won’t be left out in the cold this winter. The staff of Madison Marquette, the Asbury Park oceanfront redevelopment firm, has initiated a campaign to rescue and rehabilitate all of the Asbury Park boardwalk cats and put them up for adoption, according to a press release. Michael Walker,…

  • Park Avenue Bistro taking shape in town

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – The owners of a new restaurant are hoping the comfortable atmosphere they are planning will be just what the area needs in an eatery. The Park Avenue Bistro is expected to open in early 2008 in the Route 33 (Park Avenue) building that was most recently the…

  • Howell High School art teacher earns grant

    John Carey, a Howell High School art teacher, has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. The money will be used for a guest speaker and to increase the figure drawing capabilities of the art department. Carey has received nine mini-grants for the school’s fine arts programs since being awarded a…

  • Residents provide bicycles for youths

    BY ELANA ARON Correspondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The residents at the Riviera adult community on Jackson Mills Road have done it again, only better. Together with Beacon Cycling and Fitness Center, Howell, and Open Door of Freehold, they will once again put smiles on the faces of needy children. Last year Riviera residents were able…

  • Area youths appear in Dickens play in Red Bank

    Eight local children will make their professional theatrical debuts this holiday season when they take the stage in Red Bank during the Two River Theater Company’s world premiere production of Charles Dickens’ “The Ghost’s Bargain.” Originally planned as a six-actor play, this story will now be told by five equity actors and eight children ages…

  • Train will bring Santa to Freehold on Dec. 15

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – You better watch out. The man with the big red bag of goodies is on his way to Freehold Borough. Santa Claus will arrive via Conrail freight train at the Freehold bus (old railroad) station at the corner of West Main and Throckmorton streets at noon on…

  • Native American history needs retelling

    Thanksgiving portrays stereotypes that some find offensive BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent November is American Indian Heritage Month and also the month when people across the country remember the Native Americans who are part of the Thanksgiving story. But some Native Americans are not happy about Thanksgiving because the stereotypes of their people are often caricatures…