Category: Tri-Town Calendar

  • Attorney: Good people a product of good choices

    Annual MLK breakfasthelps to raise funds forNAACP scholarships By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Annual MLK breakfast helps to raise funds for NAACP scholarships By Joyce Blay Staff Writer Desha L. Jackson LAKEWOOD — On Martin Luther King Jr. Day and every other day of the year, anyone can be a king if they follow four simple…

  • Howell council rep questions AP course offerings at school

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer By dave benjamin Staff Writer A municipal liaison from Howell has asked Freehold Regional High School District administrators to determine if students at Howell High School are being offered an equal number of advanced placement (AP) courses as students at the district’s other five high schools. Joan Leimbach, the Howell Township…

  • Medical mission brings help to China’s children

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer Medical mission brings help to China’s children By linda denicola Staff Writer Mark Twain said, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness." Kathy Rubin, a nurse with Operation Smile, an organization that provides surgery for children with facial deformities, would agree. Rubin, a Freehold Township resident, just returned from a…

  • Funding helps area providers serve Ocean County seniors

    More than three dozen contracts for senior programs ranging from health screenings to caregiver service were recently approved by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders. The 37 contracts totaled $1.93 million in federal, state and county money that will fund programs administered by the Ocean County Office of Senior Services through local service providers. "Our…

  • Dancer tapped as mayor again in Plumsted

    Przywara electeddeputy mayor ascommittee reorganizes By kathy barattaStaff Writer Dancer tapped as mayor again in Plumsted Przywara elected deputy mayor as committee reorganizes By kathy baratta Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The Township Committee held its reorganization meeting on Jan. 6 and members of the governing body elected Committeeman Ron Dancer mayor and Committeeman Joseph Przywara…

  • Z•E•S•T

    FOR LIVINGGrass is truly greener in the Garden StateNative son By gloria stravelliStaff Writer FOR LIVING Grass is truly greener in the Garden State CHRIS KELLY Michael Skudera knows his way around New Jersey and he is sharing that knowledge through his book and its companion CD ROM Ultimate Guide to New Jersey. Native son’s…

  • 2004 Olympic dreams fuel athlete’s training regimen

    Lakewood JOYCE BLAY Dorit Attias of Lakewood is spending a lot of time these days working out. Her goal is to qualify for the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in the pentathlon. Comprised of five events, the pentathlon involves equestrian jumping, marksmanship, 200-meter freestyle swimming, epee fencing, and running a 3-kilometer cross-country course. hopes to represent…

  • Bulletin Board

    Brian Kirk and the Jirks will perform benefit Greg Macolino and Jim Connelly, owners of the Brighton Bar, 121 Brighton Ave., Long Branch, will sponsor a fund-raiser for Michael Pedrick on Jan. 25 at 3 p.m. Performing will be Brian Kirk and the Jirks. Admission is $10 per person. Pedrick is a local resident who…

  • Datebook

    • Ocean County College, Toms River, is now offering classes in art history and western civilization at New Egypt Middle School, Plumsted. The art history class is to be held on Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m., and western civilization will be on Thursdays from 7-9:40 p.m. Classes start Jan. 22; register soon. For information, call (732)…