• Skate and Surf moves to Great Adventure

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Skate and Surf Festival sponsored by Game Changer World that had been scheduled to be held at iPlay America, Schanck Road, Freehold Township, on May 18-19 has been moved to Six Flags Great Adventure theme park, Route 537, Jackson. Peter Valesi, the township administrator in Freehold Township, told…

  • ‘The God Box’ comes to Freehold

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — How can we celebrate Mother’s Day in a new creative way? Plan on seeing “The God Box: A Daughter’s Story,” a one-woman performance. Mary Lou Quinlan, an actress and New York Times best-selling author, is coming to Freehold Township to the stage of Applewood Estates’ Performing Arts Center on May 25 at…

  • ARMS asking public to help collect flip-flops for troops

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A merica’s servicemen and servicewomen have a lot to deal with on a daily basis as they do their duty around the globe. Having shower shoes (i.e., flip-flops) should not be an issue that causes them a problem. To that end, American Recreational Military Services (ARMS) is seeking help…

  • Port Authority eases rules for veterans to join PAPD

    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced plans to launch its first major recruitment effort in six years for candidates for a future class of up to 175 police officers in 2014. The effort will reflect a newly revised policy approved by the Board of Commissioners that will maximize the ability…

  • Shooting victim’s family asks for social media checks

    BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Less than a year after a teenage girl was gunned down in Old Bridge, her family took part in a gun violence prevention discussion that was held at the Old Bridge municipal complex on March 27. Maria LoBrutto, an Old Bridge resident whose daughter, Cristina, 18, was…

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    Brandon Nuttall and Caroline Rasmussen of Allentown, members of Country Critters Monmouth County 4-H Club, participate in Clean Ocean Action’s Beach Sweeps on April 27 in Point Pleasant.

  • ASPCA helps Reindancer recover from Sandy

    PLUMSTED — A $2,250 grant from the ASPCA has helped repair and rebuild horse shelters at Reindancer Therapeutic Riding Center, 31 Archertown Road, that were damaged or destroyed by superstorm Sandy. The free-standing shelters, known as run-in sheds, provide protection from sun, rain and wind when horses are out in their paddocks. Several of the…

  • Perrineville Jewish Center to host Torah dedication

    Congregation to mark joyous occasion May 30 BY MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Perrineville Jewish Center of Millstone Township refers to itself as a “jewel of a shul” on its website, and something rare is in the air. The 103-year-old Conservative congregation is planning to receive a new Torah that will be dedicated at…

  • May: Be vigilant!

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Despite the gardener’s best intentions,nature will improvise.” — M.P. Garafolo Clearing leaves from planting beds, digging weeds, sowing grass seed, yanking dandelions out of the soil, mercilessly extracting wild onions and raking garden beds while admiring the many new shoots that have come up seemingly overnight, checking established perennials that need…

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