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    Allentown High School’s Varun Jain watches as a shot from his opponent, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North’s Vasishta Kalinabhotla, sails past him during the April 19 match in Allentown. The visiting Knights won the match, 5-0. ERIC SUCAR staff Allentown High School’s Josh Samuels belts a forehand during his match with West Windsor-Plainsboro High School…

  • School districts build spirit of cooperation

    Millstone and UFRSD boards share services and one administrator BY MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent ALLENTOWN — The Allentown High School Jazz Band performed a couple of rich-sounding tunes, followed by the sparkling voices of students from the chorus singing a Billy Joel song in four-part harmony. This was not a regular school board meeting, but a…

  • Rutgers Day offers fun for all ages

    Visitors will have almost 500 performances, tours, exhibits and hands-on activities to choose from at Rutgers Day, which takes place Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the university’s New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses. Ag Field Day, the N.J. Folk Festival, Zimmerli Family Day and the Engineering Open House are perennial favorites.…

  • Museum to host film series

    The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, the Axelrod Performing Arts Center and the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County will present three films in the series “Thursday Night at the Israeli Movies.” The films are:  “The Matchmaker,” April 25 at 7:30 p.m. In 1968 Haifa, a teenage boy gets a summer job with a…

  • Choir continues tradition of inspirational concerts

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Throughout the years, music has been used for many high-profile philanthropic displays of community, from holding concerts to raise money to feed the hungry to raising awareness about AIDS. For a group of about 80 to 100 youths from 45 churches in New Jersey and Bucks County, Pa., their voices…

  • Three will run for committee in Upper Freehold Township

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Three residents of Upper Freehold Township have filed nominating petitions to run for two available three-year seats on the Township Committee. The seats currently held by Republicans Stanley Moslowski and LoriSue H. Mount will be on the Nov. 5 ballot. Moslowski, who is serving as Upper Freehold’s…

  • Classical voice music series to debut

    FREEHOLD — The Classical Voice Company is launching a new classical vocal performance series in Freehold. The series, which will include classical vocal recitals and semi-staged operas, will have its first performance on May 19 at 4 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Main Street. According to a press release, the monthly one-hour Appassionata…

  • Plan for large development put forth in Freehold Twp.

    Retail and residential uses proposed on Bellemead tract between Rt. 537 & Rt. 9 BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A large open parcel of land across from the Trotters Way (Route 537) entrance to the Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township could one day become a development that would include luxury…

  • Meet Elwood, world’s ugliest dog

    Elwood may be one ugly dog, but he has a beautiful story to tell. Meet this unique personality — and his human companion, Karen Quigley — at a special author talk at 2 p.m. April 27 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. Elwood has come out of retirement for this special…

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