• Concert will boost efforts to rebuild

    Restore the Shore and the Strand Theatre in Lakewood will host a yearlong concert series to help the Jersey Shore recover from the destruction caused by the Oct. 29 storm called Sandy. The first show, a holiday concert featuring Gary “U.S.” Bonds, Marc Ribler and Friends, and special guests, will be held at 8 p.m.…

  • Supt. search forum now set for Dec. 4

    JACKSON — The Jackson School District Board of Education is encouraging all residents to come to a special public forum on Dec. 4 from 6-8 p.m. to discuss what they would like to see in the next superintendent of schools. The forum had to be rescheduled due to Sandy. “This public forum is a chance…

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    Gabriela and Daniela trick-or-treat for donations in their Marlboro neighborhood to help families who lost their homes during superstorm Sandy. Halloween was cancelled twice in Marlboro, so the girls decided to help the storm victims by notifying their neighbors that they would be coming around to collect donations, and then donned their costumes to collect…

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     The Allentown Art Guild will host its annual holiday show and sale at 55 N. Main St., Allentown, from noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 1- 2. Oil and watercolor paintings, mixed media drawings, and greeting cards will be available for purchase. Free admission. Parking available on Main Street. Details: 609-259-3500.

  • Students, staff lend assistance after Sandy

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Students and faculty members of the Freehold Regional High School District offered their help to victims of Sandy in the time following the catastrophic Oct. 29 storm. FRHSD Superintendent of Schools Charles Sampson said at the Nov. 12 Board of Education meeting that the community came together to aid individuals…

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     The Freehold Moms Entrepreneurial Think Tank is holding a donation drive for victims of the storm. Especially needed are new packages of socks and underwear, children’s clothing, new sweatshirts and sweatpants, flashlights, batteries (C and D types), mops, work gloves, boots and gift cards (Walmart and Lowe’s). Call Lynette Barbieri at 732-232- 1251 to…

  • FRHSD adjusts calendar in aftermath of Sandy

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A portion of the two school weeks lost to problems caused by post-tropical storm Sandy will be made up in the Freehold Regional High School District. The Board of Education voted to approve an updated school calendar at its Nov. 12 regular meeting. Power outages and unsafe driving conditions spurred…

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     Kids’ Book Chat, offering book sharing and more for children in grades two through five, will be offered at 4 p.m. Nov. 28 at the Jackson Library. Children should bring one or more books for show and tell. Register by calling 732-928-4400.  A living Nativity will be presented at 7 p.m. Dec. 8…

  • Jackson school board eyes options to make up days

    Panel was also expected to discuss possibility of enrolling Lakehurst pupils BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — One month after Post- Tropical Storm Sandy ravaged Ocean County, administrators in the Jackson School District were still uncertain as to how to deal with the five school days that were lost in the wake of the…

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