• Medical sciences program honored

    The Freehold Regional High School District’s Medical Sciences Learning Center at Freehold High School has received the exemplary program designation, which is the highest honor of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s (NJSBA) 26th annual School Leader Award program. The NJSBA School Leader Award program recognizes creative public school programs that enhance learning, according to…

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     A bus trip to the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, sponsored by the Plumsted Townsip Republican Club, will be held on Nov. 10. Tickets are $20 and include a $20 casino giveback, round trip bus transportation and driver gratuity. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from New Egypt High School. For more…

  • Red light camera contracts draw assemblyman’s ire

    State Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth), who has recently expressed concern regarding New Jersey’s red light camera pilot program, last week expressed concern about contracts that have been entered into by municipalities that are operating red light cameras. The cameras are in place at 63 intersections around the state and tickets are issued by police after…

  • Liberty Oak Chorus to perform in Jackson

    JACKSON — Liberty Oak Chorus, an award-winning Freehold-based chapter of Sweet Adelines International, will perform its “Sound Celebration” show at 3 p.m. Dec. 2 at Jackson Memorial High School, Don Connor Boulevard. Under the direction of Katie Blackwood, the chorus will sing a cappella, four-part harmony, lead, tenor, baritone and bass barbershop style — an…

  • GREEN SCENE

    Autumn gathers momentum GOTTI KELLEY “Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the living earth.” — Kahlil Gibran G ardening is so important to rehabilitation; it is intuitive to good health. It is also rejuvenating. The lessening of…

  • Photo

    Danielle Lirov, 7, and Adam Lirov, 4, enjoy playing in the leaves outside their Marlboro home on a beautiful early fall day. READER-SUBMITTED PHOTO BY LORI LIROV via StringFly@GMNews As the nation prepares to mark Veterans Day on Nov. 11, Greater Media Newspapers is asking readers to submit photographs of their family members who have…

  • Brownies donate backpacks to aid humanitarian effort

    HOWELL — Members of Brownie Troop 295, along with their leaders, Allyson Donato-Jernigan and Angela Ruocco, teamed up with the International Rescue Committee and donated more than 100 gently used backpacks and lunchboxes to those in need. International Rescue Committee is an organization that responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to…

  • Singer to honor Laura Nyro

    MANALAPAN — If you remember Laura Nyro’s hits “Wedding Bell Blues” or “Stoned Soul Picnic,” come hear vocalist Grace Cosgrove pay tribute to the singersongwriter in “To Laura with Love,” a free concert to be held at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan on the afternoon of Oct. 21. Nyro was a singer-songwriter in…

  • New county historian named

    Timothy G. Hart has been appointed to the position of Ocean County historian by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders. “Tim Hart is a true friend of Ocean County and his love for the history of this great county makes him the perfect choice for county historian,” said Freeholder Deputy Director John C. Bartlett Jr.…

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