• Garden State Preservation Trust Green Acres grants welcomed

    State Sen. Sam Thompson and state assemblymen Ron Dancer and Rob Clifton (all R-Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington and Middlesex), have announced that they have been informed by the state Department of Environmental Protection that several towns in their legislative district will be receiving Green Acres grants from the Garden State Preservation Trust. Allentown, Millstone Township and…

  • 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 singer-songwriter 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…

  • Summer in White House a learning experience

    Marlboro’s Ilyssa Meyer worked for the Council on Women and Girls BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Ilyssa Meyer MARLBORO — Some say the bulk of knowledge acquired in college comes from outside the classroom. That cliché rings true for no one more than Ilyssa Meyer, 21, of Marlboro. Meyer, who attends Oberlin College in Ohio,…

  • Firearms revisions put on hold in Marlboro

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — When officials declined to take action on an ordinance that would have limited the use of firearms, a group of about 70 members of an outdoorsman alliance broke into applause in Town Hall. The ordinance, which was introduced on Sept. 20, would have increased the amount of acreage…

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    Ryan and Emily Pellegrino take a break from picking pumpkins during a visit to the Red Wagon Farm, Route 33, Manalapan. Greater Media Newspapers readers may submit photos via email to [email protected]. READER-SUBMITTED PHOTO BY WENDY PELLEGRINO via StringFly@GMNews

  • Halloween hike will enchant, educate

    MARLBORO — Kateri Environmental Center, Marlboro, will present the story of Irish Jack on Oct. 26-27. For the 26th year, Kateri will present this live drama that tells the origins of Halloween. The woodland trails are lighted with more than 250 jack-o’-lanterns. Visitors walk through the woods and meet the characters along the way as…

  • Congregation donates seven tons of food

    MARLBORO — The Yom Kippur food drive is an annual tradition for the members of Temple Rodeph Torah of Marlboro. For more than 20 years, the congregation has used Yom Kippur — a day of voluntary fasting for Jews — to provide food for those who cannot afford to buy enough food for themselves and…

  • Walking enthusiast pledges help for education center

    FREEHOLD — Robert “Peanut” Holloway will once again slip on his sneakers to walk for a good cause. On the heels of his previous charity event, the Peanut Holloway YMCA Walka Thon on May 12, which yielded proceeds of more than $6,000 for the YMCA Community Center in Freehold Borough, Holloway will lead a Nov.…

  • Effort to collect shoes show’s youngster’s soul

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — An old pair of sneakers can go a long way. In September, Marlboro resident Sawyer Howard, 12, collected about 1,000 pairs of gently used shoes for citizens of foreign countries who cannot afford to buy footwear. Sawyer said he hopes to gather thousands more pairs of shoes by…

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