• Community band announces 11th season

    COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Community Band is marking its 11th season. On Nov. 1, the band will present its fall concert featuring the clarinet section in “Clarinet Candy” by Leroy Anderson. In addition, two compositions by contemporary composers, the energetic “Rise of the Firebird” by Steven Reineke, and the majestic “Spirit of the…

  • Where will you be when the zombies invade?

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer It was zombies as far as the eye could see at last year’s New Jersey Zombie Walk on the Asbury Park boardwalk. This year’s Zombie Walk is expected to draw a larger crowd when the event takes place on Oct. 6 on the boardwalk and the zombies march to Cookman…

  • ‘Lifting a Bunny’

    “Dogs from Different Centuries,” 2012, oil on panel “Lifting a Bunny: Paintings by Jill Kerwick” will open at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County on Oct. 6. An opening reception will be held 6-8 p.m. at the gallery, 33 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Kerwick, of Fair Haven and Costa Rica, reveals wonder and discomfort in…

  • FRHSD board makes changes in administrative positions

    Nicole Hazel is named chief academic officer BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has tapped six current staff members to fill positions that were created in August in an administrative reorganization. The board voted to change the status of the employees, all of whom previously held administrative…

  • Howell Planning Board says yes to Quick Chek

    Full traffic signal at Route 33 and Colts Neck Road is part of development application BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — The Planning Board has unanimously approved the construction of a gasoline service station with a convenience store at the corner of Route 33 and Colts Neck Road in Howell. The board granted preliminary…

  • ‘Fake Farmer’ crackdown bill moves toward final legislative approval

    Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Jennifer Beck (R- Monmouth) and state Senate President Steve Sweeney (RGloucester, Cumberland, Salem) to prevent abuse of the state’s farmland assessment law cleared its first Assembly committee hearing on Sept. 27. According to a press release, S-589, which was approved unanimously by the full Senate in June 2012, was approved…

  • Deep Cut Orchid Society to host annual auction

    The largest orchid auction in the tristate region is scheduled for Oct. 6 at the Colts Neck Fire Company No. 1, 88 Route 537 West, Colts Neck. More than 400 prime orchids from award-winning growers in Japan, Venezuela, Hawaii and across the United States will be auctioned off. Orchids are Earth’s most varied species of…

  • Eagle Scout completes environmental project

    MARLBORO — Jesse Adam Patten of Marlboro recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in Troop 85 of Marlboro. He passed his board of review on April 16 and had a Court of Honor on July 7 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County in Lincroft. According to a press release, Patten was a…

  • Firearms rules to be tightened

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Residents who wish to hunt or engage in target practice on their property may soon face more stringent restrictions in Marlboro. The Township Council has introduced an ordinance that would, if adopted, increase the amount of acreage required on a parcel in order for an individual to legally…

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