• Free eye screenings for residents with diabetes

    The Novo Nordisk Diabetes Center at CentraState Medical Center is offering a free eye screening 9 a.m. to noon May 19 at CentraState’s Donna O’Donnel, R.N., Medical Arts Building, 901 W. Main St., Freehold Township. The screening is for community members who have diabetes and have not seen an ophthalmologist during the past year, or…

  • MC Arts Council grants are available

    The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) announced that the Local Arts Program Grant guidelines, applications and workshops for the fiscal year 2013 are now available. The mission of MCAC is to enrich the community by inspiring and fostering the arts, according to a press release from the arts council. The grants result in over 2,400…

  • Children will perform musical at church

    “Spend a While on the Nile,” a musical performed by students in grades 3-6, will be held 7:30 p.m. May 18 and 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. May 20 at the Allentown Presbyterian Church, 20 High St., Allentown. Details: 609-259-7289.

  • Pleasure Horse Club slates May 10 meeting

    The Pleasure Horse Club of Central Jersey invites all horse enthusiasts to its May 10 meeting to be held in the Millstone Township Community Center, 463 Stagecoach Road, in the Clarksburg section of the township (located between the fire station and the Clarksburg Inn). The meeting will begin at 7:15 p.m. For more information, call…

  • Learn techniques of garden photography

    Erica O’Rourke, Allentown Garden Club member and local artist, will be the featured speaker at the May 10 meeting of the Allentown Garden Club. O’Rourke will present a slide show of her work to provide instruction on the technique of great garden photography. All are welcome to attend the 7 p.m. meeting at the Allentown…

  • Bullying program may get grant boost

    Also, school lunch prices to increase in district MILLSTONE — The school district will apply for funding from the state to support implementation for the anti-bullying bill of rights act. At the April 30 Board of Education meeting, superintendent Scott Feder said the New Jersey Department of Education is appropriating $1 million to aid districts…

  • Blowing their own horns

    Jeff Lang (rear), principal horn for the Philadelphia Orchestra, visits with 3-year-olds at Little Tree Preschool in Allentown to teach them about the horn. PHOTO COURTESY OF JILL KURZEJA

  • Between the bridges: An excursion in Brooklyn

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN I ’ve always been curious about what existed between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn’s resurging DUMBO district. Although I lived just a short walk away in both Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights for several years in the ’90s, and have walked across the Brooklyn Bridge many times, I never…

  • He’s a cool one, that darn Douglas …

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH It has been said that I can’t stand to lose an argument. I would profoundly disagree with that. Yet, I must admit that I do love to debate an issue now and then. Take the other day, for instance, when I was leaning on a fence and watching a…

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