• Free training for the unemployed

    The New Jersey Small Business Development Centers (NJSBDC) network is offering a six-week specialized training workshop program for unemployed individuals who want to start a business. The Entrepreneurial Training Program for the Unemployed (ETPU) pro bono training courses will be held at various NJSBDC locations throughout the state. The curriculum focuses on an array of…

  • Student volunteers sought to coach teams

    Millstone Recreation invites students in grades 6–12 to volunteer as assistant coaches for its soccer and basketball programs. Students can have fun while fulfilling community service hours. Letters will be provided to those who volunteer upon completion of their service. Those who would like more information about the fall and spring programs that need coaching…

  • Inaugural MudManX coming to Lakewood

    The first MudManX event is coming to FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood on Oct. 22. MudManX is a 5-mile mud run filled with obstacles such as cargo nets, barricades, pools of water, mud pits and fiery trails designed to test mastery of the four primary elements: earth, wind, fire and water. There will be 20 obstacles…

  • Allentown girls soccer team targeting tournament play

    BYWAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent A llentown High School girls soccer, fresh off a tough 5-2 loss to Robbinsville on Oct. 13 in a showdown for the division lead, rebounded in its next game as it targets the Mercer County and NJSIAA tournaments The Redbirds bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Delran on Oct. 15 as…

  • Autism awareness key for telecommunicators

    Monmouth County 911 operators are taking the lead when it comes to autism awareness, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. Public safety telecommunicators from the sheriff’s office Communications Division are the first group of operators in the state who were trained on how to prepare themselves when responding to calls…

  • Social life in utopian community subject of next lecture in series

    A s part of its “Historically Speaking” lecture series, the Monmouth County Historical Association has invited professor Jesse LeVine to speak about the North American Phalanx utopian community. The free lecture will be given in the first-floor exhibition gallery at 2 p.m. Oct. 23 in the association’s headquarters, 70 Court St., Freehold, according to a…

  • Volunteer weather observers sought

    The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCo- RaHS) is looking for volunteer weather observers. Based out of the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, the New Jersey chapter of CoCoRaHS is looking to enlist volunteers of all ages from western Monmouth County to take a few…

  • Night of live music to benefit food pantry

    The Society of Friends, a nonprofit Quaker organization, will host “Music for the Soul … Food for the Hungry” at 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Crosswicks Meeting House, 15 Front St., Chesterfield Township. The evening will include live music and desserts in a coffeehouse setting. Admission is free. Donations of canned food will be…

  • Woman’s battle inspires others to Light the Night

    BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Melissa Miller of Manalapan was 24 years old in January 2010 when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Miller, a 2003 Manalapan High School graduate, had received a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College, N.Y., and was freelancing in television production, working on the set of the “Tyra Banks Show”…

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