• May 5-6 film festival to feature works by MCVTS students

    May 5-6 film festival to feature works by MCVTS students

    The second annual Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools Reel Film Festival will take place May 5 and 6. The work of 46 students in the digital film program will be featured. Included will be short films, videos, photographs and audio presentations. The two-hour program will begin at 6:30 p.m. each day in the auditorium…

  • JCC of Middlesex to present ‘Children of the Holocaust’ May 4

    JCC of Middlesex to present ‘Children of the Holocaust’ May 4

    On May 4 there will be an Annual Interfaith Holocaust Memorial Program, “Children of the Holocaust,” with readings, musical selections, and a candle lighting to memorialize the lives of those touched by the Holocaust, 7:30 p.m. at the JCC of Middlesex, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The program will be presented by the Metuchen-Edison Area…

  • Freehold Regional board adopts 2016-17 budget

    Freehold Regional board adopts 2016-17 budget

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has adopted a $206.1 million budget for the 2016-17 school year. According to district administrators, the budget, which was adopted on April 25, will be supported by the collection of a combined $132.3 million in taxes from residential and commercial property…

  • Financial woes lead to dissolution of church congregation

    Financial woes lead to dissolution of church congregation

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer FREEHOLD – The congregation of Grace Lutheran Church, which has been a fixture in the Freehold Borough community since 1952, has been dissolved. According to its website, the congregation celebrated its final service on April 3 at the church on the corner of West Main Street and Park Avenue. Thomas…

  • Report from Freeholder Director Arnone praises expo, municipalities

    Report from Freeholder Director Arnone praises expo, municipalities

    Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone had nothing but praise for the ‘Made in Monmouth’ Expo that was recently held at Monmouth University. Arnone also thanked local officials and municipalities for the preparation that was done for the road resurfacing project underway on Ocean Avenue in several Jersey Shore towns. His report is as…

  • USDA food app helps reduce waste, prevent illness

    USDA food app helps reduce waste, prevent illness

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has an app that can help you save money and help the environment. There are simple steps you can take in the kitchen to help you serve safer food and to help you reduce resource use and utility bills. This spring, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)…

  • AAA recycles batteries, plants trees and utilizes “green” service vehicles

    AAA recycles batteries, plants trees and utilizes “green” service vehicles

    Hamilton – AAA Mid-Atlantic, in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, is planting as many as 2,000 trees in a National Forest to represent the vehicle batteries the auto club recycles.  Nationally, AAA has recycled more than 12 million automotive batteries and continues to promote the importance of recycling this essential automotive part that gets…

  • AAA says millions of Americans making travel plans this summer

    AAA says millions of Americans making travel plans this summer

    HAMILTON – Travel plans are being made as families across the country eagerly await the beginning of summer, according to a recent AAA survey. More than one-third of Americans are planning to take a family vacation 50 miles or more away from home involving two or more immediate family members. New Jersey is home to…

  • Community workshops held for Rudyk Park plans and expansion

    Community workshops held for Rudyk Park plans and expansion

    PERTH AMBOY – Upcoming workshops and community input will play a key role in the improvement and expansion of Perth Amboy’s Rudyk Park, according to project organizers. A free workshop, open to the public and scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. on  April 29 in a multipurpose room on Middlesex County College’s Perth Amboy campus,…

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