• Swimmer will represent Y in Special Olympics

    Everyone has challenges in life, but some more than others. Christopher McMullen is one of those people whose challenges were given to him at birth and have been tested by a sometimes unforgiving world. For the past 12 years, Chris, who is autistic, has been participating in Special Olympics, competing in aquatics. During those 12…

  • New house of worship to be dedicated June 18

    MARLBORO — The Monmouth Worship Center is preparing to host a dedication ceremony at its new home on Vanderburg Road. Pastor Joe Hewes, assistant pastor, said the June 18 event will not only be a dedication of the building for the parishioners, it will also be an event to get to know the neighbors. A…

  • All ages invited to enter film festival

    Kidz Filmz, a new film festival and joint venture between Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan and the Garden State Film Fes- tival, is seeking video submissions from the public. The films will be presented at Algonquin Arts Theatre in a festival-type event Jan. 27-29, 2012. Activities will also include a hands-on children’s workshop. Filmmakers of…

  • Vandal damages restaurant

    FREEHOLD — An act of criminal mischief was committed at Federici’s restaurant, East Main Street, on June 7. Freehold Borough police Lt. Mark Wodell said the incident occurred at 3:54 a.m. Wodell said Michael Federici, who owns and operates the business, discovered paint on the front and rear walls, windows and doors of the restaurant…

  • Browsers and buyers welcome at book sale

    Turn off the electronic reader, pull the little ones away from their Nintendo Wii and return to a time when the only way to shop for books was to stroll through a bookstore, look at a book’s cover and feel the texture of the pages that held words of magic and mayhem, romance and mystery,…

  • Sing-along will raise funds for MS center

    Join the CentraState Associated Auxiliaries in a Broadway sing-along with the keyboard skills of Barry Rosenzweig on June 26 from 1-3 p.m. in the Conference Center of the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main St., Freehold Township. Rosenzweig served two years active duty as a lieutenant with the U.S. Army Field Band…

  • Creative youngsters produce ‘Habitat Heroes’ in Marlboro

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Children in Ilene Brudner’s third-grade class at the Robertsville Elementary School got animated recently as they presented their cartoon feature “Habitat Heroes.” Using a grant provided by the Marlboro Educational Foundation, Brudner and media specialist Brenna Greer combined lessons in science, language arts and more into a fun, interactive…

  • datebook 

     Music University students will perform outside at Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Township, in front of Cheesecake Factory from 5:30-8:30 p.m. June 23. Bands performing will include Over The Edge, Once Every Thursday, As You Wish, Breaking Silence, Phase 4 and Invincible. Music University Glee will make its debut at the show. Details: 732-303-1100. …

  • Scholarships available for careers in criminal law

    The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey is offering four scholarships to law school students seeking careers as prosecuting attorneys, and to police officers hoping to attend college to advance their careers in law enforcement. The scholarships, each amounting to a one-year grant of $2,500, will be paid directly to the recipients, who will be…

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