• Breakfast seminar April 13 in Eatontown

    Breakfast seminar April 13 in Eatontown

    The Business Networking Breakfast (BNB) of the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce (EMACC) will hold a breakfast seminar “Build Your Business with quality, simplicity and experience” from 7:45 a.m–10 a.m. April 13 at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel, 6 Industrial Way East, Eatontown. Presented by Rook Co-Founder Holly Migliaccio, she will share her personal trials…

  • Ocean may eliminate fees to promote business growth

    Ocean may eliminate fees to promote business growth

    By Kenny Walter Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP- In an effort to attract businesses into vacant commercial properties, the township council is considering waiving certain permitting fees for new businesses based on certain stipulations. Township Manager Andrew Brannen said that the council discussed possibly waiving certain fees during the March 24 Workshop meeting and presented a…

  • Park System looking for volunteer Garden Ambassadors

    Park System looking for volunteer Garden Ambassadors

    MIDDLETOWN — Do you enjoy interacting with visitors and spending time in a beautiful setting? Opportunities to be a volunteer Garden Ambassador are available to those age 18 and up at Deep Cut Gardens, 152 Red Hill Road, Middletown. Deep Cut Gardens is the Park System’s site dedicated to the home gardener and features 54 acres…

  • Selling this spring? Stash the signs

    Selling this spring? Stash the signs

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia Content That Works There’s no debating it: Political rhetoric is everywhere, thicker than ever this election year. While homeowner associations often limit the number of signs an owner can display, in many neighborhoods free speech translates into a thicket of front-yard signs promoting candidates. If you’re selling a home, it’s wise…

  • Conservation scholarship open to New Jersey college students

    Conservation scholarship open to New Jersey college students

    A $1,000 scholarship will be awarded this summer to a New Jersey student majoring in natural resource conservation, environmental science or a related field of study through the Firman E. Bear Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society’s Edward R. Hall/Robert R. Hanna Scholarship. To qualify, an applicant must be a full-time student in good standing…

  • 17-year-olds encouraged to register to vote

    17-year-olds encouraged to register to vote

    A recent law change enables every eligible 17-year-old New Jersey citizen to register to vote with the understanding that they may not vote until they become 18. Previous law allowed 17-year-olds to register only if they would turn 18 on or before the next election. This is no longer the case. Seventeen-year-olds can now complete…

  • Youth can participate in MLB Pitch Hit & Run April 24

    Youth can participate in MLB Pitch Hit & Run April 24

    The South Brunswick Athletic Association will hold a free Scotts Major League Baseball Pitch Hit & Run competition, 9-11 a.m., April 24, at Rowland Park, Fields 2 and 3, 235 Broadway Road, Cranbury. This official skills competition of Major League Baseball is a grassroots program designed to provide youngsters with an opportunity to compete, free of…

  • Brookdale exhibit focuses on issue of racism

    Brookdale exhibit focuses on issue of racism

    By Kayla J. Marsh Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – A new exhibit opening at Brookdale Community College is tackling the issue of racism head on. The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education (Chhange) at Brookdale will serve as the host to an opening reception for its new “Facing Racism” art exhibit on April 10…

  • Competition brings Shakespeare’s work to life

    Competition brings Shakespeare’s work to life

    By Kayla J. Marsh Staff Writer As the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death approaches, the English-Speaking Union’s National Shakespeare Competition has high school students from across the country bringing some of The Bard’s most influential plays, characters and other works to life. Through the competition, participants develop communication skills, challenge their intellect and acting…

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