• Concert to feature Cornerstone Music Studio teacher

    FREEHOLD —St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Throckmorton Street, will host another performance in its Downtown Concert Series on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. The theme of the concert will be “Music is the Food of Love” in honor of Valentine’s Day. The performance will showcase a classical presentation featuring guitar and violin, according to a press…

  • Towns try to cope with costs of snow cleanup

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The winter for the record books has been taking a toll on municipal budgets. At the Millstone Township Committee meeting on Feb. 2, the governing body passed resolutions allowing the purchase of up to $50,000 worth of liquid magnesium chloride and sodium chloride from the Monmouth County Cooperative Pricing System. The…

  • Christie: Reforms painful for some, but necessary

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie addressed the concerns of residents point-blank on two critical issues — the public employee salary cap and education reform — while promoting his larger reform agenda at a town hall meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2179 in Middletown on Jan. 26. Sitting behind…

  • New legislation may bolster N.J. horse races with $30M

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent District 12 Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande said that two Atlantic City revitalization bills signed by Gov. Chris Christie contain significant victories for the horse-racing industry. The legislation appropriates up to $30 million in purse subsidies for races at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford and Monmouth…

  • Two Millstone properties set for auction March 4

    Previews scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 10 and Feb. 17 MILLSTONE — Two adjacent parcels totaling nearly 150 acres are set to go on the auction block in March by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co. will auction a 12.2-acre homestead and a 136.6-acre country estate,…

  • Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend?

    CODA GREG BEAN “When it hurts to look back, and you’re scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.” Anonymous T here’s nothing like surgery to make you humble and disabuse you of the notion that there is any aspect of your life that is private or…

  • Breakfast will benefit Allentown Library

    The Knights of Columbus Council 7333 in Allentown will host a buffet breakfast on Feb. 13 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 1282 Yardville-Allentown Road in Allentown. Food will be served from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $6 per person, $3 for children ages 6-11 and free for children age 5 and…

  • Donations of time, money sought for tourney

    The Upper Freehold Regional Education will host its fourth annual Snoball Softball Tournament this Saturday. The organizers of the event, which raises funding for programming in the Upper Freehold Regional School District schools, believe the event will be extra exciting this year due to all of the snowfall in the area. The foundation seeks help…

  • Skate with Notre Dame’s hockey team

    Join the Notre Dame High School ice hockey team 8:15-11:15 p.m. Feb. 26 for an open skate at Loucks Ice Center at The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville. The cost is $10 per person, including skates. “SkateWith the Irish” festivities will include music, a snack bar and an opportunity to try your skill at Chuck-a-Puck to…

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