• Arc of Monmouth receives grant funds

    The Arc of Monmouth has been awarded an Income Impact Funding Grant of $20,000 from the United Way of Monmouth County as part of its new community impact model, designed to create lasting changes in the county. The Arc of Monmouth’s Department of Employment Services received approval for its proposed program, which would develop internships…

  • Sexual predator awareness talk offered to parents, teens

    The Freehold Regional High School District, working in conjunction with the New Jersey State Parole Board and the New Jersey Association of School Resource Officers, is offering a free Sexual Predator Awareness Seminar to be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Colts Neck High School, 59 Five Points Road, Colts Neck. The seminar is…

  • Enjoy at Old World holiday at Allaire

    The Historic Village at Allaire will present Christmas at Allaire, a celebration of Old World holiday traditions, from noon to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 4-5 at the Historic Village at Allaire State Park, Route 524 (Atlantic Avenue) Wall Township. The villagers and the Allaire Auxiliary will re-create traditional holiday activities and special programs featuring speeches, toasts,…

  • Warshaw nominated for prosecutor’s post

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Aveteran member of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is in line to become the county’s next prosecutor. Gov. Chris Christie has nominated Peter E. Warshaw Jr., the current first assistant prosecutor, to serve a five-year term as the county’s top law enforcement official. The nomination was made on Nov. 22…

  • Museum celebrates water as art world inspiration

    Water is the subject and title of a far-reaching exhibition at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, this fall. Ranging from a 17th-century Chinese landscape to Bill Viola’s 2005 visceral video work, “Ablutions,” works on display are drawn from the museum’s own collections of French, American, Russian and SovietNonconformist art,…

  • New bridge planned in Cassville

    Sidewalks and wider shoulders will be part of a new bridge proposed to replace the Route 571 bridge in Jackson that is known locally as the Rova Farms Bridge on Cassville Road. “The original span was constructed in 1929 and has served the motoring public well,” said Ocean County Freeholder John P. Kelly, director of…

  • Girls hoops does not make cut

    Howell PAL is now running sports teams at schools BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Interscholastic girls basketball will not be offered at Howell’s three middle schools this winter. Participation levels did not meet the minimum requirement (15 players) established by the Howell Police Athletic League (PAL), which is running the sports programs under a contract…

  • Photograph

    Howell High School football players run onto the field as they prepare for a Thanksgiving eve clash with Colts Neck. The Rebels concluded the 2010 season with a 27-21 victory over the visiting Cougars on Nov. 24 in Howell. More photos, www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Romance and love are not reserved only for the young

    Ioften wonder what young people think of us over-50 crowd who are involved in romantic relationships. I know when I was younger when someone older had managed to find a companion, I’d think to myself, “Oh, isn’t that sweet.” At that time, however, I was imagining a kind of relationship without real substance, like beans…

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