• Enjoy history during Walnford Day Oct. 3

    Experience hands-on history during the annual Walnford Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold Township. The event will also feature games, music and wagon rides. Admission and parking are free. To learn more, visit the website at www.monmouthcountyparks.com or call 732-842-4000.

  • Bowlers sought for ORT adult league

    The Greater Monmouth County Chapter of ORT America seeks bowlers for a Saturday night monthly adult mixed bowling league at Howell Lanes, Route 9, Howell. The league will begin Oct. 16 and bowl on the third Saturday of each month. Details: 732-409-3742 or [email protected].

  • Entertainment Books being sold in Freehold

    Freehold Elks Women’s Auxiliary is selling Entertainment Books for 2011 as a fundraiser for the Monmouth-Ocean area. The cost is $30 and the books can be used immediately. Books for other areas are also available. Details: 732-462-2647.

  • Newcomers welcome at embroidery group

    Embroiderers’ Guild of America-Monmouth Chapter’s evening group will meet from 7-9 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Colts Neck Library, 1 Winthrop Drive, Colts Neck. Some members will be taking a class with Bobbi Chase. Details: www.mcega.org or 732-780-9456. The day group will meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 21 at St. Mary’s Parish…

  • St. Joe’s gaining confidence as wins begin to add up

    Falcon soccer team on three-game win streak BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent After opening the season with a 5-2 loss to division rival East Brunswick, the St. Joseph High School boys soccer team won its next three contests to keep within striking distance of its nemesis atop the Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division standings. “We played…

  • Edison High School Football Action

    Above: Edison High School wide receiver Simon Montique (r) tries to elude a pair of East Brunswick tacklers in the first quarter of their Sept. 16 game played at East Brunswick. The host Bears picked up their first win of the season, 20-12. Right: Edison High School quarterback Ken McGotty tries to hurdle a pair…

  • September is big month for JP Stevens soccer team

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent With its first 14 games of the season all coming against Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division rivals, the J.P. Stevens High School boys soccer team understands there is little room for error in the month of September. After dropping its season-opener 2-1 to Piscataway High School after two overtime periods, Stevens…

  • Edison Angels Picnic

    Left: Members of the Edison Angels Fastpitch Softball League get a workout on the rock wall during the girls league’s annual picnic Sept. 2 at their Kilmer Road softball complex. Right: Victoria Coppola, 11, loads up on Pucker Powder candy. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Limit public-employee pay for unused time at retirement

    Nearly every day we learn of another public official cashing out an exorbitant amount of unused sick or vacation time at retirement — $132,223 for the Freehold regional schools superintendent, $153,790 for the Keansburg police chief, and of course, the infamous $741,000 retirement package to the Keansburg schools superintendent, which included $184,000 for unused time.…

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