• Trenton fashion: This fall they’re all wearing black

    CODA GREG BEAN I guess you could say this whole sordid mess is just another black eye for the New Jersey Education Association, but that organization has gotten so many black eyes in the last year you can hardly tell the difference. It’s certainly a black eye for (now former) N.J. Department of Education Commissioner…

  • Ocean County arts program seeks students

    Ocean County students in grades 9-12 will now be able to participate in an award-winning program for gifted and talented students in the performing, visual and literary arts. Students who are accepted into the program will be released from their regular school one afternoon a week to attend a 14- week term of classes beginning…

  • Federal dollars to fund updated MOM railroad study

    Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) have announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the NJ Transit Corp. $534,375 for the development of an Alternatives Analysis/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS) for the Monmouth Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail project. According to a press release from the senators, this funding will help finance…

  • Chorus welcomes women to rehearsal

    Women who love to sing are invited to visit a rehearsal of the Liberty Oak Chorus held at the Freehold Jewish Center, Broad Street, Freehold. In a press release, the chorus members said they attribute their continued success to the skill and tenacity of Master Director Katie Blackwood. In the five years that she has…

  • Recovering Turtle

    Alison Astalos, of Freehold, a naturalist at the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center, Howell, points out an injury on a turtle that is recovering from a cracked shell. The environmental center regularly features programs and exhibits about the region’s natural habitat and the wildlife that inhabits the areas surrounding the reservoir. FRANK GALIPO

  • DEP forum focused on Barnegat Bay

    Arecent state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) community outreach forum attracted residents from around Ocean County who used the opportunity to question state officials about the Barnegat Bay, according to a press release from the county. While the informal session, hosted by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders, was open to residents and visitors who…

  • Change in busing affects 10 students

    The loss of bus transportation to and from school in the Freehold Regional High School District will affect only 10 students this year. Information provided by a district spokesman on Aug. 27 clarified a letter that had been posted on the FRHSD’s Internet website. According to the letter that was posted on the website, students…

  • FRHSD ready to welcome students at 6 high schools

    School is back in session this week for approximately 11,800 students who are enrolled in the Freehold Regional High School District. The district’s six schools will open for freshmen on Sept. 2 and for all students on Sept. 3. District spokesman James Quirk said exact enrollment numbers were not finalized during the week ending Aug.…

  • ‘The Divine Paradox’ opens

    The Guild of Creative Art is hosting an exhibit of work by Paul Hansen, “The Divine Paradox.” Also on view in the studio are works by James Kent and his students from the Lyrical Abstract Expressionism workshop. “They Toil Not” The show opened on Aug. 29 and will run through Oct. 1. Visit www.guildofcreativeart.org for…

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