• St. Vincent de Paul golf outing Oct. 11

    The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Thomas More and Our Lady of Mercy will hold a golf outing on Oct. 11 at the Knob Hill Golf Club, Route 33, Manalapan. Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 7 a.m., with a shotgun start and four-person scramble scheduled to get under way…

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    • Manalapan High School Parent Musical Association is conducting a fundraiser in conjunction with Five Below, Route 9, Manalapan, now through Sept. 11. Those who present a flier when making purchases at the store during regular business hours will facilitate a donation of 10 percent of that purchase being donated to support Manalapan High School’s…

  • Encore performance slated at McLoone’s

    Cabaret for Life, a local, nonprofit organization that provides musical theater to support a variety of cancer and HIV/AIDS charities, will return to Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, Asbury Park, with “The Housewives of Monmouth County” for one encore performance at 8 p.m. Sept. 15. The original musical show originated at McLoone’s this past May and…

  • Legends of Rock to perform in intimate Freehold setting

    FREEHOLD — Rich Gatto, the CEO of DowntownFreehold, has announced the launch of a new annual music series for September: “An Intimate Evening With Legends of Rock.” This series is a musical event featuring national rock band The Cryers performing with a notable rock music songwriter and performer in a cabaret-style, intimate presentation. Sponsored by…

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    The Spotlight Players will hold auditions for “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 4 and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan on Franklin Street and Route 34 in Matawan (next to the Buttonwood Manor). Roles are…

  • Change in busing affects 10 students

    The loss of bus transportation to and from school in the Freehold Regional High School District will only affect 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…

  • Virtual backpack comes to Colts Neck

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — School will be back in session on Sept. 2 for children who attend the Colts Neck K-8 School District and this academic year is starting with a few changes. Students in grades three through eight will see the introduction of an activity fee this year. This one-time…

  • FirstEnergy offering grants to stimulate classroom learning

    FirstEnergy Corp.’s New Jersey operating company, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), is again offering mathematics, science and technology grants to educators and youth group leaders. The grants, available to teachers in pre-kindergarten through grade 12, support classroom projects and teacher professional development initiatives. The deadline to apply for a grant is Sept. 20. Any…

  • Federal dollars to fund rail study

    U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) have announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the NJ Transit Corporation $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…

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