• Riding club maintains highest standards for special-needs riders

    New programs offered for preschoolers and veterans BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Above: A participant, with help from volunteers, takes a ride through the woods at Riding High Farm in Allentown on July 31. Left: A volunteer helps a participant gets ready to hit the trail. More photos at gmnews.com. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff…

  • The real inside scoop on the big celebrity wedding

    CODA GREG BEAN I’ve decided to start my own celebrity gossip blog, but while there was plenty of flesh bared around here during the recent heat wave, I don’t have any photos of A-list stars in compromising positions for my maiden effort. I did crash the wedding of Marc Mezvinsky and Chelsea Clinton in Rhinebeck,…

  • Millstone resident earns honor for vision and achievement

    MILLSTONE — Kim DeRosa-Budrewicz recently received the Vision and Achievement Award from the Mental Health Association in Passaic County. The award is given to leaders who have made significant contributions in the fields of education, health care, mental health, religion, media, politics, business or law enforcement, and have demonstrated personal vision and achievement that have…

  • Families walked to honor memory of their children

    Remembering with love their children who died, nearly 150 parents, family members and friends joined hands and hearts in the two-mile Walk to Remember. Members of the local chapter of The Compassionate Friends, a nationwide selfhelp support organization for families following the death of a child, held the local walk on July 25 at Veterans…

  • The business of horse racing

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — It’s called the most exciting two minutes in sports. While every racehorse owner dreams of winning the Kentucky Derby, there’s still plenty of excitement in the lower levels of the sport of racing. Robb Levinsky of Kenwood Racing gave a seminar on thoroughbred racehorse ownership July 29 at…

  • Death of racing would hit county hard

    GUEST COLUMN Lillian G. Burry A proposal to shore up Atlantic City’s casinos at the expense of the horse racing industry will have a devastating effect on Monmouth County’s quality of life. It would appear that the governor has already embraced the concepts recommended in the report. If these recommendations are carried to fruition, it…

  • N.J. horse breeders, owners vow not to go quietly into the night

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) held a meeting with nearly 150 trainers, drivers, breeders, owners and caretakers July 29 at the Meadowlands Racetrack, calling on horse enthusiasts to support efforts to revitalize racing in the state. The meeting came on the heels of the July…

  • Complete Streets policy now in place in county

    On July 22 the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders established a Complete Streets policy for the county as a way to guide the planning, design, construction and maintenance of its new and retrofitted road, bridge and other transportation projects. According to a press release, Monmouth County is the first county in New Jersey to adopt…

  • Participants will learn how to observe govt.

    The League of Women Voters of Monmouth County will sponsor a free workshop about how to observe local government on Aug. 10 at 7 p.m.T he workshop will be held at the Brookdale Community College Lincroft main campus, 765 Newman Springs Road (Route 520), in the Main Academic South building, room 100. Parking is most…

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