• Museum to host winter recital

    On Dec. 20 at 3 p.m., celebrated mezzosoprano Donna Breitzer and Cantor Joshua Breitzer, accompanied by Michael Brofman, will present a winter recital at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, 310 Mount’s Corner Drive, Freehold Township. The New York-based artists will perform music by Jewish composers as diverse as Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Darius…

  • Freehold synagogue to host film series

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Jewish Center’s Adult Education Winter Film series will begin on Dec. 20 with the film “Arranged.” “Arranged” is the story of a friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. The film centers on how much the women…

  • ‘Christmas Carol’ comes to Colts Neck

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck Library, 1 Winthrop Drive, will host a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Performers from Nine Theatricals of Freehold will dress in 1930s and 1940s period clothing and perform a 1939 radio version of “A Christmas Carol” at 2 p.m. Dec. 19. The…

  • Keeping people warm

    University Radiology Group, which has an office in Freehold Township, recently donated several hundred skeins of yarn to the senior centers in Freehold Township and Manalapan. Members of the two senior centers knitted and crocheted hats and scarves that were presented to Open Door, Freehold Borough, for distribution to individuals in need of the items.…

  • Santa Claus, snowmen & angels inspire Freehold Township artist

    Karen Mackiel of Freehold Township is a self-taught artist who knew from the time she was a child that she had an inner talent. She has spent her life honing that artistic skill. An exhibit of Mackiel’s art is on display until the end of the year in the main foyer of the Monmouth County…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    More than one million soldiers will transition out of the military in the next five years. This year, in honor of Veterans Day, Farmers Insurance started a campaign to support transitioning veterans by collecting gently used suits for the men and women of the military. Farmers Insurance Atlantic Territory States (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,…

  • Junior firefighters gain skills and a sense of belonging

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Five young men have made a commitment to learn firefighting skills through Freehold Borough’s junior firefighter program. Matthew Rossi, Jared Capolupo, Michael Soto, Tanner Maine and Joseph Lubrano were appointed to the Freehold Fire Department’s junior firefighter program during a recent Borough Council meeting. “We accept members from…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Chandler Nichols, son of April and David Nichols of Manalapan, has been inducted for the 2015 spring semester into the Order of Omega National Greek Leadership Honor Society at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. Chandler, a 2012 graduate of Marlboro High School, is a senior majoring in business finance with a minor in informational technology…

  • Bus examination does not uncover criminal activity

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO – An individual some people considered suspicious led to an NJ Transit bus being examined by police on the morning of Dec. 10. The police activity tied up traffic on Route 9 during the morning rush hour and in the end, no one was charged in connection with the…

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