• Equine community celebration Jan. 31

    The New Jersey Equine Advisory Board will hold its 53rd annual Breeders’ Luncheon Jan. 31 at Charley’s Other Brother restaurant in Eastampton. The New Jersey equine community will celebrate the state’s best in the equine field with Superior Achievement awards for Standardbred of the Year, Thoroughbred of the Year, Standardbred Breeder of the Year, Bell…

  • Children in hospital will not go without presents

    U.F. supports township native in collecting over 200 gifts for patients at CHOP BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff It’s been a busy year for Nicole Raynor Rickenbach. In addition to marrying Ed Rickenbach in July and moving from Upper Freehold to Plainsboro, the 24-year-old paralegal managed to make sure that every child…

  • Tourney open to all who want to play ball

    The Saint Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church’s Lion Booster Club will present its three-on-three basketball tournament March Midnight Madness March 12- 13 in the Saint Gregory the Great School gym. The tourney is open to all and costs $33 per player. Sign up as a team or individual for co-ed teams of fourth-, fifth-,…

  • Residents urged to recycle electronics

    Monmouth County Reclamation Center, Shafto Road, Tinton Falls, is encouraging residents with old computers, cameras or stereo equipment to recycle the equipment at the center. Acceptable items include telephones, cameras, radios, stereo components, VCRs, DVD players, desktop copiers, scrap metal wire, computer cases, CPUs, keyboards, computer mice, monitors, scanners, printers, cables, smaller TVs, laptops and…

  • Animal Hall of Fame seeks nominations

    New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association, Hillsborough, is seeking nominations for its 15th annual Animal Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies will be at a public awards luncheon Feb. 28 at the Hamilton Park Conference Center, Florham Park. Deadline is Dec. 1. For 14 years, New Jersey’s veterinarians have been honoring special animals that make an indelible…

  • Sponsor Millstone Performing Arts Center

    Community members have an opportunity to permanently display their support for the new Millstone Township Performing Arts Center by purchasing a seat sponsorship for $200. Sponsors can have a message engraved onto a brass plaque that will be affixed to the arm of a chair in the facility. The arts center’s primary mission is to…

  • Christmas cantata has been rescheduled

    “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” a Christmas cantata, has been rescheduled and will be held 3 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Allentown United Methodist Church, 23 Church St., Allentown. Admission is free and all are welcome. Nursery care will be available and refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 609-259-7392.

  • Allentown Art Guild hosts exhibit at winery

    The Allentown Art Guild will host Visions of Hope, an art exhibit that will run through Jan. 7 at the Laurita Winery, 35 Archertown Road, New Egypt. Admission is free. Details: 800-LAURITA or www.allentownartguild.org.

  • Grants spell happy trails for New Jersey

    New Jersey just received an end-of-the-year gift: more than $1.8 million in federal grants to develop, maintain and improve recreational trails throughout this state we’re in. The trails include everything from a handicapped-accessible beach boardwalk in Cape May to trail upgrades at Stokes State Forest in Sussex County, from a walkway along the Hudson River…

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