• Adventures in China remain with students

    BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer Four Manalapan High School students and science teacher Heather Sullivan have returned from a 15-day trip to China, where they studied kung fu at a martial arts school, rode in rickshaws, and scaled the Great Wall of China. CORY KEY Science teacher Heather Sullivan (l) was joined on a trip…

  • Datebook

    • The American Association of University Women Freehold Chapter will feature Jayanti Tamm as its guest speaker on Sept. 10. Tamm will offer a glimpse into her unorthodox childhood under the leadership of Sri Chimnoy in New Jersey. Tamm’s current book, “Cartwheels in a Sari,” further chronicle these memoirs. The AAUW meeting will be held…

  • Vendors sought for street party

    Vendors are being sought for a street party to be held in Englishtown on Oct. 17 (rain date Oct. 18). Details: 732-446-9235 or www.englishtownnj.com.

  • Cane Pace final set for Labor Day at Freehold

    Harness racing’s newest millionaire, If I Can Dream, can dream big. On Aug. 29, If I Can Dream, the 3-yearold son of Western Hanover, won the $108,300 Cane Pace Elimination at Freehold Raceway, Freehold. With the victory, If I Can Dream not only secured his entry to the Labor Day, Sept. 7, $325,000 Cane Pace…

  • Philip D. Smith

    Mr. Smith, 74, of Manalapan, died Aug. 25, 2009, at home. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Smith was a truck driver for the New York Daily News. He was a member of the Newspaper and Mail Deliveries Union, Long Island City, N.Y. His wife, Lenore “Lee Lee” Smith, died…

  • Colts Neck schools set to welcome 1,300 pupils

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer New pencils, notebooks and backpacks will be put to use tomorrow morning, Sept. 3, when the 2009-10 school year starts for the Colts Neck K-8 School District. “We’re looking forward to having the kids and the staff back so we have filled buildings with lots of teaching and learning going…

  • Howell administrators place focus on writing

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — As barbecues and beach days wane along with the summer months, the Howell K-8 School District is preparing new academic programs for the 2009-10 school year, which will begin on Sept. 3. The Howell Board of Education will be introducing various initiatives in the upcoming months, primarily focusing…

  • Square dance in Howell on Sept. 9

    Howell Recreation and the Stars Thru Squares will host a Barn Dance from 7:30- 9:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Echo Lake pavilion in Echo Lake Park, Maxim-Southard Road, Howell. The free event will feature Ocean County’s popular square-dance caller Manny Amor. No experience is necessary.

  • Irish Ayes are smiling

    Fish On • RON NUZZOLO Shark River: Capt. Joe aboard the Irish Ayes had friends Bucktail Bob, Pete and Matthew out for some fluke fishing. Capt. Joe was able to make several productive drifts. Most all baits were producing fish — including whole squid, smelts and peanut bunker. Final keeper tally for the crew was…

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