• Budgerigar/Parakeet Show set in Monroe

    The Tri-State Budgerigar Society will sponsor its 19th annual Budgerigar/Parakeet Show from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 18 at Knights of Columbus Hall, 83 E. Lincoln Ave., Monroe. Registration will close at 10 a.m. Judging will follow. The event, which is sanctioned by the Budgerigar Association of America, will feature champion, intermediate, novice, junior…

  • Freedom Fest Fair

    Horse Farm of NJ, Upper Freehold Fishing Friendzy, open continuously with the fair The Harness Horse Youth Foundation will be in the Ag Arena all week 8:00 p.m. Stimulus Main Stage 9:30 p.m. Racing Pigs 10:00 p.m. Shark Show Friday July 10 One Price Ride Matinee 11:00 a.m. Shark Show noon Racing Pigs 1:00 p.m.…

  • BlueClaws game to help raise funds for FAAN walk

    Public invited to attend nut-free game Aug. 4 The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) will host an inaugural fundraising event at the Lakewood BlueClaws’ game on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood. In an effort to help protect allergic fans and in honor of all individuals with food allergies, the BlueClaws will have…

  • Police academy graduates 21 officers

    The Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township, graduated 21 officers recently, most of whom will go on to become full-time patrol officers in their respective communities. The graduating class trained for 20 weeks and logged about 780 hours of training in order to complete the 77th Basic Course for Police Officers. Awards were presented to…

  • Experts advise there’s hope for some crops

    But delays and lower yields are to be expected BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Although it seemed like June had record-breaking rainfall, it was actually the third wettest June this decade. In the July 1 edition of the Plant and Pest Advisory, a Rutgers Cooperative Extension publication, New Jersey state climatologist David Robinson, Ph.D., writes,…

  • Choi marries fiancée

    EDISON — Although he lost the Democratic mayoral primary last month, current Mayor Jun Choi may still have won the ultimate prize. Choi married his longtime sweetheart, Lisa Lee, on June 23. Choi and Lee were introduced by friends about a year ago and became engaged not too long afterward. Lee grew up in Syosset,…

  • Freedom Fest 2009: bigger and better

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The seventh annual Freedom Fest will be almost twice as large as last year, and will run an extra day. That’s according to Nick DeMauro, Upper Freehold, who has been chairman of the event since its inception. Freedom Fest runs Tuesday through Sunday, July 7-12, at the Horse Park of…

  • Substitute teacher charged with endangerment

    Man was employed for two years at Job Corps Center BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — A substitute teacher at the local Job Corps Center was placed under arrest after he allegedly tried to pay a teenage student to give him nude photos of herself. John Forman, 51, of Rahway, was arrested July 1…

  • Edison superintendent, biz administrator get 2% raises

    Former super will also be paid through June 2010 BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — At the June 30 Edison Board of Educationmeeting, the board decided to renew acting Superintendent John DiMuzio’s contract, which included a 2 percent raise. The same was done for the district’s business administrator, Dan Michaud. DiMuzio’s raise elevates him…

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