• OceanFirst Bank to host calendar contest

    The annual OceanFirst Bank Calendar Contest is under way, and photographers are invited to submit original local photographs to be displayed in the bank’s 2010 community calendar. Suggested themes include seasonal scenes of familiar local landmarks, beaches, oceans or lakes within Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Photographs must be in color, formatted 10- by-8-inch deep…

  • Riding High Farm will host movie night

    Riding High Farm will host a free double feature movie night in the barn at 145 Route 527, Allentown, on July 17. “Bedtime Stories” will be shown from 7-9 p.m. and “Marley and Me” will be shown from 9:30-11:30 p.m. Both movies are rated PG. It is suggested that attendees bring blankets and chairs. Beverages,…

  • Television show seeks first-time homebuyers

    “My First Place,” a television program for Home & Garden Television (HGTV), is casting in the greater Philadelphia area for its sixth season. High Noon Entertainment, the show’s producer, is currently accepting applications and shooting through the summer of 2009. “My First Place” is looking for high-energy people who are just starting the home-buying process…

  • Preserved lands more than pay for themselves

    In this economic downturn, we’re looking at everything from a dollars and-cents perspective. So it’s important to ask: Does it make sense for this state we’re in to take on more debt to keep preserving our open spaces and farmland? To answer this question based on numbers rather than gut instinct, the national Trust for…

  • Anti-MOM rail line is unacceptable to cty. freeholder

    By now, everyone should know all the reasons for building the MOM rail line, but here is the explanation again: Taken together, Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties are home to more than one in five New Jersey residents. These counties have been the major engines for population growth over the last 30 years, with the…

  • Sports Shorts

    The New Jersey Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFANJ) will hold its eighth annual Golf Classic on June 18 at the Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club, 100 Walnut St., Livingston. This is a rescheduled date. The event could not take place on May 7, the original date, due to weather…

  • Classic Lane extends streak to four in Perretti Matchmaker

    Classic Lane and driver Mike Lachance never saw the pylons en route to an impressive 1:52 victory in the $100,000 Perretti Farms Matchmaker for trotting mares Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford. Classic Lane and driver Mike Lanchance are en route to a 1:52 victory in the Perretti Farms Matchmaker at the Meadowlands,…

  • School attendance back up after parents keep children home

    Precautions taken to limit exposure to and spread of H1N1 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Many township children had an early start on summer vacation, as anxious parents kept them home the last week of school because of fear of swine flu, or H1N1 influenza. When asked about swine flu, Superintendent of Schools…

  • Jersey Fusion off to a strong start

    Locals on roster of women’s semi-pro basketball team BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Jersey Fusion, a first-year women’s semi-pro basketball team, has gotten off to a fast start. The Jersey Fusion The 3-1 Fusion play at the Red Bank Salvation Army as a first-year team for the Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League. The Fusion…

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