• Allentown Garden Club to meet Feb. 26

    Fran Metzger, recycling coordinator of Monmouth County, will be the featured speaker at the Feb. 26 meeting of the Allentown Garden Club. Metzger will explore how to reduce waste and improve soil conditions by backyard composting. The meeting will be held 7 p.m. at the Allentown United Methodist Church on Church Street. Details: www.allentowngardenclub.org or…

  • Ranch Hope to benefit from soup sale

    The Central Jersey Auxiliary of Ranch Hope will hold its 24th annual soup sale, lunch and flea market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 14 at the Allentown United Methodist Church, 23 Church St., Allentown. Several varieties of soup will be offered at $5 a quart. The event will be held inside, rain or…

  • Course to be offered at Rick’s Saddle Shop

    A three-day introductory course on disaster animal response training is being offered April 24-26 at Rick’s Saddle Shop, Cream Ridge. The training is ideal for those in the animal sheltering, welfare and control fields, as well as those who are involved in their county animal response team. The Humane Society University, the education and training…

  • Millstone MOMS Club to meet March 12

    The MOMS Club of Millstone Township will hold its next monthly meeting 10 a.m. March 12. The group will be discussing low- or no-cost monthly calendar activities for all age groups, ranging from newborns and up. They include local day trips, educational sessions, playgroups, local events and seasonal outings, holiday parties, book club, walking club,…

  • Art contest to focus on parents and teens

    The New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJDHS) invites teens across the state to participate in its 14th annual Teen Media Contest sponsored by the Division of Family Development, focusing on parental responsibility. The statewide contest is open to New Jersey middle school and high school students. “Depict how your parent(s) is a champion/ hero…

  • Women’s group planning gift auction

    The Women’s Association of Allentown is planning for its 2009 gift auction, to be held April 18. The afghan fundraiser, in this year’s navy blue, is ongoing. For more information on either project, call 609-259-2044.

  • Perrineville Jewish Center to host author

    The Perrineville Jewish Center, 855 Perrineville Road, Millstone, will host a brunch and presentation by Dr. Vera Goodkin, author of the memoir “In Sunshine and in Shadow: We Remember Them” at 10:30 a.m. March 15. The memoir tells of Goodkin’s coming of age during the Nazi occupation. Goodall lectures about her experiences and what can…

  • Registration for kindergarten to start

    The Millstone Township School District will hold kindergarten and preschool registration for the 2009-2010 school year 5-7 p.m. March 2 and 4-6 p.m. March 4. Registrants must provide an original birth certificate with a raised state seal, four current proofs of residency, an immunization report and if applicable, child custody or guardianship papers.

  • Tyrannical policies are breaking New Jersey

    Only in New Jersey could black-robed “unelected” dictators — I mean judges — tyrannically find a constitutional right for citizens to have cheap housing at the expense of the taxpaying citizens, who somehow don’t have that same right. Only in New Jersey would state government use taxpayer money to pay farmers not to develop land,…

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