• Lincroft dentistry practice will offer free services on Oct. 19

    Lincroft dentistry practice will offer free services on Oct. 19

    Newman Springs Dental Care will hold its 11th annual “Dentistry from the Heart” free day of dentistry beginning at 7 a.m. on Oct. 19 at the office, 539 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The dental volunteers will provide examinations, digital x-rays, blood pressure and the VELscope advanced oral cancer screening. A choice of an extraction, filling…

  • Freehold Township school board settles claim with roofing contractor

    Freehold Township school board settles claim with roofing contractor

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education has reached a settlement with a roofing company regarding payments the board allegedly owed to the business. On Aug. 29, the board approved a settlement agreement and a mutual claim release between and among Roof Management Inc., the board, the architectural firm of…

  • Freehold Idol winners chosen as 2017 season concludes

    Freehold Idol winners chosen as 2017 season concludes

    FREEHOLD – Winners have been crowned in the 11th Freehold Idol talent competition. In Freehold Idol, contestants compete in one of three age groups: 10 to 15 years old; 16 to 22 years old; and 23 years old and over. A winner is selected from each age group. The competition takes place each Wednesday night…

  • History, traditional costumes and dance at Barron Arts Center Sept. 19

    History, traditional costumes and dance at Barron Arts Center Sept. 19

    The Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre will present in History of the Spaniards in New Jersey, a lecture and demonstration focusing on Galician migrations of the past 150 years, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Barron Arts Center, 582 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge. The lecture will be presented by Celso Castro and accompanied by traditional costumes…

  • Children ages 6 and older can participate in mud run with parents

    Children ages 6 and older can participate in mud run with parents

    Your First Mud Run will hold a Halloween event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The 1.5-2 mile course has 10-16 obstacles that parents and children can run together. Awards will be given out for best costume for children and adults and…

  • East Brunswick Day to include samples from local restaurants

    East Brunswick Day to include samples from local restaurants

    The fourth annual East Brunswick Day, sponsored by RE/MAX Jane Mueller Realty, will be held from noon to 5 p.m., Sept. 23, at the Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. There will be bounce rides, touch-a-truck, entertainment on stage, vendor and business information, a Youth Council silent auction and food sales to support…

  • 5K to honor late director of the Metuchen YMCA

    5K to honor late director of the Metuchen YMCA

    The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy (MEWSA) will hold its annual Janice Garbolino 5K event on Sept. 23. Each year, walkers and runners participate in the 5K event in memory of Janice Garbolino, the former Health & Wellness director of the Metuchen Branch YMCA. Garbolino lost her battle with breast cancer in…

  • Community gardeners support worship center’s food pantry

    Community gardeners support worship center’s food pantry

    MARLBORO – Residents who are tending plots in the Marlboro Community Garden are donating produce to a food pantry operated by the Monmouth Worship Center in the township. The community garden is comprised of 84 plots on a parcel that was set aside along Tennent Road in the Morganville section of the community in 2016.…

  • Colts Neck children head back to school

    Colts Neck children head back to school

    COLTS NECK – Teachers and administrators welcomed 958 children back to school on Sept. 6 as the 2017-18 school year got underway in Colts Neck. The 2016-17 school year ended with 940 pupils in the schools that make up the Colts Neck K-8 School District: the Conover Road Primary School, the Conover Road Elementary School…

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