• Jacobsen–Chmielinski

    Karen Jacobsen and Christopher Chmielinski William and Marian Jacobsen of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick announce the engagement of their daughter, Karen Michelle Jacobsen, to Christopher Scott Chmielinski, son of Cathleen and Robert Weber of Kendall Park. The future bride is a graduate of South Brunswick High School. She earned a Bachelor of…

  • FirstEnergy Corp. offers STEM education grants

    New Jersey educators can apply for FirstEnergy Corp.’s education grants for the 2014-15 school year by Sept. 19. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classroom grants of up to $500 will be awarded for creative, individual classroom projects for prekindergarten through grade 12. For more information on grant criteria, visit www.firstenergycorp.com/stem. Grant winners will be…

  • Photo

    A lone horse is a picture of solitude in a field off Davis Station Road, Upper Freehold Township, on Sept. 6.

  • Open audition dates set for ‘Spamalot’

    Phoenix Productions, a Red Bankbased community theater organization, has announced that it will hold open auditions for its mid-November production of “Spamalot” on Sept. 13, 15 and 16 at the Phoenix Rehearsal Center, 111 Monmouth St., Red Bank. All roles are open for this revival of the award-winning Broadway musical, which will open at the…

  • Monmouth U. hosts conference on Lyme

    An intensive, half-day conference on Lyme disease will take place at Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch on Sept. 12. The conference, which runs 7:45 a.m.-12:40 p.m., will provide physicians and other health care professionals with the skills needed to diagnose early- and late-stage Lyme disease and associated co-infections. With the theme “The…

  • Officials consider policy for committee absences

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council is considering ways to improve attendance by members of some municipal committees and boards to encourage more productive meetings. “The frustration here is that certain committees that take action on certain items can’t do anything because they don’t have a quorum,” Mayor Gerald Tarantolo said.…

  • SkimBash 2014

    Skim boarders are poised to compete in SkimBash 2014, a points-accredited competition for amateurs and professionals, held Sept. 6-7 at the Sea Bright Municipal Beach.

  • State to allow sports betting

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Within the next month, representatives of Monmouth Park in Oceanport expect to see patrons wagering on Jets and Giants football games and other sporting events. Dennis Drazin, consultant to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, which operates Monmouth Park, said he hopes to have a betting parlor in place at…

  • Judge nixes beachfront zoning change

    By KENNY WALTER Ross Gillan, left, and Timmy Vitella, both of Delaware, were among the amateur and professional skim boarders competing in SkimBash 2014, a points-accredited competition held Sept. 6-7 at the Sea Bright Municipal Beach. See more photos, page 3. A Superior Court judge has reversed the rezoning of a beachfront lot in Long…

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