• Scholarship offered to FFA, 4-H members

    The New Jersey Equine Advisory Board is offering a $1,000 scholarship to help 4-H and FFA members pursue their equine activities. Members of organizations represented on the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board also are eligible. The Sara Dubinin Scholarship, in memory of Sara Dubinin, will be presented at the New Jersey Bred Equine Breeder awards…

  • Photographer’s work goes to exhibition

    MILLSTONE — Two photographs created by Mary Anne Broderick of Mary Anne Broderick Photography in Millstone Township have recently been accepted into the general collection of the Professional Photographers of America’s 2014 International Photographic Competition. Broderick’s work will be on display at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tenn., from Feb. 1-3, according to a press…

  • Horses seek good homes

    The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) is opening its barn doors for a meet-and-greet at its farm on Arneytown- Hornerstown Road in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold Township 4-8 p.m. Sept. 12. SRF Business Administrator Jannine Kraus said the purpose of the meet-andgreet is to allow the public to visit the farm and meet…

  • Step Up for Sarcoma event to boost search for cure

    MANALAPAN — Jessica Bruzzi, 25, who was diagnosed in 2012 with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP), a sarcoma found in the deep layers of the skin, is doing well and gearing up for the third annual Step Up for Sarcoma 5K run/walk and Kid’s Race on Sept. 21. The Kid’s Race is new and has been added…

  • Preliminary approval granted for sports training facility

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Planning Board has granted preliminary approval for the construction of a sports training facility. The applicant will have to return to the board to work out certain details of the plan before final approval of the project can be granted. Fields of Dreams LLC sought municipal approval…

  • Film festival kicks off at Rutgers

    “Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio” The fall edition of the New Jersey Film Festival opens this week, featuring more than 25 film screenings in September and October. The 33rd annual festival will showcase new international films, American independent features, experimental and short subjects, classic revivals and cutting-edge documentaries, according to a press…

  • Delicious Orchards to host Apple Fest

    COLTS NECK — Delicious Orchards, a country food market on Route 34, Colts Neck, will host its seventh annual Apple Fest on Sept. 13-14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. “As the fall season gets under way, the local community has shown great support for this family friendly event,” said Chris McDonald, general…

  • A&E with Jeremy

    Thank you, Joan Rivers Jeremy Grossman Joan Rivers was the kind of person who seemed like she would live forever. That’s because her whole life and career revolved around never stopping — never retiring from show business and never giving up. Her career was marred by grief and disappointment, like the failure of her 1986…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Boys and bugs are not perfect for one mom Lori Clinch Boys. Parenting them is certainly not for the faint of heart. Over the years, we have watched them cover themselves in mud for no apparent reason. We have seen them chase birds across the yard, throw rocks at the sky and work tediously to…

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