• State Fair Meadowlands returns this summer

    State Fair Meadowlands will return to East Rutherford, bringing more than 150 rides and attractions to the 35-acre Meadowlands Fairgrounds near MetLife Stadium. Slated for June 20 through July 6, the fair will feature more than 50 food vendors, including favorites such as pizza, gyros, burritos, corn dogs, curly fries, corn-on-thecob, turkey legs, funnel cakes,…

  • Registration open for Marine Science Camp

    The Marine Science Camp for K-12 children is accepting registrations for its hands-on, feet-wet marine and environmental learning experience. The camp experience is offered at 18 locations along the Jersey Shore. Campers will experience what it is like to be a marine scientist out in the field, exploring the life found at New Jersey’s coasts.…

  • Rutgers lecture to focus on ocean currents

    Rutgers University researcher Ethan M. Handel and his team will discuss Rutgers University’s work in testing and using radar systems and underwater drones to map surface and deep-water ocean currents at 6:30 p.m. June 23 at the Twin Lights Rooms 1 and 2 of the Warner Student Life Center at Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman…

  • Service project connects students, teachers

    The seventh-grade students of Ashley Mertz at St. Benedict School (SBS), Holmdel, decided to help fifth-grade students in need at DuPont Elementary School in Hopewell, Va., for their service project. The students brainstormed a project to purchase supplies for “middle school survival kits” and send them to the graduating fifthgrade students at DuPont Elementary School,…

  • Catherine “Katy” Schaefer

    Mrs. Schaefer, 67, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died June 3, 2014, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Graiguenamanagh, Ireland, she came to the United States at age 17 and lived in New York and New Jersey for the past 50 years. Before her retirement in 2004, she was employed…

  • Brookdale honors grads of Adult Basic Education

    Brookdale Adult Basic Education program graduate Lloyd Gomes addresses fellow graduates during an awards ceremony at the Portuguese Club in Long Branch June 11. LONG BRANCH — More than 150 students representing dozens of countries and many towns across Monmouth County were honored June 11 for their achievements in Brookdale Community College’s Adult Basic Education…

  • Brookdale to host writers conference

    Writers and readers of all ages and experience levels are invited to attend Brookdale Community College’s first Aspiring Writers Conference 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. June 27 at the Student Life Center, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. In the morning, Laura McCullough, associate professor of English at Brookdale and author of several books, will present “Mind…

  • State redistributes funds given to allegedly fraudulent charity

    Funds totaling $100,000 donated to an allegedly fraudulent superstorm Sandy charity have been distributed to Habitat for Humanity of Monmouth County and the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that the remainder of the funds collected by the Hurricane Sandy Relief Foundation (HSRF) would be used by the…

  • Free Summer Movie Series returns to Jersey Shore

    Shore Flicks has announced the full schedule of its Free Summer Movie Series this summer. The series will feature more than 55 nights of movies in a dozen towns throughout Monmouth County. The series kicks off June 21 at Keyport’s Waterfront Park with the hit sequel “Madagascar 3.” Other towns participating include Asbury Park, Eatontown,…

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