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    A cyclist rides the trail at Heavenly Farms in East Brunswick.

  • The Salvation Army has youth programs

    The Salvation Army is offering a summer youth enrichment program at 180 Newman Springs Rd., Red Bank, and a youth summer camp at Camp Tecumseh, 445 Mechlin Corner Rd., Pittstown. The free youth enrichment program, Enrich, Xcite, Play, Learn, Opportunities, Reach, Experience, Respect, Safe (EXPLORERS), is for children ages 5-12. The program will be held…

  • Sea Bright chooses South St. site for temporary firehouse

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Sea Bright Fire and Rescue has entered a six-month lease on a South Street property to serve as a temporary firehouse until an alternate transitional headquarters facility can be set up. The fire-and-rescue service began moving to the location at 15 South St., owned by Jesse A.…

  • Sayreville students seek sweet success

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Students at Samsel Upper Elementary School in Sayreville make the case for naming saltwater taffy as the official state candy. The students lobbied the state Assembly’s Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee in Trenton on June 5 alongside state Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), who introduced a bill in January…

  • Sea Bright GOP will fill ballot vacancy

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Sea Bright Republicans will name a second candidate for the Borough Council slate after a tie vote between two of the three candidates in the June 3 primary. “Once there is a tie, it is deemed a vacancy, as if someone stepped down,” said Marianne McKenzie, Republican municipal chair for…

  • The sounds of summer

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Free outdoor concerts are attracting a growing number of music lovers to local Main Streets every year, and towns are responding by expanding their summer lineups. While central New Jersey towns such as Freehold and Long Branch present outdoor concerts on a weekly basis each summer, Woodbridge goes even further,…

  • Bulletin Board items

    – Library has programs for all ages in June The Eastern Branch Library is offering several programs during June at 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury. Some programs require registration by visiting the library or calling 866-941-8188. • A “Spring into Summer Book Sale” will be held from June 10-14 during the library’s regular hours. The sale…

  • Freehold Dodge Ram Subaru will celebrate 50th anniversary June 14

    I n a world where we read about businesses that are started and folded in record numbers and others that cannot weather through tough financial periods, every now and then it’s nice to read about a family business that has prospered and flourished against what is arguably the toughest business sector to succeed in ……

  • Q&A

    Hot airbags with Sharon Peters Q: I read in one of your recent columns about how so many carmakers are using eight or 10 airbags. I’m wondering if this is just a game of one-upsmanship or if they really save lives? A: Determining whether a non-fatality in a wreck was definitely attributable to seatbelt-wearing (or…

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