• Monmouth teenagers will learn about law enforcement

    Monmouth teenagers will learn about law enforcement

    Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden is offering high school aged students from the county the opportunity to learn about a variety of topics that are relevant to the duties of a law enforcement professional through the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Mini Academy. “This is a great experience for our youths with an interest…

  • Contaminated site will be converted to park

    Contaminated site will be converted to park

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD – Borough Council members are taking action to have a vacant property cleaned of contamination and redeveloped as a small park. On April 17, council members passed a resolution authorizing a remedial investigation of and action on the Colaner property, a half-acre parcel on Throckmorton Street between West Main…

  • Taxes to rise in Allentown

    Taxes to rise in Allentown

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Allentown Borough Council has adopted a $2.44 million budget for 2017 that will raise municipal taxes by about $21 for an individual who owns a home assessed at the borough average. A public hearing on the budget was held during the council’s April 18 meeting. Chief Financial…

  • Monmouth County SPCA to hold spring dog walk and pet fair

    The Monmouth County SPCA is will hold its 23 annual spring dog walk and pet fair. The event will be held April 29, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The event will be held in conjunction with the Monmouth County SPCA’s corporate partner, the Red Bank…

  • Spring Sports and Food Truck Festival set for April 27

    Spring Sports and Food Truck Festival set for April 27

    Old Bridge High School will hold its first Spring Sports and Food Truck Festival from 4-9 p.m. on April 27 at  the Lombardi Field Complex, 3439 Route 516, Old Bridge. There will be scheduled sporting events during the festival, which include softball, baseball, and girls and boys’ lacrosse games. The festival, rain or shine, is open to the…

  • Rider University offers summer literacy programs

    Rider University offers summer literacy programs

    The College of Education at Rider University has announced that the National Writing Project@Rider University has been awarded a $15,000 grant funded by the US Department of Education to support an invitational literacy leadership institute for teachers and an outreach program for area youth writers. The funds will help support two literacy programs during the…

  • Three honored for commitment to education

    Three honored for commitment to education

    BY MICHAEL BENAVIDES Staff Writer LINCROFT- Brookdale Community College and the Brookdale Alumni Association will honor three individuals for their continued excellence in the field of education at the 32nd annual Barringer Awards dinner. The Barringer Awards dinner will be held at 7 p.m. on May 5 at The Mill at Lakeside Manor, 101 Old…

  • Grand marshals named for Sayreville Memorial Day

    Grand marshals named for Sayreville Memorial Day

    SAYREVILLE – Organizers of the Memorial Day Parade in Sayreville have announced the grand marshals for the day. Joseph Myers has been chosen by American Legion Post 211 as its grand marshall. Myers was born in 1947, was raised in Sayreville and graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 1965. In November 1966, he entered the…

  • Noah Aronson to perform concert April 30

    Noah Aronson to perform concert April 30

    Noah Aronson and his band will be in concert at 7 p.m. on April 30 at Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. The concert is for Neve Shalom’s annual Susy Schwartz Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert and the Neve Shalom “Passport to Israel” program, which helps the congregation’s youngsters fulfill their dreams of a travel/study trip to…

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