• Teenager shows heart in Girl Scout project

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Keely Allen, 13, at left, and her sister, Kyleigh, 8, are pictured at home in Millstone Township, where they prepared handmade pillows for cancer patients. Keely is working toward earning her Girl Scout Silver Award. Kyleigh was part of a team of five people who sewed the pillows, under Keely’s supervision.…

  • Dellasala tapped as administrator

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Maria Dellasala has been appointed by the Township Committee to serve as Millstone Township’s administrator. The action came during the committee’s 2014 reorganization meeting on Jan. 2. Dellasala, who has worked in Millstone for 22 years and most recently served as the municipal clerk, will succeed Thomas Antus, who…

  • Prosecutor announces changes, promotions for executive staff

    Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has announced a pair of promotions and changes to his executive staff following the retirement of two long-serving front office assistant prosecutors. Marc LeMieux has assumed the duties of first assistant prosecutor and Lori Linskey has been named deputy first assistant prosecutor for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.…

  • Plan for new Olde Silver Tavern gains approval

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Olde Silver Tavern, a local bar and eatery, has sat closed and boarded up on Freehold-Englishtown Road (Route 522) for several years, but plans are now in place to bring one of Manalapan’s busiest hubs of activity back to life. The building that has stood on the…

  • MoCo: It’s more than just an arts initiative

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The Monmouth County Arts Corridor (MoCo) partnership will use a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help promote local art societies, artists and venues throughout 2014. Pictured are the Two River Theater, above, and the Art Alliance Gallery, right, in Red Bank; and a street art…

  • Mount to serve as mayor in Upper Freehold

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD The Township Committee members who have been elected to serve as Upper Freehold Township’s mayor and deputy mayor for 2014 said they will pursue continued fiscal stability as they work to keep property taxes as low as possible. The Township Committee held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan.…

  • N.J. gets taste of healthier school lunches

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Food-service directors and school administrators from around New Jersey sample foods served by vendors at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foods Conference in East Brunswick on Jan. 9. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR School lunches have come a long way since the days when ketchup was determined to be a…

  • GIRL TALK

    Feminism means choices Clare Marie Celano I recently overheard a woman make a comment about the role of women leading a certain organization. She said this particular position would be better served by a man. It wasn’t so much what she said that got to me. It was more my reaction to her comments that…

  • Kindie band launches kid-friendly album JUNGLE GYM JAM LAUNCHES DEBUT ALBUM “EVERYONE’S INVITED” Shares Positive Messages of Friendship, Kindness, Anti-bullying, Imagination and Active Play

    Kindie band launches kid-friendly album JUNGLE GYM JAM LAUNCHES DEBUT ALBUM “EVERYONE’S INVITED” Shares Positive Messages of Friendship, Kindness, Anti-bullying, Imagination and Active Play

    By irene maslowski Jungle Gym Jam will officially release its new album, “Everyone’s Invited,” at a launch party on Sunday, January 26 at 11:30 a.m. at Just Jake’s Bar and Restaurant in Montclair, N.J.  (www.justjakes.com). Jungle Gym Jam will perform the entire album, refreshments will be available, and family fun activities will take place. Tickets…

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