• Six Flags announces ‘Zumanjaro’

    JACKSON — Adrenaline junkies itching for a world record-breaking, vertigo-inducing experience will be in for a wild ride at Six Flags Great Adventure theme park next year when the new Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom opens for the park’s 41st season. Zumanjaro will be constructed onto the face of the current world record holder for the…

  • Fruits of her loom

    Julee Merrill of Middletown demonstrates the skill of using a loom for Keith and Nataliya Gosselin, and their daughter, Nadia, 2, during their visit to Walnford Day at Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold Township on Oct. 6. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Musicians to rally for friend

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer When some Freehold-area musicians know that someone needs a hand, they get together and show up to do whatever they can to help. Such is the case with Dan Barkalow, 52, of Freehold Borough, who recently suffered a heart attack and is now on a waiting list for a…

  • Families get taste of nature at DEP event in Jackson

    JACKSON – Nature enthusiasts and families from throughout the state gathered at the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson on Oct. 5 to enjoy a day of learning about and enjoying the great outdoors during the 19th annual Fall Forestry Festival. Organized yearly by the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Parks and Forestry,…

  • Mockingbird Melody helps brighten lives

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Members of Mockingbird Melody, left to right, NaYoung Yang, Albert Cao, Rachel Yi and Hyunjee Min perform for an audience at The Manor, Freehold Township. The young adults perform classical music for patients in hospitals and residents in care facilities. MATT DENTON Mockingbird Melody brings music to people who…

  • Committee selects firm to conduct revaluation

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer The Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township has awarded a contract for a municipal-wide revaluation project to a firm from West New York. The members of the governing body selected Realty Appraisal Company to perform the revaluation at a cost of $190,000 to the township. An inspection of all properties…

  • Area haunts play host to reported ghosts

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A shopper checks out an assortment of handbags that were for sale at the Allentown Fall Festival on Main Street, Oct. 13. MATT DENTON A s autumn makes its annual journey toward Halloween, thrill seekers take their own sojourns to creepy venues designed to scare up the spirit of All…

  • GREEN SCENE

    Preparing the yard for fall Gotti Kelley One of the pleasures of fall is raking leaves. It is as much a part of the season as Halloween and apple cider. We all love to keep our gardens clean when leaves begin to fall, but the seasonal ritual of blowing everything away might be depriving your…

  • GUEST COLUMN

    Get outdoors – there’s an app for that! MICHELE S. BYERS A ny time is a good time to explore New Jersey’s great outdoors … and fall is especially glorious. If you want to find out where to hike, bike, paddle, fish, bird-watch, hunt or visit historic sites, check your phone! More than 60 percent…

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