• Jamesburg principal uses feet to achieve  ‘feat’

    Jamesburg principal uses feet to achieve ‘feat’

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Giving the term “a run for your money” a literal meaning, Principal Pamela Hernandez of John F. Kennedy Elementary (JFK) school is preparing to run a marathon in order to give her students better technology materials. The third-year principal’s goal is to raise $10,000 or earn enough funds…

  • GOTCC network event to feature wine, chocolate Feb. 22

    GOTCC network event to feature wine, chocolate Feb. 22

    The Greater Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce (GOTCC) will hold its annual Wine and Chocolate Tasting at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 at Shore Antique Center, 413 Allen Ave., Allenhurst. The event is sponsored by Wegmans Ocean and is a social and networking gathering. The GOTCC will be holding its new member drive as well.…

  • Bowling event to support Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs

    Bowling event to support Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties’ 35th annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser is now underway with teams registering to support a cause that helps children. Bowl for Kids’ Sake is about having fun to help put children on a positive path in life. The goal is to raise funds and bowl with friends, family…

  • Millstone drainage repairs slated

    Millstone drainage repairs slated

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – An excavation company has received a contract from the Township Committee to improve the drainage on two Millstone Township streets. On Jan. 18, committee members passed a resolution awarding a $29,650 contract to All Ways Trucking and Excavating for drainage improvements on Crest Circle Drive and Perrine Circle. According…

  • Traffic a key concern in Freehold Township development plan

    Traffic a key concern in Freehold Township development plan

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Concerns relating to traffic were expressed by members of the Freehold Township Planning Board when representatives of an applicant who wants to develop 400 luxury apartments off Route 537 presented their plans to the panel. Following two-and-a-half hours of testimony on Jan. 26, no decision was rendered…

  • Incentive plan for commercial development along Route 35 unveiled in Aberdeen

    Incentive plan for commercial development along Route 35 unveiled in Aberdeen

    Aberdeen Township officials have unveiled incentive plans designed to encourage new commercial development and improvements to existing buildings located along the Route 35 corridor and on nearby roads in the municipality’s Cliffwood and Cliffwood Beach sections. In afternoon and evening sessions on Jan. 10 with local business owners and other interested parties, Mayor Fred Tagliarini…

  • Monroe, Edison students rewarded for knowledge of the Constitution

    Monroe, Edison students rewarded for knowledge of the Constitution

    A Monroe Township student earned first place in the 2017 Middlesex County American Legion Oratorical Contest. Ria Patel, a sophomore at Monroe Township High School, was sponsored by American Legion Post 522 in Monroe for the finals that were held on Feb. 4 at American Legion Post 87 in Woodbridge. Patel will now compete in the…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

      The following students were named to the dean’s list at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York, for the Fall 2016 semester: Victoria Argese of Monmouth Junction, a member of the Class of 2020 majoring in Psychology/Special Education; and Marc Hopper of Monmouth Junction, a member of the Class of 2019 majoring in Business Administration.

  • School district offers assistance for learning difficulties

    School district offers assistance for learning difficulties

    FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough K-8 School District’s Department of Special Programs is seeking resident children ages 3 to 21 who may be experiencing difficulty with speech and/or language, vision, hearing, mobility, manipulating objects, sensory integration, social skills, emotional problems and/or learning. Parents who have a child between the ages of 3 and 21, or…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community