A dancer with the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble performs for guests who were attending the fourth annual Russian and Slavic Cultural Festival that was held Sept. 7 at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Howell. The event featured ethnic food, music, games and dancing.
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Winemaking season to start as grape harvest approaches
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
Living, laughing and loving are oft more enjoyable over a good bottle of wine. For years, wine enthusiasts have savored the grape libations created in western Monmouth County by award-winning wineries like Cream Ridge and Silver Decoy. Now they can fuddle the fruits of their own labors at Sunset Hill School of Wine on Etra Road in Hightstown. More...
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
LAKEWOOD — It took five years, but Lakewood Board of Education member Ada Gonzalez finally saw her dream for a more cohesive dress code come to fruition on Sept. 4 when the 2008-09 school year began. "Five years ago I brought my concerns before the board. At first I was referred to different organizations such as the PTO" to press for a dress code, she said. More...
Official wants board to review degrees of other employees
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
Two current administrators and one retired administrator from the Freehold Regional High School District can no longer be called doctors following the state Commission on Higher Education's decision to issue a cease and desist order to stop what it deemed to be the illegal use of the titles. More...
PLUMSTED — The preservation of the 260-acre (est.) Grant family farm in Plumsted last month is the single largest farm, in acres and dollars, to be forever preserved from development in the history of Ocean County's and Plumsted's land preservation programs. More...
The Ocean County Sheriff 's Department, Office of Emergency Management has prepared disaster preparedness packets that are available to the residents of Ocean County. September is "National Preparedness Month" and Sheriff William L. More...
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