By, Pam Teel Allentown High School student Rebecca Hopkins’ FFA team won a state level competition for their knowledge about nursery plants and landscaping, and now they are on their way to the National FFA Convention. They’ve been studying hard, learning about landscaping tools, plants, grasses, flowers, and more after school in their agricultural building … Continued
The Best Places to See the Fall Foliage in New Jersey By, Pam Teel Fall is a great time to discover the States’ great outdoors as the palette of colors transforms all of New Jersey with vibrant, vivid Fall Foliage with vibrant hues of copper, red, yellow, and deep crimson. Here are some of the … Continued
By, Lauren Kolacki Living in the Future’s Past is an eye-opening documentary intended to expand individual’s perspective on concepts about ourselves and our past. It allows us to explore humanity and our past to look towards a better future. Jeff Bridges, Acad- emy Award Winner, contributes his ideas as a Humanitarian alongside many other scientists … Continued
NJ Hall of Fame Breaks Ground for Home at American Dream Permanent museum to open in summer of 2020 at the Meadowlands The New Jersey Hall of Fame took a big step toward establishing a permanent home of its own on Wednesday. That’s when the Hall of Fame family, New Jersey elected officials, executives from … Continued
Vesuvio’s Restaurant Welcomes Nick’s Place Bar and Italian Bistro- A Place Where Everybody Knows Your Name! By Pam Teel Mayor Gary Dorfman had the pleasure of cutting the ribbon on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in late September, welcoming the opening of the new additions to Vesuvio’s Restaurant in Millstone Township. Nick’s Place Bar and Italian Bistro … Continued
Performing at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards and garnering over 215 million global streams on Spotify are only a few of the accomplishments Manalapan native Nick Mara has achieved with his band PRETTYMUCH. In just a year after Simon Cowell and Syco Music’s former president, Sonny Takhar, formed PRETTYMUCH, the music group performed their … Continued
Renee B Swartz, Chair of the Monmouth County Library Commission, asked if it would be possible to print this excerpt from a New York Times editorial as an editorial in your newspaper. At a time when the Monmouth County library system is such an integral part of the communities its headquarters, branches and member libraries … Continued
By, Pam Teel The Lee Turkey Farm is rich in history. The farmhouse dates back to 1802 and all the original barns are still standing today. The Lee family has farmed the land for six generations, since 1868. Located in East Windsor, its just 2.5 miles south west of Hightstown. Nestled on 54 acres in … Continued
Terhune Orchards and the Mount family were awarded the first annual Farm-to-School Farmer Recognition Award by the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture, Doug Fisher, Senator Turner of the New Jersey State Senate and Senator Bateman praised the Mounts. The Farm to School Farmer Recognition Award acknowledges Terhune Orchards’ outstanding contributions to educating children about the … Continued
Ten-year- old Kyra Ahuja is in fifth grade at the Millstone Elementary School. She loves school and loves seeing her friends in school. Her friends always make her laugh. Her favorite subject is math because her teacher, Mr. Miller, is a lot of fun. She also likes reading. Kyra keeps up her grades and always … Continued