ERIC SUCAR staff Children of all ages watch a performance by the New York Hung Sing Kwoon Lion Dance Team during the 2008 Marlboro Chinese New Year celebration held at Marlboro High School on March 8. The popular community event included cultural exhibits, vendors and performances of music and dance. For another photograph, see page 50.
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Outstanding students from Monmouth & Ocean counties combine talents
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent
The New Jersey State Youth Orchestra (NJSYO) has a new home. The approximately 170- member orchestra will rehearse at St. Mary's Church, Route 34, Colts Neck, starting with its 2008-09 season. Previously, the orchestra rehearsed in three locations: the Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank, the Red Bank Charter School and the Lutheran Church, Holmdel. More...
Freehold resident, 18, in custody on assault and weapons charges
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
FREEHOLD- The early evening hours ofMarch 5 saw a group of children running for cover when they heard gunshots being fired outside the front entrance to the Rug Mill Towers apartment complex on Jackson Street. The incident which sent the youngsters fleeing for safety was a gun being aimed and fired at least four times at a 17-yearold boy. More...
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - Children, for the most part, do not spend much time thinking about death, but when one of their peers dies, it presents a side of reality that takes patience, compassion and support to help them deal with it all. More...