St. Peter’s Church
to host holiday bazaar

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Freehold, is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year. On Dec. 13 from 5-8 p.m. and Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the church will host a holiday bazaar and craft show, featuring homemade baked goods, jams and jellies, historic Freehold afghans, crafts, Santas, angels, snowmen, aprons, jewelry, soaps, ornaments, doll clothes and accessories. St. Peter’s also will be the host church for Freehold’s Holiday House Tour Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The historic church is located at Main and Throckmorton streets.

School collecting items for homeless dogs, cats

The Monmouth County Vocational School, Freehold, is again collecting items for homeless dogs and cats housed at the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown.

From now until Dec. 13, the entire student body will be collecting Pedigree dog food, Kal Kan dog food, cat food of any variety, dog toys, cat litter, leashes, collars, old towels and blankets, small rigs, laundry detergent and cleaning supplies. Suzanne D’Ambrose, law enforcement instructor at the school, along with two students, will deliver the donations to Ursula Goetz, the shelter’s director.

Members of the community are welcome to donate items for the homeless animals. Donations may be brought to the main office of the school, Robertsville Road, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. For more information, call Suzanne D’Ambrose at the school, (732) 462-7570.

The Monmouth County Vocational School student body consists of 11th- and 12th- graders who study law enforcement, cosmetology, and heating and air conditioning.

Library reaches

circulation milestone

The Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, is one of the busiest public libraries in the United States, according to recent circulation figures.

For the second consecutive year, the library headquarters has reached a public library milestone — a circulation in excess of 1 million items at a single building. To date, no other single public library building in New Jersey has circulated 1 million items in one year.

At the close of business on Nov. 18, a report indicated a total of 1,002,496 items circulated at headquarters since Jan. 1. The library reached this milestone five weeks earlier than last year, when the 1 millionth item was circulated on Dec. 21.

Online tutors available

through county library

The Monmouth County Library System has qualified tutors available online to assist county children and teens in grades 4-12 who are stumped by homework assignments.

Students can get free homework help from tutors via the Internet at any Monmouth County Library or from home at the library’s Internet Web site at www.monmouth.lib.nj.us.