‘Animal Adventures’ at Dorbrook Center      The Monmouth County Park System is offering "Animal Adventures" for chil­dren ages 3-5 (and their parents) at the Dorbrook Activity Center, Route 537, Colts Neck. More ... Auditions      N.J. Repertory Theatre, North Brunswick, will hold auditions for ages 7-12 for "You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown" Dec. 4 and 5, 7-8:30 p.m., at Linwood Middle School, North Brunswick. More ... Poster, bumper sticker contests on ‘Living Soil’      "The Living Soil" is the theme of the 2004 Conservation Poster and Bumper Sticker contests. The contests are open to students from Monmouth and Middlesex counties. More ... Community Bulletin Board Holiday party Dec. 6 for borough’s seniors      The borough of Freehold will sponsor a holiday party for senior citizens Dec. 6 from 1-3:30 p.m. at the Freehold Elks Lodge, East Main Street, Freehold. More ... Community Bulletin Board Local teen selected to perform at festival      David Atlas of Marlboro, an 11th-grade student at The Rugby School of Woodfield, Wall, has been selected to perform at the 2004 International VSA arts Festival in Washington, D.C. More ... Community Bulletin Board Battleground Symphony to usher in the holidays      The Manalapan Battleground Sym-phony will present its annual holiday concert Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, 155 Millhurst Road, Manalapan. Doors will open at 7 p.m. More ... Datebook      • Elly’s Bags will be the featured item in a benefit sale sponsored by Freehold Borough and Freehold Township Auxiliary for CentraState Medical Center, Dec. More ... County jail’s health care earns reaccreditation      Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley has announced that the Monmouth County Correctional Institution has earned reaccreditation from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. More ... Marvin Hamlisch to perform at temple      Temple Beth Shalom, Manalapan, will present "An Evening With Marvin Hamlisch: A Man and His Music," Dec. 6 at 8:15 p.m. As a composer, Hamlisch has won three Oscars, four Grammys and four Emmy awards, a Tony and three Golden Globes, and his show "A Chorus Line" re­ceived the Puli... More ... School seeks pet food, supplies for shelter      The seventh annual "SPCA Holiday Drive" sponsored by the Monmouth County Vocational School, Freehold Township, is currently under way. More ... Bereavement support group offered for adults      HUGS (Help Us Grieve Someone), a free, confidential, nondenominational be­reavement support group for adults, now meets at Old Tennent Presbyterian Church, Tennent section of Manalapan. More ... In the Service      Marine Corps Pvt. William N. Kantz, son of Karen N. Kantz of Freehold, has completed 12 weeks of training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. More ... 4-H members honored for their efforts      The 4-H Youth Development Program of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County held its annual Mem­bers Recognition Night recently at the Monmouth County Library Headquar­ters, Manalapan. More ... Community Bulletin Board Optimists honor CentraState volunteers      In a ceremony held recently at Applewood Estates in Freehold Township, the Noontime Optimist Club of Freehold honored the 75 CentraState Healthcare student volunteers and their director, Joan Nealon, with a proclamation from Freehold Township declaring Youth Appreciation Week. More ... Internships available for spring semester      Applications are now being accepted for internships for students enrolled in film, television and communications de­gree programs. More ... Community Bulletin Board      The Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan, will host the following programs. Details: (732) 431-7222. More ... Loving homes sought for shelter animals      The Monmouth County SPCA kicked off this year’s "Home 4 the Holidays 2003" campaign recently with a shelter pet adoption outreach at Cosmopawlitan, Colts Neck, and a shelter awareness drive at ShopRite in West Long Branch. More ... Post office extends hours for holiday season      During the holiday mailing season, a number of post offices will extend their business hours. Locally, the Freehold Township post office, 200 Village Center Drive in the Raintree shopping center, will remain open until 4 p.m. More ... Yesteryear 100 years ago      All who have the welfare of Freehold at heart will be pleased at the reopening of the shirt factory here. This enterprise formerly employed some 400 or 500 hands, and upon reopening will put upon its payrolls fully this number and possibly many more. More ...