The Italian American Association of Monmouth County will hold an open house and general meeting at 7:30 p.m. March 25 at St. Mary's Church in Madonna Hall, Route 34 and Phalanx Road, Colts Neck. Anyone 21 years of age or older is invited to attend. More...

The upcoming elections for four Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education members allow the public to send the current board a message about (Superintendent of Schools) Mr. More...

The Social Jewish Singles evening of champagne and chocolate that was listed in the March 18 Datebook section of the News Transcript will not be held on March 26 at Temple Shaari Emeth, Manalapan. More...

It was the late, great Hunter S. Thompson who observed that "when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." And these days, it looks like we've got a whole passel of people looking to shed their amateur rags and exchange them for the flashy professional variety. More...

Ms. Bailey, 68, of Manalapan, died March 10, 2009, at Bayshore Healthcare Center, Holmdel. She was born in York, Pa., and had resided in Manalapan since 1964. Surviving are two daughters, Joan Ackerman, Jackson, and Patricia Jordan, New Mexico; a brother, Paul Michael Akers, and a sister, Barbara ... More...

Four down and one to go. When the Colts Neck High School girls basketball team won the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional championship on March 10, the Cougars pointed out that they needed five more wins to achieve their season's goal: winning the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions title. More...

The Goddard School, 50 Route 520, in the Morganville section of Marlboro, recently earned a perfect score of 100 percent in curriculum, health and safety, and programming and support from its franchisor, Goddard Systems Inc. The score was determined during the semi-annual Quality Assurance Audit... More...