Peapack News

Months before the municipal budget is due, the Borough Council will sit down early Saturday to review financial requests from each department in planning a budget that is likely to have even fewer sources of revenue to offset taxes than in 2009, said Mayor William Horton.

One out of every 94 boys in the United States either has been or soon will be diagnosed with autism, according to Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization.

A former Peapack-Gladstone man found not guilty by reason of insanity of killing his wife in 1988 can remain free as long as he continues his medication and therapy regimes.

Billionaire, hot-air balloon enthusiast and Knight of the Order Sir Richard Branson has converted Natirar, the King of Morocco's former Peapack, NJ, estate, into a luxury resort, spa and culinary center.

A person unable to move or speak can create a work of art that leaves one breathless.

Visual and performing artists at Matheny Medical and Educational Center will express themselves Saturday at a reception open to the public.

Those who attend the annual Full Circle celebration at the Matheny Medical and Educational Center, which casts a spotlight on the facility's Arts Access program for its patients, show up for a spectrum of reasons.

One thousand doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine have been delivered to the Bernards Township Health Department and are to be distributed free of charge to residents listed in high-risk categories during early November clinics scheduled in Bernards, Mendham and Bernardsville, said Lucy Forgione, the department's health officer.

Chatham Kiwanis will present its annual pasta dinner from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

Marcela Dunham is new to the township library, but she's not new to her area of expertise - adult programming for public libraries.

Christine G. Cox logged many accomplishments while head of Gill St. Bernard's School from 1986-00, but she and the private school never got around to formally naming the school built for younger students during that era.

They say not to take your work home with you. But Donna Hoehn, PTA, hasn't always abided by that suggestion.

Three years ago, the organizers of the first Green Community Festival may have been a little ahead of the curve, but by now the "green" movement has definitely caught on.

Four township women are trying to aid one of the area's leading suppliers of food to the needy by holding a fundraiser for the charity.

The horses will run the Far Hills Race Meeting Association's elite steeplechase championship races Saturday at Moorland Farms - albeit against a backdrop of chilly rain and strong winds - without much bother, thanks to the preparations of the events grounds crew.

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Students at the Matheny Medical & Educational Center in Peapack are riding horses at the Somerset Hills Handicapped Riding Center in Oldwick in order to improve muscle tone, strength and coordination.

Students at the Matheny Medical & Educational Center in Peapack are riding horses at the Somerset Hills Handicapped Riding Center in Oldwick in order to improve muscle tone, strength and coordination.

Amanda Kochell of Methany from Peapack, NJ, reacts after bowling a strike during demonstration at Reeves Gymnasium at Centenary College.

The poem entitled, "The Lullabye of Avon Avenue" is about American jazz singer and Newarker, Sarah Vaughan.