Hear Salsa Rhythms With Ray Rodriguez; Get Into the Mystic With ‘Amore’

Stafford Leader Library Column

Stafford Branch, Ocean County Library 129 North Main St. (Route 9) Manahawkin (609-597-3381) theoceancountylibrary.org The branch celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Ray Rodriguezy Swing Sabroso on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Sampling of various Latin American foods begins at 6 p.m., while the band goes on at 7. Audience members can both listen and dance to the salsa rhythms of the nine-piece […]

Oct. 20 Blood Drive at Ocean County College’s Southern Education Center

Every donation of blood counts – and can help save a life. On Oct. 20, members of the community are encouraged to give blood at Ocean County College’s Southern Education Center in Manahawkin. New Jersey Blood Services, a division of the New York Blood Center, will be set up at the site from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Donors will […]

Congressional Elections in Southern Ocean County May Be Close

MacArthur and Belgard In Especially Tight Race

Surprise, surprise, but the New Jersey 3d District race is turning out to be one of the closest Congressional races in the entire country. We say surprise because the 3rd has long been a GOP stronghold, with only the late John Adler making inroads of late when the Democrat served one term from 2009 to 2011. He wasreplaced by Republican […]

Southern Regional Replaces Thunderstorm-Ruined Gym Floor

Stafford Leader

Southern Regional High School has a newly finished gymnasium floor this week in the 11/12 building, after the old floor was damaged during the massive storm of Tuesday, Aug. 12, which dumped more than7 inches of rain on the area in a short period of time. The high school sustained flood damage in the 11/12 gym and the carpeted 9/10 […]