First Township Committee Meeting of 2012

Weather

According to the National Weather Service, Tuesday Jan. 17 will be rainy and have a high of 51. Tuesday night it will be cloudy with a chance of showers. Temperatures will drop, for a low around 35.

Meetings

The Freehold Township Committee will meet tonight at 8 p.m. in the To view tonight's agenda click here.

High School Sports

basketball teams, swimming teams, and ice hockey team are all in action today! To see when, where, and which school they are playing against, visit this website.

basketball teams and ice hockey team will compete against Howell High School and St. John Vianney tonight.

The girls basketball team will host the Howell Rebels at 4 p.m. today while the boys team will travel to Howell and take the court at 4 p.m.

The Patriot ice hockey team will travel to the Gold Coast Arena in Farmingdale to take on St. John Vianney at 7 p.m. tonight.

Classes/Lectures

From 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. tonight you can learn how to make sugar paste flowers at . The class will be taught by international cake competitor and instructor, Silvina Barboza. The cost of the class is $75 and no prior cake decorating experience is needed. For more information on these classes visit http://­www.­njsuga­rartacademy.­com or call (732) 567-7183.

An eight session class on managing diabetes will begin tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the . The program called “Lighten Up for Diabetes” addresses the challenges of losing weight while managing diabetes. Each interactive group session includes one hour of nutrition with a registered dietitian who's also a Certified Diabetes Educator, and a half-hour of seated strength training with a certified fitness expert. The cost for all eight sessions is $99. For more information, call 732-308-0570 or visit http://­centra­state.­com.

The CentraState Medical Center will also be having a “Boys Grow Up” session at 7 p.m. tonight. There will be a discussion from CentraState’s health educator on the physical, social, chemical and emotional changes that will accompany puberty. The session is $18 per child, parents can attend for free. Visit http://­centra­state.­com/­healthpro­grams for more information.

For Kids

is holding a storytime and craft activity today at 11 a.m. The featured story will be "Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site" by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld.

will be hosting Homework Help today after school. Starting at 3:30 p.m. students in kindergarten through seventh grade are invited to come to the library to receive homework help provided by local high school.