Month: January 2010

  • Sports Shorts

    A Basketball Free Throw Contest, sponsored by the St. Augustine Council Knights of Columbus, will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 8 in the St.Augustine School gymnasium, 45 Henderson Road, Kendall Park. The contest is open to both boys and girls, ages 10-14. Winners may advance to a district competition with the potential to continue…

  • North Brunswick Township Brunswick Bear Invitational

    North Brunswick Township High School’s Jason Scholl (r) has control of Colonia’s Pete Melendez in their 140-pound match during the East Brunswick Bear Invitational at Churchill Junior High School on Dec. 30.

  • Audubon Society meeting Jan. 13

    Monmouth County Audubon Society will meet 8 p.m. Jan. 13 at Trinity Episcopal Church, White Street, Red Bank. The public is welcome; admission is free. The guest speaker will be biologist MacKenzie Hall, who will present “Bats — Denizens of the Night.” The program will introduce New Jersey’s bats and highlights the amazing lives of…

  • Blood drive at Red Cross Jan. 11

    The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive 4-9 p.m. Jan. 11 at American Red Cross Jersey Coast Chapter, 1540 W. Park Ave., Tinton Falls. To make an appointment at a local blood drive or donor center, call 800-448-3543 or visit www.pleasegiveblood.org.

  • Rescue groups should offer lifetime support

    As hard as this is to write, sadly it is long overdue. The total years in the rescue community of the individuals contributing to this email is well over 100, so please listen with an open mind. As a fellow rescuer who has been active since 1967, I ask the following: How could you adopt…

  • Woman dies of injuries from apartment fire

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A township resident succumbed to injuries she sustained in a fire at her apartment on Christmas night. On Dec. 25 at approximately 10:49 p.m., police received a 911 call from a tenant of the Middlebrook at Monmouth apartments who said a fire alarm was sounding in Building 26R, Garden Drive, and that…

  • NOTESAround Town

    Eatontown Playhouse, 37-13 Route 35 north, Eatontown, will present “Lover and Other Strangers,” Jan. 8-31. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $20, and $15 for seniors and students, and includes coffee, cake and cookies. “The Musical — Hansel & Gretel” will be performed at noon Saturdays and Sundays,…

  • Entries sought for arts awards

    VSA arts of New Jersey, New Brunswick, is accepting applications for the 2010 Arts Achievement awards and fifth annual Dare to Imagine awards. Deadline for applications is Jan. 11; winners will be announced in March. The Arts Achievement awards include the Student Arts Excellence awards presented to students with disabilities who are classified (mainstreamed, inclusion,…

  • DOT taking bids for interchange project

    Work on intersection could begin by spring BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer A redesign of the intersection of Route 35 and Route 36 in Eatontown to ease traffic congestion is scheduled to begin this year. CHRIS KELLY staff EATONTOWN — The state Department of Transportation (DOT) is accepting bids from contractors for the long-awaited redesign…