Author: BRUCE MORAN, Department Editor

  • Court Liquors to celebrate reopening Oct. 14-16

    Court Liquors to celebrate reopening Oct. 14-16

    Court Liquors invites the local community to attend its reopening celebration that will be held over the weekend of  Oct. 14 through Oct. 16. The event will feature tastings of Court Liquors’ top beer, spirits, wine and cigar brands, paired with local food partners and live music to celebrate the new store expansion. Court Liquors…

  • Forsgate to hold Schiavone Cup Oct. 5-6

    Forsgate to hold Schiavone Cup Oct. 5-6

    The Forsgate Country Club will once again serve as the host to the prestigious R.A. Schiavone Memorial Cup on Oct. 5-6.  This two-day individual/team event is open to senior scratch amateur golfers (age 50 and older) and club professionals and will be staged on Forsgate’s Banks Course, which is ranked among the best courses in…

  • Motorcar festival for 180 Turning Lives Around Oct. 1 in Holmdel

    Motorcar festival for 180 Turning Lives Around Oct. 1 in Holmdel

      Hop Brook Farm in Holmdel will transform into an amazing showfield this Saturday, Oct. 1 for the seventh annual Concours d’Elegance – a premier classic motorcar festival and fashion to benefit the mission of 180 Turning Lives Around, a local nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence in Monmouth County. Concours d’Elegance Event…

  • Performers of the Week

    Performers of the Week

    Scholastic stars were shining on the athletic fields not just locally but also across the state border in New York. Here is a look at who sparkled in New Jersey as well as in New York. The Manalapan football tam produced a one-two knockout punch on Old Bridge during its 41-0 victory on Sept. 23.…

  • Holiday Express Clambake raises $110,000

    Holiday Express Clambake raises $110,000

      More than 350 people attended the ninth annual Holiday Express Clambake, sponsored by Shore Point Distributing Company, on Sept. 18, on the beach at McLoone’s Pier House in Long Branch. An estimated $110,000 was raised to support Holiday Express’ mission, which is to deliver music, food, gifts, financial support, and friendship to those with…

  • Places To Be

    Places To Be

    Autumn has officially arrived but the fall season has been in full blast this month. So get out and enjoy the change of seasons and check out some of these scholastic events in our area. The Six Flags Wild Safari Invitational, a cross-country meet that has attracted a ton of schools from all parts of…

  • Collier Youth Services receives grant from Provident Bank

    Collier Youth Services receives grant from Provident Bank

    Collier Youth Services, a nonprofit organization that empowers at-risk youth to grow toward their potential in an environment of belonging, dignity and hope has been awarded a $10,000 grant from The Provident Bank Foundation. Collier Youth Services operates two residential programs — Collier Group Home in Red Bank and Collier House in Keyport. The grant…

  • Monmouth County Historical Association offers free admission this Saturday, Sept. 24

    Monmouth County Historical Association offers free admission this Saturday, Sept. 24

      FREEHOLD – Each of Monmouth County Historical Association’s five historic house museums, together with the museum at 70 Court St., will be open free of charge in celebration of Smithsonian magazine’s 12th annual Museum Day Live! on Saturday, Sept. 24. This is the last weekend to visit the historic house museums before they close…

  • Performers of the Week

    Performers of the Week

    The 2016 autumn athletic season is in full bloom on scholastic fields and gyms around the area. Here is a look at some of our local athletes who delivered sparkling performances this past week. Football provided plenty of heroes this past weekend. Freehold Township went to the air to score a 44-7 victory over Colts…