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  • New roundabout expected to calm traffic at busy intersection

    New roundabout expected to calm traffic at busy intersection

    COLTS NECK – Monmouth County has completed a project to improve safety and traffic flow at the intersection of Crine, Dutch Lane and Heulitt roads in Colts Neck. Crine Road is designated as Monmouth County Route 4 and Dutch Lane Road is designated as Monmouth County Route 46, according to a press release from the…

  • Monmouth County acquires Howell farm for preservation

    Monmouth County acquires Howell farm for preservation

    HOWELL – A 68-acre tract of farmland in Howell has been added to the Monmouth County Farmland Preservation Program after a more than $1.1 million agricultural easement transaction, according to a press release. On May 31, members of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders announced the acquisition of the Thompson farm on Howell Road. Freeholder…

  • Cheers & Jeers

    Cheers & Jeers

    By Damian Holbrook Cheers to NBC for trying comedy. Again. They have a terrible track record with launching comedies, but with promising projects like Great News from Tracey Wigfield and Tina Fey, the true-crime mockumentary Trial & Error and The Good Place, starring Kristen Bell as a horrible woman who winds up in heaven due…

  • Martin Short and Maya Rudolph Shine In NBC’s New Comedy/Variety Hour

    Martin Short and Maya Rudolph Shine In NBC’s New Comedy/Variety Hour

    By Ryan A. Berenz Perhaps you recall Martin Short and Maya Rudolph (in full Beyoncé glory) performing onstage together at SNL’s 40th anniversary special, or The Maya Rudolph Show, a one-off NBC special from May 2014. Those two TV blips have spawned the new hourlong variety/sketch series Maya & Marty, premiering on Tuesday, May 31…

  • Did you know?

    Did you know?

    Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will world premiere Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders on Sunday, June 5 at 9 p.m. Starring Lori Loughlin and Sarah Strange, this is the fifth in the Garage Sale Mystery movie series. Jennifer Shannon is a garage sale shopping expert whose sharp observation skills allow her to uncover valuable antiques,…

  • Church’s annual community, bike blessing festival June 4

    Church’s annual community, bike blessing festival June 4

    Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank will host its fifth annual Community Unity and Bike Blessing Festival from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. June 4 at 172 Shrewsbury Ave., Red Bank. The free festival will feature live entertainment, children’s games, lunch, exhibits, community safety presentations, a special “Senior Cove” (seating and service for senior citizens), a vendor…

  • In the service

    In the service

    Brielle Schultz of Old Bridge High School was recognized by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex) for her participation in the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy during a Congressional Awards Ceremony at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.

  • Funeral home owner named Business Leader of the Year

    Funeral home owner named Business Leader of the Year

    OLD BRIDGE – The Old Bridge Kiwanis Club has named the owner of the Old Bridge Funeral Home as its 2016 Business Leader of the Year. David Hernandez Jr., who is also known as David Lee, began his career in funeral service at the age of 12, traveling to work with his mother in a cemetery…

  • Lacrosse team raises $15,000 for victims of Old Bridge house fires

    Lacrosse team raises $15,000 for victims of Old Bridge house fires

    OLD BRIDGE — The Old Bridge High School boys’ lacrosse team raised more than $15,000 for two township families whose houses were destroyed in separate fires last month. Almost 3,000 students, staff and members of the community attended “Play for a Purpose” on May 10 at Lombardi Field during the quarterfinal round of the Greater Middlesex…