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  • County receives $1.5M for fort workers’ assistance

    Career center provides training/support to displaced employees of Fort Monmouth BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The county’s assistance program for workers displaced by the closure of Fort Monmouth has received a $1.5 million boost from the federal government. The $1.5 million is the final installment of an initial $3 million National Emergency Grant (NEG) awarded…

  • Monroe writers’ play to open July 8

    Berdanhand Productions will offer performances of “Fade Out at Clo-Achers,” an original play by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, July 8-10 and 15-17, 8 p.m. on Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m. on Saturdays, 3 p.m. on Sundays, at the Grange Playhouse, 4860 Route 9 south, Howell. The play, directed by Albert Hepner, steps…

  • Thorne Middle School honors tie to Battle of Bulge hero

    Monument to Cpl. Horace ‘Bud’ Thorne relocated to namesake middle school BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge present the colors during the World War II Battle of the Bulge Survivor Reunion/Monument Rededication Ceremony held at Thorne Middle School in Middletown on May 26. ERIC SUCAR staff A ttendees celebrated…

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    Chris Mumford, of Mumford’s Culinary Center, sautés onions on June 4 during Red Bank RiverFest, which took place June 3-5 in Marine Park. The three-day festival featured the culinary offerings of some of Red Bank’s best restaurants, live music, boat tours on the Navesink and children’s rides and activities. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Tinton Falls carting co. and owner indicted

    TINTON FALLS — Dominick Mazza and his Tinton Falls waste management company, Mazza & Sons Inc., are among those indicted last week as the result of an investigation into an alleged illegal dumping conspiracy. Mazza and three associates were arrested June 3 on federal charges that they conspired to transport and dump thousands of tons…

  • N.J. Marathon may change course

    Full- and half-marathon may be run on different days BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Runners competing in the 2010 New Jersey Marathon and the Long Branch Half-Marathon run along the Long Branch Promenade. OCEANPORT — Newly minted New Jersey Marathon Executive Director Joe Gigas will know by July whether the format of the annual run will…

  • Music in the parks and on the streets in Red Bank

    The parks and sidewalks of Red Bank will be alive with music and entertainment as Red Bank’s summer music series — Lunch Music and StreetLife — roll out beginning this month. Red Bank RiverCenter has planned a lively lineup of musical entertainment and performances every Wednesday in June and every Saturday evening this summer, according…

  • June events at Eastern Branch library

    SHREWSBURY — The Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library will celebrate Horse Month with a photography exhibit, several programs and a children’s concert.  Photography Exhibit: Racing at the Shore, through June 29. June is Horse Month. This exhibit offers a unique look inside the daily life of Monmouth Park racetrack and features the…

  • Armed Forces Day

    Left: James Vanfechgmann, Hazlet, sits in the pilot’s seat of a Black Hawk helicopter during Armed Forces Day at Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport, a salute to members of the military, on June 4. Right: Tyler Wolff looks through special glasses linked to a fiberscope at the Navy E.O.D. exhibit during Armed Forces Day, which…