Category: Independent News

  • ‘All the world’s a stage…’

    The Brookdale Community College Performing Arts Center recently presented “Twelfth Night,” based on a play by William Shakespeare, at the Great Lawn of the school’s campus in Middletown. FRANK GALIPO

  • Survey of Raritan Bay aims to restore oysters

    Baykeeper, Rutgers scientist map conditions in bay BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Dr. Beth Ravit (second from right), instructor of environmental science at Rutgers University, and Mike Acuafredda (r) collect data along the Raritan Bay near the Leonardo Public Marina on July 29. A team of citizen-scientist volunteers, led by NY/NJ Baykeeper and Ravit, completed…

  • Holmdel to rehire some bus aides with state aid

    Portion of $500K will also be applied to future budgets BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HOLMDEL— Township Board of Education members have begun to consider the uses for the additional $508,000 in state aid the district received in July. The additional funding brings the Holmdel School District’s 2011-12 state aid to $1.4 million, an increase of…

  • Physician honored with Visions of Hope award

    Holmdel resident Dr. Tricia Gilbert checks on a patient in Uganda. Gilbert received the 2011 Visions of Hope award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.HOLMDEL — Dr. Tricia Gilbert, of Holmdel, is the recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Monmouth and Ocean Counties’ 2011 Visions of Hope award. Gilbert has…

  • Photo

    Tom Avakian, of the Colts Neck Swing Band, tunes his trombone prior to taking the stage at the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival held at the Middletown Arts Center on July 23. More photos on page 3 and at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Former Matawan chief seeks reinstatement

    Alston seeks dismissal of disciplinary charges of incapacity and misconduct BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer James Alston Demoted Matawan Chief of Police James Alston has appealed the borough’s decision to demote and suspend him without pay, asking the court to reinstate him as department head. Alston’s attorney, David Corrigan, of the Corrigan Law Firm in Keyport,…

  • NOTES

    The Premier Theatre Company will present “Hello, Dolly!” for six performances at the Henderson Theatre, 850 Newman Springs Road in Lincroft. The times are 8 p.m. July 29 and 30 and Aug. 4, 5 and 6 and 2 p.m. Aug. 7. Tickets are on sale at www.premiertheatre.com or by calling 732-774- 7827(STAR). Ticket prices are…

  • Jazz & Blues

    Scenes from the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Festival held at the Middletown Arts Center on July 23: Musicians tune their instruments, vendors display their wares, and a spectator listens to music performed on three stages. The event opened a series of three festivals sponsored by the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation this summer,…

  • The Painting World of James Avati

    “No Star Is Lost” by James T. Farrell, Signet Books, 1952 The Monmouth Museum is hosting an exhibit of paintings by Red Bank native James Avati, the pre-eminent painter of paperback book covers in the second half of the 20th century. “The Painting World of James Avati” will run through Sept. 4 at the museum,…