Category: Independent News

  • Quilt show May 14-15

    Rebecca’s Reel Quilters Guild is preparing for the 2010 quilt show, “Visions and Dreams,” scheduled for May 14 and 15 in the Poricy Park Conservancy, 345 Oak Hill Road, Middletown. There will be a professionally judged display of more than 150 traditional and contemporary quilts, a raffle quilt, door prizes, a book signing, refreshments and…

  • Show & Tell, season opening at Steamboat Dock museum

    KEYPORT — The Keyport Historical Society will host its annual Show & Tell at 8 p.m. Monday, April 7, at the Steamboat Dock Museum. See interesting and current arrivals to the museum’s collection of Keyport history. The event is part of the Steamboat Dock Museum’s monthly Monday Night series. Light desserts and refreshments will be…

  • Stork Club

    Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, announces the birth of a boy on Feb. 27 to TeresaA. Burger and Victor Garcia of Middletown.

  • Oak Hill supports children of Haiti

    When the school community at Oak Hill Academy in Lincroft found out that Art Livingston, head of security at the school, was traveling to Haiti to help the children there who have been devastated by the recent earthquake, students, teachers and parents sprung into action. Livingston and six other members of Tower Hill Presbyterian Church…

  • NOTESAround Town

    The Shrewsbury Chorale will hold open rehearsals at 7:45 p.m. April 6 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Meeting House, 1475 West Front St., Lincroft. The chorale is beginning rehearsals for their June 5 concert, “Go for Baroque — An Evening With Bach and Friends.” Rehearsals are open to all. For more information, call Joy More…

  • Middletown Spring Eggstravaganza,

    Deanna Geraud, Lincroft, chats with the Easter Bunny during the Middletown Spring Eggstravaganza, held at the Middletown Arts Center on March 27. CHRIS KELLY

  • Riders tell NJ Transit about impact of cuts

    People with disabilities depend on service BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer William Leonard, who is blind, has just one transportation option when leaving his Fair Haven home, and that may soon be eliminated. Clockwise from top: William Leonard (center), of Fair Haven, listens to a speaker during a public hearing March 26 on NJ Transit’s…

  • Boro Council grants leave of absence to police chief

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN— The Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution approving a paid administrative leave of absence for Chief of Police James M. Alston on March 16. Alston is under an administrative review by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, borough officials said earlier this month. Borough Administrator William Garofalo said the administrative…

  • IN THE ARTS

    High school students from throughout the county experience all disciplines of the arts and participate in workshops, performances, exhibits and critiques during the two-day Teen Arts Festival with more than 20 artists/teachers presenting workshops and master classes in drama, filmmaking, voice, acting dance and more. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from above: Sculptor Joanna…