• United Nations Stakes highlights Monmouth Park July 4 schedule

    Laughing (c), with Angel Serpa riding, won the $100,000 Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park on June 29. Second was Dayatthespa (r), with Paco Lopez, and third was Ruthenia, with Joe Bravo. A ticket to thoroughbred racing’s biggest event, the Breeders’ Cup, will be at stake on July 6 at Monmouth Park. The $500,000 Grade 1…

  • Comets have brought pro fastpitch softball to N.J.

    By NEIL BORENSTEIN Staff Writer Infielder Courtney Liddle looks for a pitch she can hit during a recent NY/NJ Comets game. Liddle was an All-ACC player at Virginia Tech. The Comets have brought professional fastpitch softball to New Jersey. PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA IANCIN “LI” The NY/NJ Comets have brought professional softball to the Northeast…

  • ‘Summer Show of Painters’

    “Two Trees” by Val Dyshlov of Morganville I mages of summer soothe the soul in the Guild of Creative Art’s Main Gallery during the month of July. The “Summer Show of Painters” exhibit runs through July 31 at the guild, located at 620 Broad St. in Shrewsbury. The all-member show features inspired works in a…

  • JUST GO

    SPECIAL EVENTS Oceanfest master sand-sculpting exhibition; entertainment includes bands, clowns, face painters, stilt-walkers, balloon artists and more; food; crafters; fireworks July 4, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Promenade, Long Branch Independence Day Celebration July 4 fishing derby at 6 a.m. 34th annual Milltown Firecracker fun run at 7:45 a.m., and 5K run at 8:15 a.m.; parade at…

  • Charlotte Sometimes is always about the music

    By REGINA YORKGITIS Staff Writer Charlotte Sometimes CeeLo Green’s head bopped, Adam Levine’s jaw dropped, and before the song ended, four music superstars had spun around to fight over a Jersey girl. “You get down on yourself a lot in music,” Asbury Park resident Charlotte Sometimes said. Not on this night in February 2012, when…

  • CentraState to participate in Choose Your Cover skin cancer screenings in Belmar

    CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center is partnering with the Ocean Monmouth Health Alliance to participate in an event called Choose Your Cover, a skin cancer awareness, education and screening program.The skin cancer screenings will be held on July 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Belmar at 5th and Ocean Avenue.The…

  • Keep active this summer to improve overall health

    By Lu Han M.D. A ll Americans should be regularly physically active to improve overall health and fitness and to prevent many adverse health outcomes.The benefits of physical activity occur in generally healthy people, in people at risk of developing chronic diseases, and in people with current chronic conditions or disabilities. Regular physical activity plays…

  • Shrink with age

    By Bev Bennett CTW Features At a certain age, losing weight doesn’t provide a great deal of benefits, which is why those over the age of 50 need to achieve and maintain a healthy weight before it’s too late. Here’s how to get started. S tarting a stringent diet to lose weight or manage a…

  • Severs family is topic of history presentation

    The Historical Society of Ocean Grove will present a family history, “The Severs Women of 35 Atlantic,” July 6 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the society’s community room, 50 Pitman Ave. The presentation will be led by Lyndell O’Hara, a professor of history at Nyack College. The featured home at 35 Atlantic will also…

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