• Navesink River Rowing hosts Learn-to-Row Day June 23

    RED BANK — Navesink River Rowing (NRR) will host its annual Learn-to- Row Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 23. Visitors to the NRR site at the end of Maple Avenue off West Front Street can enjoy a variety of fun rowing-related activities. The event is free and open to the public. NRR…

  • Register for golf outing by June 30

    In partnership with Leaders for Life Inc., the Zeta Nu Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. will hold the second annual Go to High School, Go to College Golf Classic on Aug. 3 at Bunker Hill Golf Course, 220 Bunker Hill Road, Princeton. The event begins with a golf clinic at 1 p.m.…

  • Matawan Relay for Life raises $92,000

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer MATAWAN — More than 40 teams participated in the annual Relay for Life of Matawan, raising over $92,000 to support cancer research. The event, sponsored by the Matawan Regional High School Freshman Academy, was held on June 7 and 8 at the school, located on Atlantic Avenue. “The Freshman Academy…

  • Birdsall firm pleads guilty to criminal charges

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A n attorney representing Birdsall Services Group (BSG) entered a guilty plea last week on behalf of the firm to charges of money laundering and making false representations for government contracts, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. Joseph Hayden, defense counsel for BSG, entered the plea in state Superior…

  • Schneider: Storm recovery trumps party

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a June 17 press conference at Pier Village in Long Branch, where his re-election bid was endorsed by Mayor Adam Schneider, a Democrat, who said he crossed party lines because of the Republican governor’s response to superstorm Sandy. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTIE FOR GOVERNOR/MYKWAIN GAINEY…

  • Lecture to focus on R&D in Monmouth

    As part of its lecture series, the Monmouth County Historical Association will present Dr. Robert Lucky, who will lecture on “Research and Development in Monmouth County: A Storied Past and an Uncertain Future,” from 2-4 p.m. June 23 at the Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St., Middletown. Dr. Lucky will discuss how Monmouth County has…

  • Festival and exhibit at Monmouth Museum

    A “Great Outdoors Family Festival” will be held June 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Brookdale Community College’s great lawn in front of Monmouth Museum, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The festival will coincide with Monmouth Museum’s exhibit, “America Hits the Road: The Cultural History of the Road Trip,” which runs through Aug.…

  • JCP&L touts changes made since Sandy

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Jersey Central Power & Light President James Fakult fields questions from the media at the JCP&L offices in Middletown. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Local officials lauded Jersey Central Power & Light’s (JCP&L’s) new communications initiatives, which are designed to provide more timely and accurate information during power outages. In a…

  • Kitty Jones returns to Middletown library

    Award-winning theater actress Kitty Jones is bringing her interactive show once again to the Middletown Township Public Library on July 1 from 7:30-8:15 p.m. at the library’s community room at 55 New Monmouth Road. Participants can join the crew of Irish pirate Grace O’Malley and experience the high-sea adventure with Irish jigs, folktales and sea…

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