• Bulldogs capture first SCT girls lacrosse title since 2010

    BY NEIL BORENSTEIN Staff Writer Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s Maddie Mullen (c) celebrates with her teammates after the Bulldogs beat Red Bank Catholic High School, 14-9, to capture the Shore Conference Tournament championship on May 17 at Monmouth University. It was Rumson-Fair Haven’s first conference title since 2010. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Drawing the…

  • ‘Surface Beauty’

    ‘Sweet Music’ The themes of the May show at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County in Red Bank are “Surface Beauty” and “Children’s Art.” The window artist and curator is Despina Statelova. A native of Bulgaria, Statelova teaches art to special needs students, K-12, at the Rugby School in Wall. She has been recognized with…

  • Jersey Shore Food Truck Wars this weekend

    Back by popular demand, the Jersey Shore Food Truck Wars returns as a two-day culinary throw-down on May 25 and May 26 at Monmouth Park, Oceanport. Gourmet food trucks will roll into the festival area to wage a food war. With more than 20 trucks to choose from, who will win the most votes for…

  • Barbara H. Aaron

    Mrs. Aaron, 96, of Long Branch, died May 18, 2013, at home. She was a 1934 graduate of Long Branch Senior High School, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and two masters’ degrees from New York University. Mrs. Aaron devoted herself to children in the community, serving as an educator for…

  • PFLAG meets June 17

    The Jersey Shore PFLAG monthly transgender and transfamilies support meeting will be held 7-9 p.m. June 17 at the Presbyterian Church House, 352 Sycamore Ave., Shrewsbury. Meetings are held on the third Monday of the month and offer support, education and advocacy for parents, family members and friends of transgender individuals and their families. PFLAG…

  • Bus trip to Museum of Moving Image

    There are a few open seats for a bus trip sponsored by SCAN on June 21 to the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. The bus will leave from SCAN’s entrance at the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown at 8:30 a.m. and return at approximately 4:30 p.m. There will be a guided tour through…

  • Golf outing slated in Long Branch

    The Greater Long Branch Chamber of Commerce is holding its 24th annual golf outing on Thursday, June 6 at the Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune. The cost is $160 and includes the greens fee, golf cart, locker room and a barbecue lunch. There will be awards and a raffle. Reservations are…

  • Korean War veterans to receive recognition

    Charles Koppelman of Monroe has been recognized by the Department of Defense (DOD) 60th Anniversary of the Korean War (KW60) Commemoration Committee as a KW60 ambassador. The committee seeks to honor the service and sacrifice of Korean War veterans, commemorate key events of the war, and educate Americans about the war’s significance. Any Korean War…

  • Green Scene: May, Be vigilant!

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Despite the gardener’s best intentions, nature will improvise.” — M.P. Garafolo Clearing leaves from planting beds, digging weeds, sowing grass seed, yanking dandelions out of the soil, mercilessly extracting wild onions and raking garden beds while admiring the many new shoots that have come up seemingly overnight, checking established perennials that need to…

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