• Camp to host open houses

    MANALAPAN — A summer camp will be offered at the Quail Hill reservation, Manalapan, this summer. Open houses will be held on April 13, May 19 and June 9 to give boys and their families a chance to see what is offered. Facilities include a BB gun range, an archery range and nature trails. This…

  • BeachBeat.com arrives online

    A new edition of TheBeachBeat.com, Greater Media Newspapers’ digital magazine and resource about the Jersey Shore, will be online at www.thebeachbeat.com on March 14. TheBeachBeat.com keeps readers informed about post-Sandy recovery progress, business reopenings and upcoming events and fundraisers. In addition to post-storm advice, updates about boardwalk rebuilding, and entertainment options to get away from…

  • Author to visit children’s book fair at Manalapan library on March 16

    What do animals really like? Author illustrator Fiona Robinson has some surprising answers in store. Visitors of the Monmouth County Library’s 2013 children’s book fair can listen in on Saturday, March 16. The fair will be held from 1-4 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. This year’s theme is “Carnival…

  • Samaritan Center director gave heart to church, community

    The area lost one of its most precious resources when Regina Finn, 76, of Manalapan, died at home on Feb. 22. Finn was born in New York City and lived in Manalapan for 46 years. She spent much of her life devoting her time and energies to people in need and in service to the…

  • We’re in it together

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN A brouhaha appears to be brewing among groups that represent the state’s Latino community. About two weeks ago, the Latino Leadership Alliance Political Action Committee, the political arm of the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey (LLANJ), endorsed Gov. Chris Christie’s bid for a second fouryear term. Martin Perez, president…

  • Mom comes to the rescue on campus

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH There is a strange phenomenon that occurs in the relationship we have with our kids after they go off to college. Without the everyday contact, a parent starts to see their young adults as special on a whole different level. When she thinks about them, she envisions a halo…

  • March: Can you dig it?

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even itsoldest scholars to the bottom of the class forsome egregious blunder.” — Alfred Austin A garden myth: Lawns are beautiful, vegetable gardens are ugly. Not true. Vegetable gardens in a front yard (a hot trend) can create an inviting focal…

  • When did the Europeans get so smart about U.S. weather?

    CODA GREG BEAN If you are a person of a certain age, like me, you might remember the old days when the nightly weather forecast was about as accurate as Punxsutawney Phil’s on the day he pops out to check his shadow. In those days, it seemed like the local weathermen developed their forecasts using…

  • datebook 

     Children of all ages can experience life in the big ocean in “Big Fish Little Fish” at 11 a.m. on March 28 at the Allentown Library, 16 S. Main St., Allentown. The program is presented by the Monmouth County Park System. Register by calling 609-259-7565.  Luck of the Irish Bingo, hosted by the…

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