• U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary offers boating course

    Monmouth Beach’s Flotilla 26 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be holding the “About Boating Safely” course from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on April 20, at Shrewsbury Hose Company #1, 783 Broad St., Shrewsbury. Individuals successfully completing this eight-hour course will be eligible to receive their New Jersey boating safety certificate, which is…

  • Sandy Hook will open to the public May 1

    Three of six beaches will be accessible Memorial Day weekend BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A beachside recreation pavilion at Sandy Hook in December, after the park was devastated by superstorm Sandy. Three Sandy Hook beaches will open to the public Memorial Day weekend as park employees continue repairs throughout the summer. KEITH HEUMILLER Though…

  • Casino Night to benefit youth service program

    The SOURCE Foundation will hold a Casino Night 7-11 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at McLoone’s Pier House, 1 Ocean Ave., Long Branch. Proceeds will benefit The SOURCE, Red Bank Regional High School’s school-based youth services program. The SOURCE offers services to students and their families, including individual, group and family counseling, preventative medical and…

  • Little Silver Garden Club hosts floral design program

    Nancy Kitchen, floral designer and teacher, will be demonstrating techniques and mechanics used in preparing a variety of floral design styles on Thursday, March 14, at 10 a.m. at the Little Silver Garden Club meeting at the Little Silver Woman’s Club, 111 Church St. Kitchen has created floral displays for two presidential inaugurations and has…

  • Author to visit Wolf Hill School

    Award-winning children’s book author Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen will visit Wolf Hill School, 29 Wolf Hill Ave., Oceanport, on Friday, March 15. She will give presentations for each grade, autograph preordered books and have lunch with some third- and fourthgraders. Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen has written over 30 books, including “Chicks Run Wild,” “Pirate Princess,” “Hampire!” and “Quackenstein Hatches…

  • Men’s breakfast at Pilgrim Baptist Church

    The Men’s Ministry of Pilgrim Baptist Church, 172 Shrewsbury Ave., Red Bank, will host its annual “Community Men’s Breakfast” on Saturday, March 16, at 8 a.m. The guest preacher for the event will be the Rev. Dr. Vernon Walton of the Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Englewood. All men and boys are welcome to attend this…

  • Monmouth Civic Chorus MILK concert March 16

    RED BANK — Darrell Lawrence Willis Sr. will portray the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Monmouth Civic Chorus concert, “I Have A Dream,” on Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St. The concert honors the 50th anniversary of King’s iconic talk and the 150th anniversary…

  • Three local schools selected for Kids in Concert program

    Red Bank Primary School, LBHS, Anastasia School students to perform BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer RED BANK — Red Bank Primary School, Long Branch High School and Amerigo A. Anastasia School in Long Branch are among 12 schools in the state selected to perform in the 2013 Education Law Center’s (ELC) Kids in Concert program.…

  • Oceanport library rebuilds collection after storm

    Flooding destroyed library’s collection of books, DVDs, CDs and other materials BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Oceanport Library sustained major damage due to flooding from the Oct. 29 superstorm, which destroyed thousands of books, CDs and other items in the library collection. Librarian Kate Hardy expects the library to reopen by the end of…

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