• The Last Waltz 40 Tour at Count Basie Theatre

    The Last Waltz 40 Tour at Count Basie Theatre

    Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, announces The Last Waltz 40 Tour, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the band’s final performance, with Warren Haynes, Michael McDonald, John Medeski, Jamey Johnson, Don Was George Porter, Jr. (The Meters), Dave Malone (The Radiators), Terrence Higgins (Dirty Dozen Brass Band), Mark Mullins (Bonerama) and more to…

  • St John’s United Methodist Church holds Christmas events

    St John’s United Methodist Church holds Christmas events

    St John’s United Methodist Church in Hazlet announces The Greater Shore Concert Band will perform a Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 29. Thomas Mosher, former Raritan High School Music Director, will be co-conducting. Refreshments will follow and a free will offering is asked for the concert. The festive Annual Christmas Holiday Marketplace will…

  • St Luke’s Metuchen Christmas Fair set for Dec. 3

    St Luke’s Metuchen Christmas Fair set for Dec. 3

    St. Luke’s Episcopal Church,17 Oak Ave., Metuchen, will hold its annual Christmas Fair from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Dec. 3. The fair will include handmade gifts from local artists and craftspeople such as artisanal soaps and toiletries, handmade jewelry, hand-knitted garments and accessories, handmade Christmas ornaments, handcrafted wooden toys, antiques and collectibles and more, as…

  • Wreaths Across America ceremony to honor all veterans

    Wreaths Across America ceremony to honor all veterans

    The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison announces the sixth annual Wreaths Across America ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the St James Church, Piscatawaytown Burial Ground, 2136 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. During the holiday season, all veterans of the U.S wars will be honored, living and deceased, by placing a wreath…

  • Author to present at Neve Shalom Dec. 6

    Author to present at Neve Shalom Dec. 6

    Metuchen-Edison Hadassah will sponsor a presentation on Dec. 6 by author Elizabeth Bettina, who wrote “It Happened in Italy” at Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. The little-known story of the Italian populace’s kind and courageous response to Hitler’s call for Italy’s Jews to be rounded up into internment camps begins at 7:30 p.m. following…

  • Health center opens on Oak Tree Road

    By J. Durett Correspondent EDISON—After receiving substantial pushback from residents on its original planned location, the Jewish Renaissance Foundation has opened a health center in the township. The JRF Community Health Center, which is a federally qualified health center, is now based at Oak Tree Surgery Center on Oak Tree Road. Federally qualified health centers,…

  • Resolve to stay active in democratic process

    Whether your candidate won or lost, this election has taught us an important lesson: that the loudest voices are the ones that are most heard. Let us keep this important lesson in mind as we move forward. Use the election results to motivate yourself to remain active in the democratic process. Be vigilant, proactive and assertive.…

  • Urges creation of ‘Compassion Curriculum’ for schools

    Compassion. How important is it in life? How valuable is it? Does it have a cost, and how do you teach compassion to a child? If society promotes a “Compassion Curriculum” in public schools and in our prisons, could we prevent the tragedies of Columbine, Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook? Can we alter the pattern…

  • Two men charged with alleged homicide in Oceanport

    Two men charged with alleged homicide in Oceanport

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer OCEANPORT – Two men from New York have been charged in the homicide of a missing Connecticut man who was found buried in Oceanport. On Nov. 15, Connecticut law enforcement contacted the New York City Police Department (NYPD) regarding a missing 26-year-old male who resided in Stamford, Connecticut, according to a…

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