• ‘Grease Jr. The Musical’ in Eatontown Jan. 25, 26

    “Grease Jr. – The Musical” will be presented at the Monmouth Regional High School Performing Arts Center on Jan. 25 and 26 by Eatontown Memorial School’s Theater Department. The show is age-appropriate for all and the cast features Memorial School students. Performances will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, and 2 and…

  • Provost’s film series at Monmouth University

    Monmouth University has announced the Provost’s Film Series for 2013 at the Pollak Theatre, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch. This year’s theme is “African Journeys: Haunting Legacies, Fragile Futures.” Various films will capture the tribal and colonialist legacies and responses of various African nations to them as well as the challenging economic, social, cultural…

  • Fundraiser to benefit LADACIN Network

    The Turning Point Restaurants in Long Branch, Little Silver, Holmdel, Manalapan and Brick will host a weekend fundraiser on Jan. 26 and 27 to benefit LADACIN Network, which serves over 3,000 infants, children and adults with cerebral palsy and other multiple physical and developmental disabilities in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. “Eat, Drink and Be Caring…Serving…

  • Ocean Twp. addresses Whale Pond Brook flooding

    Local officials seek to partner with county on mitigation plan BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Ocean Township officials are seeking the cooperation of Monmouth County to mitigate flooding from Whale Pond Brook, which runs through the county-owned Weltz Park in Oakhurst. KENNY WALTER OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Residents and township officials are working with the county…

  • Keeping the dream alive

    A color guard leads participants in a symbolic walk through Long Branch on Jan. 20, beginning at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Atlantic Avenue and ending at Second Baptist Church. The annual walk, sponsored by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Guild, is part of a week-long program of…

  • Dr. King’s legacy of hope recognized

    MLK Guild marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Melody Alderman, Long Branch Middle School teacher, (l-r), Jacob Jones, chairman of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Guild, and Catharine Darby, guild vice president, place a wreath at the monument to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at…

  • Changing the world one child at a time

    Big Brothers Big Sisters matches disadvantaged youths with mentors BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Royce Winsten, 2013 Big Brother of the Year, listens as his “little,” Wayne, plays bass in Belmar on Jan. 15. ERIC SUCAR staff In 1998, Waldo Sainvilus was a student at Asbury Park Middle School struggling with coursework when he was…

  • Elks host Friday Night Dinner

    Long Branch Elks Lodge 742 will host a Friday Night Dinner on Feb. 1, 6-7:30 p.m. The menu offers a choice of roast beef with mashed potato and string beans or fried fish or fried shrimp with French fries and coleslaw. Cost of the dinner, which is open to the public, is $7 per person.…

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    The Sunrise Optimist Club will host the Kylie Pinheiro Memorial Hot Shot Basketball Tournament on Feb. 10 at the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, 470 East Freehold Road, Freehold Township. The tournament is open to boys and girls in fourth through ninth grade. The $5 registration fee is payable to the Sunrise Optimist Foundation of…

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