• ‘100 Square Inches’ at the Art Alliance

    The December exhibit at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County is “100 Square Inches.” As the name implies, each piece in the exhibit measures 100 square inches. The window artist for this exhibit is potter Christina Paraskevas Carlson, who has been creating pottery for more than 20 years and is a pottery instructor at the…

  • Share your cherished traditions

    Do you remember the excitement of lighting the eighth menorah candle; listening for reindeer hooves on the roof; being allowed to stay up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve; celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa; offering food and chanting the Buddha’s teachings? Does your family have a special holiday or festival tradition…

  • History by lantern light

    BY MARIE MABER Correspondent Guides in historical garb will lead groups of tourgoers on the Historic Four Corners Lantern Tour this weekend. Each year on an early December night, about 200 people tread on worn brick paths lit by luminarias along Sycamore Avenue at Broad Street (Route 35), Shrewsbury’s Historic Four Corners. They are there…

  • Disgraced officer gets five years probation

    Former Eatontown detective barred from public employment in N.J. BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer I t was a highly emotional day in court on Nov. 30 as former Eatontown police detective Philip Emanuele was sentenced to five years probation for criminal coercion and evidence tampering in a case that involved drugs, abuse of power and…

  • Dec. 7 blood drive at Monmouth Medical

    The need for blood donations increases during the holidays. The Central Jersey Blood Center will hold a blood drive at Monmouth Medical Center in Long on Friday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Community Meeting Room. of the medical center at 300 2nd Ave. All donors will receive a free lunch and…

  • Burnham behind bars

    Former Brookdale president to pay back $44K with accrued vacation time BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Former Brookdale Community College President Peter F. Burnham is sentenced to five years in prison in Superior Court in Freehold on Nov. 30. KEITH HEUMILLER Peter F. Burnham is now in prison, after being sentenced to five years in…

  • Ferdinand K. “Fred” Platzer Jr.

    Mr. Platzer, 56, of Howell, died Nov. 18, 2012, suddenly, from a fall, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y. Mr. Platzer was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving on the U.S.S. King. He was the owner/operator of A Chimney Man, Howell. Prior…

  • Elks host lunch with Santa

    The Long Branch Elks Lodge will host a lunch with Santa Claus 1 p.m. on Dec. 16 at the lodge, 150 Garfield Ave. The lunch is chicken tenders, fries and a beverage. Cost is $7 for adults and lunch is free for children, who will have the opportunity to tell Santa their Christmas wishes. Entertainment…

  • Toy run delivers cheer

    LONG BRANCH — Despite the devastation left across the region by Hurricane Sandy, more than 100 dedicated riders from the Jersey Shore Harley Owners Group (HOG) and the Long Branch Police Department recently came together for the 3rd Annual Toy Run to donate toys to patients of the Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, Long…

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