• 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…

  • Girl Scouts adult volunteers are needed

    The Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ (GSCSNJ) is seeking adult volunteers to help girls reach their fullest potential. Adults can choose from direct service positions such as troop leaders and program facilitators, as well as indirect service positions such as website managers and adult training facilitators. GSCSNJ helps build girls of courage, confidence,…

  • Library presents Jazz Month

    Sandy may have played a bit of havoc with the programming schedules, but the Monmouth County Library will offer two free concerts and a lecture as part of its annual celebration of the art of jazz. Roots & Riffs: An Introduction to Jazz and Its History will be presented by the library’s own Jack Livingstone…

  • Winter Glow Ball goes on, focus on rebuilding after Sandy

    TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth will proceed with its 46th annual Winter Glow Ball on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. The event is the Tinton Falls-based nonprofit’s most important benefit for over 1,400 Monmouth County residents with autism, Down syndrome and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. Due to severe damage to the Shore…

  • ‘United We Sing’ Nov. 18

    MIDDLETOWN — The public is invited to the 12th annual “United We Sing” celebration on Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft. This intercultural service of music, word and dance presents voices of different faiths raised in joy and gratitude. Sponsored by the Monmouth Center for…

  • Despite storm, locals turned out to elect board members

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer FREEHOLD — While Monmouth County residents were busy picking up the pieces following superstorm Sandy, they also set out to exercise their civic rights on Nov. 6. Several school districts in the county held November elections for the first time after a recent state law allowed districts to move their…

  • Christmas carolers brighten holidays

    The Monmouth Christmas Carolers will brighten holiday gatherings with beautifully sung carols and seasonal favorites. Groups of singers are available to add merriment to festivities in home, office or community settings. The carolers are members of the Monmouth Civic Chorus. For bookings and rates, email [email protected] or call 732- 933-9333. The chorus will perform “Messiah…

  • Freeholder seeks answers about storm outages

    Letter to Robert Hanna, president, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities: As director of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, I respectfully request an investigation into the response by Jersey Central Power & Light to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The damage to Monmouth County is extensive and a state of emergency remains intact,…

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