• Visit private gardens June 30

    The garden of Beliza Ann Furman in Rumson is one of the private gardens participating in the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program on Saturday, June 30. The Garden Conservancy invites the public to explore two private gardens in Rumson and Spring Lake, open to benefit the Garden Conservancy 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 30.…

  • Jazz & Blues Foundation presents summer series

    Mid’twn, Long Branch and Pt. Pleasant Boro will host three days of jazz & blues Long Branch headliner Rob Paparozzi. JAY ROSENBLATT The Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation will present a three-festival series of crowd-pleasing jazz and blues musicians, along with food, crafters and activities for the entire family this summer. The festivals are…

  • StreetLife returns for the summer season

    RED BANK — The sidewalks of Red Bank are alive with music and entertainment as StreetLife outdoor performances continue in the downtown. The series sponsored by Red Bank RiverCenter presents musical entertainment and performances 6-9 p.m. every Saturday evening from June through August in front of businesses from Broad Street to the Red- Bank Train…

  • Songwriters in the Park returns July 13

    RED BANK — The eighth annual “Songwriters in the Park” free concert series returns as a Jersey Shore summer tradition. Sponsored by Brookdale Public Radio, the series will run for seven Fridays beginning at 7 p.m. July 13 at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank. This will be the eighth season for the series in…

  • Summer Painters’ Show

    “Summer Sail” watercolor by Lisa Grob Featuring a vibrant selection of art created by all three levels of membership (exhibiting, associate and general), the Guild of Creative Art’s “Painters Summer Exhibit” showcases paintings in acrylic, mixed media, pastels, and oil and watercolor on a variety of subject matter including landscapes, seascapes, portraits, still lifes and…

  • Unused gift card money can stay in your pocket, for now

    CODA GREG BEAN Very few people know that after his career as a cartoon villain, Snidely Whiplash went to work in the New Jersey Division of Revenue, appointed by Gov. Chris Christie to grab piles of other people’s money to help fill in the state’s $33 billion deficit. And even though we probably couldn’t see…

  • Reader: Shouldn’t we be done fighting over birth control?

    Forty–seven years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that access to contraception is a basic right. How is it that all these years later, opponents of women’s health care are still trying to limit our access to birth control? Before the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut decision, 32 women were dying for every 100,000…

  • Skim Bash 2012

    Skimboarders await their turn to compete in Skim Bash 2012 held at the Sea Bright Municipal Beach on June 23. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Dima Gritzay, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is one of the amateur and professional skimboarders from across the U.S. that competed in the skimboarding competition.

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