• Beach Beat joins lineup of GreaterMedia publications

    Check out thebeachbeat.com every week to find out what is going on at the Jersey Shore. The Greater Media Newspapers roster of publications is growing again and has now reached 12. June 7 will mark the debut of The Beach Beat, an online only publication that will cover the Jersey Shore communities of Asbury Park,…

  • A decade of art by Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast

    Candace Petersen, Light on the Bay, Pastel, 2011 (Neptune) The Middletown Arts Center (MAC) is hosting the 10th annual show of works by the PleinAir Painters of the Jersey Coast. The show features hundreds of works by members of the PAPJC, a group of artists who largely paint outside of the studio in the classic…

  • Area woman turns trash into treasure on HGTV

    Interior designer wins ‘White Room Challenge’ BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer West Long Branch resident Monica Reese won the HGTV show “White Room Challenge” by turning trash into treasure to create a mommy’s retreat. PHOTO COURTESY OF HGTV West Long Branch resident Monica Reese has been an interior decorator for 12 years, but it wasn’t…

  • Marlboro Middle School students earn recognition

    MARLBORO — Recently, 38 students from the Marlboro Middle School traveled to The College of New Jersey, Ewing, to compete in the annual New Jersey Technology Student Association (NJ-TSA) Middle School State Conference. There were more than 350 middle school students from 15 middle schools across the state in attendance this year, according to a…

  • Food pantry benefits from young athletes

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL – The Howell Emergency Food Pantry received some much-needed support from the Howell Pride Lacrosse Club in the form of donations that were delivered to the Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center, Route 9, on May 7. Dr. Hal Ornstein, a podiatrist and founder of the center, found a creative…

  • Relay to raise money for cancer research

    Participants in Howell will honor cancer survivors, and those who have died BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL – According to the American Cancer Society, 577,190 people are expected to die of cancer in 2012, while 1.6 million new cases are expected to be diagnosed. In Howell, as well as in many other communities around…

  • Hooked on Sandy Hook

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN I t’s a balmy night and the beach is jampacked. My friends and I are camped at the ocean’s edge in our beach chairs, feet dangling in the frothy breakers. The hours breeze by as we laugh, chat and sing along to live Americana music while our kids build sandcastles and…

  • Improvements planned at Strickland Rd. and Route 9

    HOWELL — Municipal officials have announced that the state Department of Transportation will enhance the intersection of Strickland Road and Route 9 with new signs, signals, crosswalks and altered lanes. The intersection has an extensive history of accidents, according to Howell officials. The DOT will make the improvements at Strickland Road in conjunction with a…

  • Middle school students excel in Music in the Parks

    MARLBORO — On May 4, students from the Marlboro Memorial Middle School traveled to Hershey, Pa., to compete in the Music in the Parks: Hershey Park Festival . Members of the Royalaires Select Choir, Monarch Jazz Orchestra (eighth grade jazz ensemble), and Memorial Jazz Band (seventh grade jazz ensemble) competed for a panel of judges.…

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