• Designer Bag Bingo set for Sept. 18

    Designer Bag Bingo set for Sept. 18

    The East Brunswick Jewish Center will hold Designer Bag Bingo Sept. 18 at the center, 511 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Games begin at 1 p.m. Prizes include authentic designer handbags and accessories. Tickets cost $36 for 15 games of bingo and refreshments; additional bingo cards will be sold. No outside food…

  • Area residents honored in senior art contest

    Area residents honored in senior art contest

    Winners of the 2016 Monmouth County Senior Art Contest and Exhibition were recognized at an artists’ reception and awards ceremony on Aug. 17 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan. Winners in each of the seven categories received first-, second-, third place and honorable mention ribbons. Winning Best in Show were Bernadette Sabatini of Eatontown…

  • Township Committee issues mining permits in Millstone

    Township Committee issues mining permits in Millstone

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The owner of one mining operation in Millstone Township has been granted a new permit and the owner of a second mining operation has been granted an extension of a current permit. On Aug. 17, the Township Committee passed a resolution granting an extension of 63 days to…

  • Matawan looking forward to next boys basketball season

    Matawan looking forward to next boys basketball season

    By Wayne Witkowski Matawan Regional High School’s boys basketball team has been making the most of the offseason, as it looks to regain its winning ways of recent years after a 12-14 season last winter. The Huskies, who had a solid summer in the keenly competitive Jersey City Summer League that ended two weeks ago,…

  • Middletown residents oppose JCP&L project

    Middletown residents oppose JCP&L project

    As residents of Middletown, we are both strongly opposed to the Monmouth County Reliability Project, which is the JCP&L monopole high towers. We do believe all aspects — health, environmental, ecology and economic — would be detrimental to Monmouth County residents and our community as a whole. Daniel and Patricia Tutler Belford section of Middletown

  • Blue Acres is a ‘win-win’ for open space, owners of flooded homes

    Blue Acres is a ‘win-win’ for open space, owners of flooded homes

        Like many residents along the Delaware Bayshore, Natalie and Don Fisch of Downe Township worried about the future of their community after superstorm Sandy devastated New Jersey’s coastline. They saw that street flooding was increasing during high tides, full moons and rainstorms, making it hard for residents to get in and out of…

  • Music Man Rich Marzec at Longstreet Farm in Holmdel

    Music Man Rich Marzec at Longstreet Farm in Holmdel

    The Monmouth County Park System announces Music Man Rich Marzec will perform from 1-3 p.m. on Sept. 11 at Historic Longstreet Farm, Holmdel. Enjoy music from the 1890s. This is a free event. For more information, visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com or call the Park System at 732-842-4000. For persons with hearing impairment, the Park System TTY/TDD number…

  • Sports shorts

    Sports shorts

    Recent high school graduates Megan Euler (Manchester Township), Andrea Hill (Monroe, New York) and Gabby Reda (Old Bridge) signed National Letters of Intent during the recently concluded NCAA signing period to continue their women’s lacrosse careers at Felician University, Felician head coach Natalie Bermudez announced. Reda, who is 4 feet 11 inches tall, was a…

  • 9/11 Memorial Ceremony slated

    9/11 Memorial Ceremony slated

    The Monmouth County Park System announces a 9/11 Memorial Ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. on Sept. 11 at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook, Atlantic Highlands, at the site of Monmouth County’s 9/11 Memorial. For more information, visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com or call the Park System at 732-842-4000. For persons with hearing impairment, the Park System TTY/TDD…

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