• ‘Color My World’ quilt exhibit

    Winter Wood Rebecca’s Reel quilters explore the magic of fabrics, prints and colors in bold imaginative combinations in the biennial exhibition, “Color My World.” The show runs Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Poricy Park, 345 Oak Hill Road in Middletown. One hundred and seventy quilts will…

  • Between the bridges: A Brooklyn excursion

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN I’ve always been curious about what existed between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn’s resurging DUMBO district. Although I lived just a short walk away in both Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights for several years in the ’90s, and have walked across the Brooklyn Bridge many times, I never once…

  • Family Beach Ball May 20 in Sea Bright

    The eighth annual Family Beach Ball for the Ocean, a benefit for Clean Ocean Action (COA), will be held 3-7 p.m. May 20 at the ShipAhoy Beach Club in Sea Bright. The event supports Clean Ocean Action, a nonprofit ocean advocacy organization that has been improving ocean water quality for more than 27 years. COAleads…

  • Coastal Defenses Weekend, dance at Fort Hancock

    Step back into May 1943 for a few hours and experience some of the “homefront” life of Monmouth County’s history at a World War II-era Swing Dance on Saturday, May 19, 7-10:30 p.m. at the Chapel at the Fort Hancock Historic District, Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area. The chapel is located at 35…

  • Tower Hill plans May 20 Brahms concert

    The passion and power of Brahms will be heard 4 p.m. May 20 at the First Presbyterian Church, 255 Harding Road (Tower Hill), Red Bank. The award-winning Monmouth Civic Chorus will be led by guest conductor Jason Wirth. Brahms is known as the supreme Romantic composer, whose music overflows with soaring emotions and lovely melodies.…

  • Stanley Jeffrey Jastrzemski

    Mr. Jastrzemski, 66, of Tinton Falls, died May 10, 2012, at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. He resided in Rumson before moving to Tinton Falls in 2001. He was predeceased by his wife, Christine L. Jastrzemski, and his parents, Stanley and Erna Jastrzemski. Surviving are two sons, Michael J. Jastrzemski and his wife, Nicole…

  • William “Willie” Joseph Patton

    Mr. Patton, 69, a longtime Rumson resident, died April 29, 2012, at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. Mr. Patton spent 26 years as a Rumson police officer. Mr. Patton was also a member of the Oceanic Hook & Ladder Company No. 1, Rumson, for 41 years. Surviving are his fiancée, Kim Dey; a daughter,…

  • Relay for Life of the Two Rivers set for May 18

    LITTLE SILVER — The Relay for Life of the Two Rivers will take place at the Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) football and track field on Friday, May 18, beginning at 3 p.m. and concluding on Saturday, May 19, at 5:30 a.m. RBR is located at 101 Ridge Road in Little Silver. The relay…

  • Creative Monmouth: an incubator for ideas, solutions

    May 21-22 brainstorming workshop intended to spur cross-sector discussion BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Something interesting is bound to happen anytime you bring together a large group of people with diverse backgrounds and varying interests. That’s the idea behind the first annual “Creative Monmouth: A Call to Collaboration” workshop. Individuals from…

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