• Jewish museum to hold lecture, performance

    Jewish museum to hold lecture, performance

    On Sept. 11, the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County will hold a two-part program presented by David Brahinsky. Admission is $18 for museum members and $20 for non-members. At 1 p.m., Brahinsky will present a lecture about “Hannah Arendt’s Philosophy of Totalitarianism and the Threat of ISIS.” Arendt, a 20th century Jewish philosopher, developed…

  • This dragon is not a fairy tale

    This dragon is not a fairy tale

    By Paul Hall Dragons are the things that fairy tales are made of, mythical creatures as large as you can imagine with wings and breathing fire. There is a legend that very few believe in, that the woods of the Pacific Northwest hide a mysterious dragon. Pete (Oakes Fegley) is about to change all of…

  • Utility’s project isn’t needed, won’t improve reliability

    Utility’s project isn’t needed, won’t improve reliability

    JCP&L’s Monmouth County Reliability Project to install air-insulated, high-voltage wires along 10 miles of NJ Transit’s tracks from Matawan through three additional towns to Red Bank cannot improve the reliability of JCP&L’s electric service because its proposed high-voltage line only provides redundant connections between some JCP&L substations. However, it doesn’t address JCP&L’s distribution plant that…

  • Liberty Oak Chorus to perform in Monroe Township

    Liberty Oak Chorus to perform in Monroe Township

    The members of the Liberty Oak Chorus will present  “Viva Las Vegas,” an afternoon of song, as their send-off performance before leaving for the Sweet Adelines International competition in Las Vegas. The show will take place at 3 p.m. Oct. 1 at The Clubhouse at Regency at Monroe, 61 Country Club Drive, Monroe Township. Tickets…

  • Time right for Rumson-Fair Haven’s Sourlis to step down

    Time right for Rumson-Fair Haven’s Sourlis to step down

    By Matthew Rocco After 30 seasons in charge of the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School girls basketball program, George Sourlis is handing over the reins as the winningest coach in Shore Conference history. Sourlis concluded the 2015-16 season with 653 wins in his career, paired with 199 losses. His win total is the best mark…

  • ‘Batman’ writer to sign comics at store anniversary

    Main Street Comics and Toys, 74 N. Main St., Milltown, will celebrate its 25th year in business by hosting a signing with bestselling “Batman” writer Scott Snyder beginning at 6 p.m. Aug. 25. The author’s new series is called “All-Star Batman.” “I have a tremendous amount of respect for my customers and truly appreciate their…

  • Reader: Let’s take our country back

    Reader: Let’s take our country back

    I am an octogenarian. Hopefully, I will be voting in the November general election. This morning after seeing and hearing the news, I had to run outside to see if I was still in the country I love and served. Where has the spine and integrity of this nation gone? Republican leaders won’t support the…

  • Edison hopes to ‘fare’ well with food truck festival this weekend

    Edison hopes to ‘fare’ well with food truck festival this weekend

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Specialty fare on wheels —it’s what the food truck trend is all about, according to Councilman Joe Coyle. The trend is an opportunity to bring the community and those sought-after trucks together, and that is just what the township will be doing this weekend. Edison’s inaugural Food Truck Festival will…

  • No charges filed as young child wanders from Monroe daycare center

    No charges filed as young child wanders from Monroe daycare center

          MONROE – No charges have been filed yet in the case of a 2-year-old child wandering from a daycare facility in Monroe on Aug. 10. At around 10 a.m., the developmentally disabled female child wandered away from a state-licensed daycare facility located on Prospect Plains Road, according to a statement prepared by Middlesex County Prosecutor…

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