• ‘Coffee, Credit and Conversation’ at library

    SHREWSBURY — In observance of April as Financial Literacy Month, the Eastern Branch Library is hosting “Coffee, Credit and Conversation” on Wednesday, April 18, at 11 a.m. Presenter Maura Attardi, of Money Management International, will provide information and tips for consumers on topics including how to obtain, read, understand and dispute inaccurate information on credit…

  • Public invited to restore dunes

    The American Littoral Society invites members of the public to observe Earth Day 2012 by helping to restore dunes on Sandy Hook. Volunteers are needed to remove invasive Asiatic sedge from the dunes and to plant American beach grass. The event will take place on April 15 from 10 a.m. to noon on Sandy Hook…

  • RiverFest 2012 returns June 1-3

    RED BANK — The state’s largest free outdoor food and music festival opens the summer season on June 1, 2 and 3, as River- Fest 2012 returns to Marine Park in Red Bank. Organizers expect thousands to attend the festival, which offers something for every member of the community. Festival-goers will have a choice of…

  • O, say, can you … sing?

    Auditioners try out to sing national anthem at a BlueClaws game BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Left: Mary Rose is the first to audition during the Lakewood BlueClaws national anthem tryouts at the Monmouth Mall on March 28. Right: Allie Beckman plays “The Star-Spangled Banner” on her flute. PHOTOS BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI I n a…

  • Up in the sky, it’s not a bird, or a plane — it’s The Donald

    CODA GREG BEAN There’s a funny battle going on in Colts Neck between the local zoning board and Donald Trump, he of the hair that looks like he’s wearing a weasel pelt on his noggin, dyed orange. Trump, who owns the Trump National Golf Club in that community, really, really wants to put in a…

  • Adoptee seeks transparency in adoptions

    This time of the year, adoptees cannot help thinking about the message of re-birth that the season of spring and the holidays of Passover and Easter represent. As flowers blossom and we honor the most famous adoptee, Moses, and the resurrection of Jesus, many adoptees look inward and explore their own rebirth through adoption. Many…

  • Voice your opinion about S.S. and Medicare programs

    I t should come as no surprise to New Jerseyans, regardless of age, that major changes to Medicare and Social Security are being discussed in Washington. AARP is looking to take the discussions about these two bedrock American programs out from behind the closed doors of our nation’s capital and into our neighborhoods and communities.…

  • Made in Monmouth deemed a success

    GUEST COLUMN THOMAS A. ARNONE Tasty homemade jellies and jams from Millstone, aromatic bee sting salve from an organic farm in Howell, shiny jewelry made from old guitar strings in Red Bank. All were made in Monmouth County and were on display and for sale March 31 at the MAC Center in Monmouth University .…

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    Shea (l-r) and Brady Gerst, Monmouth Beach, crack open the eggs they found buried in the sand on April 7 during the annual Easter Egg Hunt held on the Sea Bright Municipal Beach.

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