• MRHS students act out about bullying

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Performing Arts students from Matawan Regional High School perform in “Break the Chain,” a play about bullying, on March 1. ABERDEEN — In an effort to spread awareness about bullying, students in the Performing Arts Academy at Matawan Regional High School used new anti-bullying laws to create a play about…

  • Historical society to discuss Civil War

    The Matawan Historical Society will hold its next meeting 7:30 p.m. March 26 at the Burrowes Mansion, 94 Main St., Matawan. Author John Zinn will discuss his latest book, “The Mutinous Regiment — The 33rd New Jersey in the Civil War,” with a focus on the challenges of long-distance Civil War relationships based, in part,…

  • Northpointe discussion will resume on March 21

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — By the time that representatives of Ohad Associates took to the microphone at the Marlboro Planning Board’s March 7 meeting, only about 15 minutes remained before the mandatory 11 p.m. conclusion of the meeting. Ohad Associates is proposing to build Northpointe, a development that would include 300 units…

  • Church ceremony to honor fallen soldiers

    MIDDLETOWN — On Saturday, March 24, beginning at 2:30 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church will host a ceremony honoring American service personnel who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 as well as those who currently serve or have served in the U. S. Military. On March 9, 6,358 flags were placed on the front…

  • DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

    Skeletons of 1964 World’s Fair LIZZ DINNIGAN I ’ve always been enchanted by the 1,255- acre Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, home to the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. Historic relics from this famous exposition include the massive, stainless-steel Unisphere globe; ghostly silhouettes of giant metal columns topped with futuristic flying saucer-like discs called…

  • M’town teen job fair slated for March 28

    Middletown’s 21st annual Youth Job Fair will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. March 28 at High School North, 63 Tindall Road. The event, which is organized by Middletown Community Affairs Council, will bring together Middletown youth and employers to explore the possibility of full- and part-time job placement at no cost to the…

  • Need for rain gardens topic of meeting

    MIDDLETOWN — Creating rain gardens to capture runoff and control soil erosion will be the topic of a meeting at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 26. Open to the general public, the meeting will include Brookdale students and members of the N.J. Friends of Clearwater and the Jersey Shore…

  • Boro keeps new Keyport biz alliance close at hand

    Mayor: New group will follow same goals as KBA; will have more council representation BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer KEYPORT — Months after it severed ties with its longtime business alliance, the borough is moving forward with a new district management corporation to improve and bring dollars to the business improvement district. The Keyport Bayfront Business…

  • Students gain understanding of consumerism at competition

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Bryan Walsh (l-r), Paul Errigo, Michael Martocci and James Pancetti, representing St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, respond to a question during the 15th annual Monmouth County Consumer Bowl on March 16. JEFF GRANIT staff Unlike traditional academic competitions that feature subjects such as history, math or science, students…

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