• Volunteers needed to help at blood drives

    New Jersey Blood Services, which supplies blood products and services to 60 hospitals throughout the state, is in need of volunteers to work blood drives. The blood service volunteer is an integral member of the collection team whose task it is to assist donors with registration, escorting and canteen duties, and to watch for post-donation…

  • Nonprofit to return to Officers Row

    AIDS Resource Foundation for Children negotiating lease with National Park Service BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent The National Park Service (NPS) has signed a letter of intent to begin negotiations with the AIDS Resource Foundation for Children (ARFC) to lease one of the historic Officers Row buildings at Fort Hancock to the nonprofit. According to a…

  • Council seat still up for grabs in Sea Bright

    Charles Rooney III declines appointment to vacant council seat BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — It took all of 10 minutes for the Borough Council to unanimously vote for Charles Rooney III to fill a vacant council seat during a special meeting on Jan. 27, but by Monday afternoon Rooney had declined the…

  • L.S. district would expand for full-day kindergarten

    Residents to vote March 13 on $1M for two-classroom addition at Point Road School BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer A rendering of a proposed classroom addition for Point Road Elemetary School, Little Silver, by Netta Architects. LITTLE SILVER — The Little Silver School District is seeking to keep the students it is losing to other…

  • Amnesty International film on education in Iran, Feb. 18

    SHREWSBURY — A free showing of the newly released Amnesty International documentary “Education Under Fire: The Denial of Education in Iran” will be held on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2-4 p.m. at the Eastern Branch Library, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury. “Education Under Fire” is a campaign developed to address the Iranian government’s denial of the right…

  • Volunteer at the center of serving others

    MHRC honors Colleen Volpe, volunteer coordinator for The Center in Asbury Park BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Colleen Volpe has volunteered for 20 years at The Center in Asbury Park and is the recipient of the 2012 Earl Teasley Humanitarian Award, to be presented by the Monmouth County Human Relations Commission on Feb. 6. I…

  • Project Homeless Connect asks: What do the homeless need?

    County services provide resources for 527 people ‘living on the edge’ BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer The Point in Time Survey, which attempts to count the number of homeless people living in the county, was filled out by 527 people across four different Monmouth County locations, including Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank on Jan.…

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    Samantha Gannon places a completed LEGO representation of Edie’s Luncheonette, a popular local eatery, in its place on the Little Silver map during the “Build Little Silver with LEGOs” event at Embury United Methodist Church on Jan. 28. CLAIRE SHEPROW

  • WPS is suspending 2012 season with plans to return in 2013

    Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) announced that its board of governors has voted to suspend the 2012 season to permit the league to focus on the resolution of certain pending legal issues and the challenges that now face the league as a result of its ongoing dispute with a former owner. “We are proud of what…

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