• NAMI seeks heroes to celebrate

    NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NJ has launched its 2012 Celebrating Our Heroes campaign to acknowledge and celebrate the heroes who serve our country, who battle mental illness and who fight for their loved one’s recovery. The public is invited to submit the names and/or pictures of heroes to be featured on its website…

  • O’Scanlon: Red-light cameras amount to ‘highway robbery’

    Profit motive, not safety, spurs traffic surveillance, legislator says BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer RED BANK — A video posted on the Internet showing a series of crashes and near misses at intersections participating in New Jersey’s five-year red-light camera pilot program has Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon (R-13th District) seeing red. “My immediate reaction was these…

  • Monmouth Reform Temple to host interfaith panel

    TINTON FALLS — Monmouth Reform Temple invites the community at large to an informative interfaith panel discussion, “Life Cycle Events: How We Recognize Major Moments in Our Lives.” This event, free and open to everyone, will be held at the Tinton Falls temple on Sunday, Jan. 22. Registration and refreshments will be available 2:15–3 p.m.,…

  • NOTES

    The American Association of University Women’s bookstore, located at Old First Church, 69 Kings Highway, Middletown, is open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday. Recent releases (hardcover and paperback), children’s books, classics, games, puzzles and more are available, including gift certificates. Proceeds provide scholarships for local women. **** The Turning Point locations in Long…

  • Keyport student council finds a partner in Borough Council

    High school students open lines of communication between council and BOE BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer KEYPORT — Twice a month, Antoinette Ehlbeck shows up at Keyport Borough Hall with other concerned residents to attend Borough Council meetings. During the meeting’s public comment portion, the Keyport High School sophomore strolls up to the microphone to inform…

  • ‘Mrs. Lincoln’ to visit association meeting

    The Monmouth County Historical Association will hold its 113th annual meeting on Jan. 24 at the Thompson Park Visitors Center, 805 Newman Springs Road (Route 520), Lincroft. A brief business meeting will begin at 6 p.m., to be followed by a program, “An Evening With Mrs. Lincoln,” at 7 p.m. The public is welcome to…

  • Volunteers needed for Holmdel festivals

    In the rural section of Holmdel Township, there are two Bayonet Farm Festivals each year. In spring, the Earth Day Festival’s highlights include live animals and music, a petting zoo, educational family shows and extensive displays, children’s crafts, pet adoptions and guided tours of the historic Harding Farmhouse. Autumn brings the Arts and Music Festival,…

  • Single-stream recycling to begin in Aberdeen

    ABERDEEN — The township is expected to launch single-stream recycling beginning April 1 when the contract with a new trash hauler is scheduled to take effect. The current recycling rules and schedule and bulk pickup procedures will remain in effect until that time. With the advent of single-stream recycling, all recyclables will be picked up…

  • DAR Chapter marks 110th anniversary

    The Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution celebrated its 110th anniversary on Dec. 3 with a luncheon at Nauvoo Restaurant, Fair Haven, with more than 40 members and guests attending. At the anniversary celebration, the contributions of chapter members, to the community, state and nation were acknowledged by state officials including…

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