• Emilia Smuga

    Mrs. Smuga, 87, died Dec. 12, 2011, at her home in Shadow Lake Village, Red Bank, where she had lived since 2002. Born in Poland, Mrs. Smuga was taken in 1939 with some members of her family to Soviet Russian prison camps. Freed in 1941, she traveled with other members of her group for eight…

  • An art-full holiday

    “Twins” by Laura Abadi, sculpture The Guild of CreativeArt in Shrewsbury is hosting its annual Holiday Show and Sale. The all-member holiday show in the Studio Gallery will run through Jan. 4. Included are painting, photography and sculpture by guild members. The show is free and open to the public. Watercolors by intermediate and advanced…

  • in the service 

    Army Spec. Shawn M. Platz, son of Sandra C. Platz of Hazlet, has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nineweeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical…

  • New theater group spreads holiday cheer

    Rehearsals under way for first play in January While the Garden State Players’ first play is still in rehearsals, the Hazletbased theater group has already started to give back to the community with its Holiday Community Outreach Troupe, which performs holiday carols “to spread joy, peace and love this holiday season.” Cast members and a…

  • NOTES

    Bradley Williams, a junior, sings “White Christmas” as the Matawan High School Vocal Ensemble performs holiday favorites at the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan on Dec. 18. SCOTT FRIEDMAN The Middletown/Holmdel Clergy Group is sponsoring an ecumenical Prayer for Christian Unity service 3 p.m. Jan. 15 at St. Catharine Church on Middletown/ Red Hill Road.…

  • Sew good for the holidays

    Titania Tomic, a 1940s re-enactor from Wisconsin, explains sewing of the period to Karen and Ray Croot, of Hillsborough, during the Holiday Celebration at Historic House in Sandy Hook on Dec. 18. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Holmdel festival committees seek volunteers

    HOLMDEL— Volunteers are needed to help organize and present the two festivals that will be held this year at Bayonet Farm. In spring, the Earth Day Festival celebrates the day with 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…

  • Residents concerned about autonomy of library board

    Twp. Committee votes to add two trustees to Mid’town Public Library BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Members of the public expressed their hope that the past doesn’t have a future at the Middletown Township Public Library (MTPL). At its Dec. 19 meeting, the Middletown Township Committee unanimously voted to add two new trustees to the library…

  • With voices raised

    Students from the Matawan High School Vocal Ensemble sing holiday favorites at the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan on Dec. 18. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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