• An art-full holiday

    “Flower Girl” by Sally Brandenburg, watercolor 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…

  • Girl Scouts seek vols.

    Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore is looking for volunteers to help its more than 15,000 Girl Scouts throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. Volunteers are the backbone of the Girl Scout movement and as mentors to girls, they inspire, motivate and are instrumental in helping girls build self-esteem and leadership skills for the future. Flexible…

  • NOTES

    Long Branch Elks Lodge member Margaret Johnson (l-r) and teen volunteers Alana Benner, Amanda Hurd, Toni Roma, Lauren Antonucci, Daisy Hoagland and Violet Hoagland served a Thanksgiving Day meal to more than 100 local residents on Nov. 24 at the Long Branch Elks Lodge, which hosted the dinner. Not pictured: Becca Banach, MaryKate Nielsen and…

  • Holiday joy

    Above: Kristen Gatzmer takes a turn on the dance floor with a Holiday Express “elf” durina concert at the LADACIN Network in Wannamassa on Dec. 12. Below: Holiday Express volunteers Sheldon Edmond, Tinton Falls, and Pam McCoy, Atlantic Highlands, belt out vocals during the concert, one of 55 the all-volunteer troupe performed at schools, special…

  • Ocean Twp. funds study of Poplar Village units

    Council approves cost analysis for acquisition of additional 32 units BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The township is moving forward with plans to acquire and demolish a second group of units at Poplar Village. During its Dec. 5 meeting, the Township Council approved a resolution authorizing Birdsall Engineering to perform a cost analysis…

  • New Jersey pols come through for veterans

    CODA GREG BEAN Soldiers won a couple of big ones last week, and on Dec. 13, my wife and I were in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to see one of those victories in the making. Since our son, Coleman — a U.S. Army sergeant and veteran of two combat tours in Iraq —…

  • County continuing to improve shared services opportunities

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders and Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden are working hard to meet the demands for 911 communications as a shared service. We recently held an open house for the new Shore Area Communications Center (SACC) located at 1825 Corlies Ave. in Neptune. The SACC facility was established because the county…

  • AARP to fight potential phone rate hikes

    Each month we’re in the routine of paying our phone and cable bills. But what if one month, you saw those bills increase drastically, with no way to fight it? On Nov. 21, AARP New Jersey will be at the Statehouse in Trenton continuing its opposition to the Telecommunications Deregulation bill, S-2664. Senate Bill 2664…

  • An open letter to Gov. Chris Christie

    New Jersey does not need more housing units and office space. We have a glut of housing and office space we cannot sell or rent. The redevelopment of Avaya in Middletown, Bell Labs in Holmdel and Fort Monmouth is not the answer to New Jersey’s and the United States’ economic woes. We need the 30,000…

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