• Good move

    Skriti Nakkrum competes in the 2011 New Jersey K-12 Chess Championship tournament at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft on Nov. 6. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Dodgeball Tournament and Toy Drive Dec. 3

    MIDDLETOWN — Registration is under way for the third annual Dodgeball Tournament and Toy Drive to be held at the Tonya Keller Community Center on Saturday, Dec. 3. All participants are asked to bring an unwrapped toy to the tournament to be donated to the Middletown Social Services Department. Tournament divisions are based on the…

  • Soccer Turkey Shootout Nov. 18 in Middletown

    MIDDLETOWN — Township girls and boys ages 6-12 are invited to shoot soccer balls from various distances and accumulate points to win a trophy and a turkey. There will be three age divisions. This fall favorite event will be held on Friday, Nov. 18, at 6 p.m. at the Croydon Hall Gym, 900 Leonardville Road,…

  • Ex-fire official pleads guilty to death benefit fraud

    HAZLET— The township’s former fire commissioner pleaded guilty on Oct. 28 to theft and fraud charges for illegally obtaining death benefit payments. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Anthony Ciavarro, 45, admitted to fraudulently obtaining approximately $30,000 in death benefit payments that widows of deceased firemen were supposed to receive.…

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    TheGoGreen campaign, “Green Is the Word,” kicked off at St. Mary Elementary School in Middletown on Oct. 13 with a tree-planting ceremony. Members of St. Mary Parish, students from St. Mary School and Mater Dei Prep School, Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (13th District) and Middletown Deputy Mayor Pamela Brightbill participated in the ceremony. The environmental program…

  • NOTES

    Parents of Special People Inc. hosts “Using the ABLLS (Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills) in Your Autism Program at School or at Home” 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Cambridge Park School, One CrestWay, Aberdeen. TheABLLS is a criterion referenced assessment that can also be used as a curriculum guide and tracking system. This…

  • Autumn Art Festival at UUCMC

    “Untitled” by Linda DeNicola For the second year, the Meetinghouse of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County in Lincroft will be transformed into a celebration of fine art. Filling the Earth Room and the Community Room will be original artwork by more than 20 local artists and artisans in a broad spectrum of disciplines…

  • Mudslingers Art Show & Sale Nov. 13

    Pit-fired vessel by Lauren Bellero The 14th annual Mudslingers Art Show and Sale will take place 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at 39 Leroy Place in Red Bank. The show is hosted by local potter Lauren Bellero and will feature paintings by Tracey C. Witter, of Little Silver. Bellero is an award-winning clay artist whose…

  • IN THE ARTS

    Hot pots/new wheels Gloria Singer Top-notch potters have pitched in, donating wares to raise money for new potter’s wheels at Brookdale Community College. An all-day preview of donated works will take place on Monday, Nov. 14, at the CVA Gallery from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The opening reception is 4:30-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.…

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