• County library system offers free continuing education courses

    Take classes for free with the Monmouth County Library System’s new Universal Class database. The Universal Class database offers hundreds of non-college-credit continuing education courses in history, art, math, real estate, computer technology and many other subjects. Universal Class also offers courses for schooling in the home, training for a GED and starting a business,…

  • Dreams of showtime and bright lights come to Jersey

    Jersey Dreamers perform Hollywood hits, era music for adults over 55 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer A dults with dreams of eating, dancing and enjoying themselves are invited to attend a performance by the Jersey Dreamers. About 40 years ago, the band Joe Zisa and Friends formed during high school. Separately, The Chessmen got together,…

  • Life after the racetrack: Thoroughbreds retrained for diverse disciplines

    Millstone farm partners with rescue organization to help retired racehorses BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Fleet Valid, an 8-year-old former stakes horse with career earnings near $500,000, has been retrained as a potential dressage horse in the ReRun program at Nearaway Farm in Millstone. Nearaway Farm, tucked far back along Bittner Road in Millstone, borders Monmouth…

  • Global yoga event in Sea Bright Sept. 18

    SEA BRIGHT – Yogis from local yoga studios will converge at the public beach in the borough on Sunday, Sept. 18, to take part in a global yoga event. Commencing at 4 p.m. and continuing through the early evening, yogis from Fair Haven Yoga, Brahma Yoga Spa, Elevate Yoga, Hot Yoga Revolution and Live Breathe…

  • In the swim of things

    Swimmers finish a one-mile swim along the Long Branch coastline during the Ray Licata Memorial Swim held on Aug. 20 in honor of Licata, a local beach advocate, and to raise funds to support beach safety. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Eatontown’s Wolcott Park gets a facelift

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer The new playground at Wolcott Park features a treehouse and other play equipment for all children, part of the improvements made to the park that also includes ball fields, tennis and bocce courts, a horseshoe pit and a pavilion for picnics. NICOLE ANTONUCCI EATONTOWN — Following three months of renovations…

  • Fifth Annual Ryan Bell Memorial Walk Sept.18

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The fifth annual Ryan Bell Memorial Walk and Wheel- A-Thon will be held on Sunday, Sept. 18, at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. The 1.5 mile walk will begin at Larrison Hall at 2 p.m. Registration is at 1 p.m. and the fee is $25, which will be waived if the participant raises…

  • Museum hosts talk on Women Airforce pilots

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Bernice “Bee” Falk, a former member of the Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) corps and an advocate for veteran status for these women, will speak at the Ocean Township Historical Museum on Sept. 13. Sixty-Eight years ago, nearly 2,000 women answered the call to become the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Falk…

  • Proposal would double parking fees at Sandy Hook

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — Parking fees at the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area could be doubled next year under a proposal announced last week by the National Park Service. A period of public comment on the changes, begun on Aug. 15, will be open through Sept. 16, according to a…

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