• Popular author closes Visiting Writers Series

    Jennifer Egan explains evolution of her latest novel BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Sometimes writers can turn misfortune into great opportunity. Author Jennifer Egan explained how her critically acclaimed best-selling novel “A Visit From the Goon Squad” emerged from a lost wallet and a moment in a restroom, as she spoke to Brookdale…

  • Home-repair help available to residents

    ABERDEEN — Qualified property owners living in Aberdeen may be eligible for home-repair assistance through the Aberdeen Township Housing Rehabilitation Program. The repairs will be funded by the municipality to meet its obligation to the Mount Laurel Indigenous Need Housing Rehabilitation Program. Funding is available for up to 28 homeowners whose household incomes fall within…

  • Stately Homes to be held at Holly Hill, benefit VNA

    Stately Homes by-the-Sea, a benefit for the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, will take place May 3 to June 12 at Holly Hill, a historic country estate nestled in the Locust section of Middletown. More than 35 interior designers, decorators and landscape artists will transform this pre-war treasure, creating a home that reflects the…

  • Prosecutor: Cigarette cause of deadly blaze

    The charred remains of a house at 135 Statesir Place, Middletown, consumed by a fire in the early hours of April 19. Flowers were placed on the lawn as memorials to the four victims who lost their lives in the fire. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has determined…

  • Group to volunteer at marathon for first time

    MOCEANS members will help at water stations, expo booth BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Contact Kenny Walter at [email protected]. LONG BRANCH — A new group of volunteers will step into the mainstream to help out at the week-long New Jersey Marathon Festival that kicks off on Saturday. In order to raise awareness and funds, volunteers with…

  • Musical event to benefit Manna House

    HAZLET — Gospel, folk and classical musicwill fill the air during the annual Music Fest celebration and fundraiser featuring musicians from Monmouth County houses of worship 7 p.m. May 14 at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Hazlet. The annual event, which raises money for Manna House, will feature performances by singers and instrumentalists from area…

  • Solar panels provide learning opportunities, save $$ in Hazlet

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer HAZLET — When Lillian Drive students were asked at a presentation on solar energy on April 13 what the sun gives us, warmth and light were quickly offered. One student also said electricity; evidence that the significance of the solar panels erected outside the school has not been lost on…

  • VOICES of Sept. 11th to host open house

    VOICES of September 11th, 84 Albany St., New Brunswick, will host “Give 11 for 9/11,” an open house that includes a light lunch and presentation, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 28. VOICES is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has worked to assist the families of victims, survivors and rescue workers with the healing process…

  • New Jersey 9/11 memorial fundraiser set for May 9

    The New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation will hold its “Empty Sky” Memorial Benefit Dinner on May 9 at the Short Hills Hilton. The event will be hosted by NJ 101.5-FM’s Dennis Malloy and features the musical entertainment of Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer — The Midtown Men — four stars…

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