• Alborada to stage ‘Hispanic Tapas’

    The Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre will present “Hispanic Tapas,” featuring festive dances from Spain, Ecuador and Mexico, 3 p.m. April 17 at the Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St., adjacent to the Middletown train station. Highlights will include “La Boda de Luis Alonso” with Ricardo Santiago, Maria Rodriguez and Cristina Cardenas, and the new “Solea”…

  • Time to pink your house!

    Red Bank, Monmouth Beach and Fair Haven residents are being encouraged to support breast cancer awareness by decorating their houses in pink from April 30 through May 7. The week of this year’s “Paint the Town Pink” will see homeowners in Pink Bank, Pink Beach and Pink Haven turn their towns pink for seven days…

  • RiverCenter’s $512K budget approved

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — Red Bank River- Center proposed a $512,120 budget for 2011 with an emphasis on marketing, which the Borough Council approved at its March 30 meeting. “The budget money that’s raised through the special assessment to commercial properties in the district has stayed flat from last year’s budget,”…

  • Red Bank parks newly seeded

    RED BANK — Borough officials are asking park users to keep off newly seeded areas. Councilman Edward Zipprich, who serves as liaison to the Public Works Department, and Councilwoman Juanita Lewis, who serves as liaison to the Parks and Recreation Department, said that the recent warm weather offered the opportunity for the borough’s parks to…

  • Cell tower proposal for Tinton Falls withdrawn

    Residents had opposed tower in residential area BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The 100-plus concerned citizens who packed Borough Hall last year to oppose a proposal for a cell phone tower can now rest easy. Tinton Falls Mayor Michael Skudera announced at the April 5 Borough Council meeting that the T-Mobile application for…

  • Library marks 150th anniversary of Civil War

    The Monmouth County Library will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War with entertaining and educational programs at the Eastern Branch Library, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury. “Conversation with Moses,” a performance by Local Commotion Walking History, will be presented 2 p.m., April 16. “Moses” is Harriet Tubman, one of the foremost…

  • Wine tasting, tour at Holly Hill Estate

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties (BBBSMMC) will host its 12th annual Gourmet Food and Wine Tasting 6-9:30 p.m. May 9 at Holly Hill Estate in the Locust section of Middletown. The event will feature a tour of the designer show house and grounds overlooking the Navesink River from 6 to 7…

  • The Salvation Army’s volunteers serve in many ways

    A pril is National Volunteer Appreciation Month, and I would be remiss if I didn’t say thank you to all the wonderful people who help The Salvation Army throughout the year. Most people identify Salvation Army volunteers with holiday bell-ringers. Yes, many people who stand at our kettles are volunteers. But there are so many…

  • Resident impressed with homeopathic treatment

    For those who know the pain and suffering of sinus problems, there may be hope. A large European multi-practice study (Bio- MedCentral, 2009) of patients suffering chronic sinus problems was recently concluded by Claudia Witt, M.D., Rainier Ludtke, M.D., and others. Patients seeking homeopathic treatment for sinus problems were followed up for two years and…

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