• SICA accepting entries for annual exhibition

    The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA), Long Branch, is accepting entries for its seventh annual international juried exhibition. This year’s juror will be Mary Birmingham, director of exhibitions at the Hunterdon Museum in Clifton. The exhibition is open to all visual artists in all media for works that have been completed in the…

  • Monmouth U. receives state arts award

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University’s Center of Distinction for the Arts has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) for a history of excellence in substantial arts programming and contribution to increasing the quality of life in New Jersey, according to a press release from…

  • ArtVentures at the Oyster Point

    “Madly in Bloom” Stop by the Oyster Point Hotel’s Oyster Lounge, at 146 Bodman Place, Red Bank, any Thursday evening during June from 6-8 p.m. and meet ArtVentures artist Edy Ottesen, who will be there to greet you and show you around an exhibit, which includes several of her paintings. Ottesen is a founding member…

  • sport shorts •••

    The Colonial Valley Conference of High Schools recently honored Meghan Valnoski and Zachary Wishbow of Allentown High School, along with coach Elizabeth Corson, with the 2009-10 Sportsmanship Award. They were each recognized for the role they play in leadership, sportsmanship and as overall role models. The U-10B Battle of Monmouth (BOM) Strikers travel soccer team…

  • Brown, Krawiec enjoy action at Raceway Park

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Antron Brown calls Raceway Park in Old Bridge his “home track.” The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Top Fuel driver is a native of Chesterfield, Burlington County, and remembers going to Raceway Park with his family when he was very young. New Jersey drag racer Antron Brown, who calls Raceway…

  • Allentown using Legion ball to build for future

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Summer baseball is under way and many returning to Allentown High’s baseball team next spring have joined forces with about 70 percent of the players from New Egypt on a new American Legion team in Allentown. The other 30 percent of the New Egypt players are on an American Legion team…

  • on campus •••

    Daniel Westfall of Allentown, a junior sport management major, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pa. Allison L. Schaefer of Allentown has achieved dean’s list honors for the spring semester at Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pa. Brian Barbaruolo of the Clarksburg section of…

  • Millstone school district blocks parent’s emails

    Administrators, BOE decline comment on decision BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Resident Ramon Recalde wants to know who blocked his emails to school district staff. At the June 7 Board of Education meeting, Recalde called the decision to block his correspondence “degrading and insulting” and wanted to know who was responsible. He alleged that…

  • Judge orders yeshiva to stop operating food service facility

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — A judge ordered Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah to cease operating a food service facility at 28 Homestead Lane. The Monmouth County Health Department ticketed the yeshiva in March for operating the facility without approval. The Millstone Township-Roosevelt Borough Municipal Court fined the yeshiva $50 plus court costs totaling $33…

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