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    Embroiderers’ Guild of America Monmouth Chapter’s evening group will meet 7-9 p.m. May 7 at the Colts Neck Library, 1 Winthrop Drive, Colts Neck. Some will work on perforated paper bead designs and others on personal projects. The day group will meet 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 17 at St. Mary’s Church hall, Route…

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    Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, announced the following births: March 27, a boy to Nicole and Adam Rossy of Aberdeen; and April 16, twin girls to Lisa D. Pagan and Michael A. Vanhorenbeck of Port Monmouth. Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following births: March 13, a girl to Jaclyn L. and Michael…

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    Our online Facebook and Twitter pages are up and running, and we invite our readers to check out this faster way of keeping up with what is going on in their region. Let us assure anyone who is thinking “I don’t text and I don’t tweet” that we’ve made accessing these online sites very simple.…

  • John Powell exhibit opens in Red Bank

    Beacon FineArts Gallery in Red Bank will host the opening of an exhibit of paintings by John Powell on May 4 and 5. Opening receptions will be held 7-9:30 p.m. Friday and 5-9 p.m. Saturday at the gallery located at 61 Monmouth St. Powell, a lyrical realist painter, was born in Hollywood, Calif., and began…

  • Mayors discuss local economy, biz climate

    Development, shared services, train station topics of Meet the Mayors BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Aberdeen Mayor Fred Tagliarini (l) and Matawan Mayor Paul Buccellato were guest speakers at the Matawan-Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce’s Meet the Mayors Night at the Buttonwood Manor on April 22. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA MATAWAN — Shared services and economic growth were…

  • Greater Media Newspapers takes home 15 awards in NJPA contest

    Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 15 awards from the New Jersey PressAssociation for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2011. The photography department swept the feature category, taking home first, second and third places. The prestigious Robert P. Kelly Award for first-year journalists went to Kristen Dalton…

  • Earth Day

    CHRIS KELLY Larry Luttrell, of Holmdel, helps daughter Isabella make a pinecone birdfeeder during the 12th annual Earth Day Festival held at Bayonet Farm on April 25.

  • McDermott recalls his battles with addictions

    Ex-Rocket basketball star has written his first book BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent John McDermott doesn’t mince words when talking about basketball and avoiding bad decisions on substance abuse in life. So it would be no surprise that his two principal topics would be woven into his first book, “Legend in His Own Mind.” McDermott reflects…

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