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Music contest features anti-drug sentiment
New Jersey high school students who love music and who understand the dangers of substance abuse are invited to take part in the 2016 New Jersey Shout Down Drugs! music competition. Create a positive message about staying away from drugs and alcohol. The statewide concert on May 25 will feature county finalists at the Rutgers…
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SantaLand Diaries will be presented Dec. 12-13
Monmouth Players presents The Santa- Land Diaries by David Sedaris, adapted by Joe Mantello, on Dec. 12 at 8:15 p.m. and Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. at the Navesink Arts Center in the Dean K Anderson Theater, 149 Monmouth Ave., Atlantic Highlands. All admission is $15. SantaLand contains adult content and is not for children.…
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Performances set through Dec. 13
Two River Theater, with Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, will present “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” the Tony Award-winning musical farce written by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The director is Jessica Stone, the choreographer is Denis Jones, and…
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District seeks answers on the lack of state aid
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK – Members of the Red Bank Board of Education sounded off on the short fall in state aid the district receives. “I think this board has to adopt a more activist policy in the future on these topics,” said Board of Education President Ben Forest about the shortfall…
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‘Scrooge the Musical’ to be staged at Paramount
The Premier Theatre Company presents Scrooge the Musical, Dec. 5 and 12 at 7 p.m., and Dec. 6 and 13 at 1 p.m., at the Paramount Theater, 1300 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $15 for students, and $12 for children. For more information, call 732-774- STAR or visit…
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Benefit concert with Bobby Bandiera slated
RED BANK — Tickets are currently on sale for Hope Concert 8, featuring Bobby Bandiera and Friends, scheduled for 8 p.m. Dec. 23 at the Count Basie Theater, 99 Monmouth St. Proceeds will benefit 180 Turning Lives Around, Visiting Nurse Association Health Group and the Red Bank Borough Middle School’s new arts initiative. “Bobby and…
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Red Bank Humanists to hold program on drug policy reform Dec. 13
The Red Bank Humanists (RBH) will host a forum with Meagan Glaser, New Jersey deputy state director for the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), titled “No More Drug War: Harmful Drug Policies in New Jersey and How We Can Reform Them.” The event will be held Dec. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Red…
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Renaming buildings at Princeton is ‘hogwash’
People are talking about the renaming of buildings at Princeton University that bear the name of Woodrow Wilson, the desire by some individuals to erase and rewrite history in order to whitewash our past. In this instance, describing the need by these people to remove a person’s name from a building because of a perceived…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is being celebrated by Jews around the world from Dec. 6-13.
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