• Sports Shorts

    Adult baseball teams and players (age 18 and over) are wanted for a fast-growing league. The individual player fee is $160. If paid in full by March 31, the team fee is $1,800. Fees include customer service, flexible master scheduling, a 20-game schedule, a large free-agent player pool, seven dozen Wilson baseballs, field insurance, accidental…

  • GMC tournament showcased top teams

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent In an upset of sorts, Perth Amboy squeezed by Old Bridge for the second place championship awarded at the Greater Middlesex Conference wrestling tournament held at Piscataway High School this past weekend. Championship, you say? Above: South Brunswick High School’s Justin Lopez (top) has control of J.P. Stevens High School’s Chris…

  • Music festival to mark Black History Month

    From the blues and jazz to hip-hop, from spirituals to the forefathers of rock and roll, America’s music is replete with the influence of the African-American community. In celebration of Black History Month (February), the Monmouth County Library System will host a History through Music Festival on Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Monmouth…

  • ‘Immigrants Art Exhibit’ travels to Long Branch

    ‘The Immigrants Art Exhibit,” a traveling exhibit of works by immigrant artists, is making a stop in Long Branch at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts. Zoila Guzman The group of approximately 45 immigrant artists displaced from their homelands has participated in six exhibitions throughout the tristate area. “The Immigrants Art Exhibit” will run…

  • NOTES

    “Street Chic,” the sixth annual Charity Fashion Show to benefit Camp Oakhurst of Ocean Township, will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 at Monmouth University’s Wilson Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students with identification; tickets for all others are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Call 732-571-3482…

  • Caregiver support meetings begin Feb. 4

    The Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, will hold caregiver support meetings during February, beginning at 10 a.m. Feb. 4 at Atria Senior Living, 44 Pine St., Tinton Falls. Remaining meetings will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at Kensington Court, 864 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls; 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at Bayshore Hospital, 727 N.…

  • ‘Wear Red Day for Women’ Feb. 5

    The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association will hold the seventh annual National Wear Red Day for Women, a public awareness day on Feb. 5, urging women and men, businesses, towns, schools, buildings and landmarks to “go red” or “glow red” to bring attention to the No. 1 and No. 3 leading causes…

  • Asbury Park celebrates Samedi Gras

    Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce will present First Saturday Asbury Park’s Samedi Gras Feb. 6. The event will feature live jazz and performances by Asbury Park High School Marching Band, The Matt Wade Jazz Trio, The Passion Group and others. There will be various sales and events, as well as Haitian relief efforts throughout Asbury…

  • Foundation empowers women fighting cancer

    Fight Like A Girl … Against Cancer! raises funds BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Jennifer Zona (l) participates in a workout during the Fight Like a Girl … Against Cancer! fundraiser held Jan. 31 at Maximum Fitness in Long Branch. CLAIRE SHEPROW LONG BRANCH — Women undergoing treatment for cancer were the focus of the…

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