• Benefit concert for FoodBank Jan. 30

    Ocean Grove Area Chamber of Commerce will present the seventh annual benefit concert for the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Youth Temple, 22 Pilgrim Pathway, Ocean Grove. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Featured will be David Cohen, classical and flamenco guitar, Chinese pipa, Turkish oud and the Highland bagpipes;…

  • Brick Twp. H.S. will hold 30-year reunion

    The Brick Township High School class of 1980 will hold a 30-year reunion from 7 p.m. to midnight July 30 at the Crystal Point Yacht Club, Point Pleasant. For more information, go to www.brickhighclassof1980. webs.com to check the list of missing classmates to see if a contact address is needed.

  • Park system directory will be available Feb. 3

    The Monmouth County Park System will release the spring issue of its directory Feb. 3. The issue will be available at most county parks and online. The park system will also offer various free events during February. Wood Days will be held noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 6 at Longstreet Farm, Longstreet Road, Holmdel. Attendees…

  • Business Briefs

    The Ocean Grove Area Chamber of Commerce will present the seventh annual benefit concert for the FoodBank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties on Jan. 30 at the Ocean Grove Youth Temple, Pilgrim Pathway and McClintock Street, Ocean Grove. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The concert will…

  • Ever want to slap a landlord? Apparently we do.

    Bloopers • • ADELE YOUNG At this time every year, we like to look back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into a few of Greater Media Newspapers’ publications last year. Damning with faint praise One of our Word on the Street respondents wrote…

  • Middletown hosts events for moms and children

    MIDDLETOWN — The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department of the township is offering two special events where moms can create a memory with their sons and daughters. The annual Girls Night Out will be held 7-10 p.m. Saturday, April 10, Friday, April 16, and Friday, April 23. Middletown mothers can escort their daughters (grades…

  • Population growth is topic of Dialogs at Unitarian Meetinghouse

    MIDDLETOWN — Understanding the impact of an exploding population on the Earth’s resources and our quality of life will be the topic of two Sunday morning dialogs at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County Meetinghouse in Lincroft. On Jan. 31, “Global Population: 6.8 Billion and Growing. Are We There Yet?” will be presented by…

  • Prosecutor: Man took $187K from company, firehouse

    Detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office arrested a Holmdel man for allegedly embezzling a combined $187,000 from his ambulance company and Hazlet Fire Company No. 1. Jeffrey Walker, 51, was charged on Jan. 8 with second-degree theft by failure to make required disposition of property received and third-degree theft by deception, according to a…

  • Fight Like a Girl’ benefits women being treated for cancer

    LONG BRANCH — The second Fight Like a Girl Against Cancer” benefit will be dedicated to women being treated for cancer, including a local mother of two who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Wendy Estrada Martinez, a Long Branch resident, will be among those celebrated in the second “Fight Like a Girl Against Cancer”…

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