• Night of song and spirituals Jan. 23

    RED BANK — Jewish gospel singer Joshua Nelson will appear in concert Jan. 23 for a night of song and spirituals at the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank in a benefit for Congregation B’nai Israel of Rumson. Black and Jewish, Nelson sings Jewish religious music in the tradition of gospel music. According to…

  • January Sidewalk Sale event in Red Bank

    RED BANK — Borough businesses will host a winter version of the shopping district’s famous sidewalk sales this month. The January (Indoor) Sidewalk Sale will take place in the business district from Jan. 16-24. Participating Red Bank stores and restaurants will offer specials and post-holiday sales on select merchandise. Other businesses in the district 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 during the past year. Damning with faint praise One of our Word on the Street respondents…

  • NOTESAround Town

    Ira Jacobson, founder of Brielle Galleries and author of “A Quest for Excellence: The Incredible Story of the Most Beautiful Store in the World,” will appear at the Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury, 2 p.m. Jan. 16. The book details Jacobson’s story of his gallery, one era at a…

  • New director brings personal experience to Vietnam vet center

    Plans call for public education and outreach program BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer William Linderman HOLMDEL — William “Bill” Linderman is standing in the center of exhibit space at the Vietnam Era Educational Center in Holmdel, surrounded by a glass case filled with letters written by soldiers to their parents. Each letter is handwritten, some…

  • Curtain to rise on new community theater for seniors

    RED BANK — Area seniors will have a chance to act up and get in touch with their creative selves through a new communitybased theater workshop geared for older adults. The Atrium Actors Studio will stage classical and contemporary plays and will be hosted by The Atrium at Navesink Harbor in Red Bank, a senior…

  • Cty. jobless rate up 3.2 percent over 12 months but stabilizing

    Data shows recovery under way after hitting peak in July BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Monmouth County workers are still feeling the brunt of the 2008 economic collapse, as the county’s latest unemployment rate is 3.2 percent higher than it was 12 months earlier. An estimated 28,666 workers residing in the county were without jobs…

  • Curley takes oath as freeholder

    Newly sworn in as a Monmouth County freeholder, John P. Curley pledged to work to maintain the county’s quality of life and keep it among the best places to live in America. Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French congratulates John P. Curley after he was sworn in as a freeholder on Jan. 8. “Families are…

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