• Senator invites contributions to website

    New Jerseyans are connected like never before. We can read up-to-theminute news on our computers, receive text messages from our children’s school telling us there is a snow day, and watch videos on our mobile devices. As a member of the U.S. Senate, I recently launched a redesigned website that is meant to cater to…

  • Global warming is just a ‘dash’ of hot sauce away

    Coda • GREG BEAN The office holiday party was last week, and to everyone’s pleasure, it was potluck. Attendees were encouraged to bring their favorite dishes and, man, did they come through. There was a whole cubicle filled with hot, maincourse dishes. Another was filled with salads. Another was crammed with desserts. Lots of the…

  • Trains, crafts at Monmouth Museum

    MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth Museum’s annual holiday exhibition explores a culinary theme this year with trees and trimmings decorated by local garden clubs and the Friends of the Museum. The museum’s annual Holiday Exhibit will run through Jan. 3. The annual display of O Scale model trains celebrates New Jersey and travels from the mountains…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Tom McNeill portrays Jacob Marley during a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” adapted by David J. Meenan and presented at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre on Dec. 12. CHRIS KELLY staff

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    The first Shrewsbury Borough Tree Lighting drew a large crowd to the gazebo at the municipal complex on Sycamore Avenue on Dec. 6. Santa arrived via fire truck for the festivities, which included performances by the school band and chorus.

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    Amiri Baraka, poet, scholar, activist, professor and founder of the 1960’s Black Arts Movement, will kick off the 2nd Annual Kwanzaa Celebration at Frank Talk Art Bistro & Books in Red Bank, 1-3 p.m. on Dec. 27. Frank Talk, located at 163 Shrewsbury Ave, in Red Bank, is a storefront that supports artists, writers, musicians…

  • Santa Fun Run set for Dec. 19 at BCC

    Join the festivities and fun at the second annual Santa Fun Run and Community Day set for Dec. 19 at Brookdale Community College. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the college’s Warner Student Life Center, Navesink rooms I and II, on the Lincroft campus. The race will begin at noon.…

  • N.J. bill seeks analysis of housing conversion

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Legislation that would require a cost benefit analysis and security report to be conducted on the pending conversion of military housing to civilian housing at Naval Weapons Station Earle has been moved out of its state Assembly committee. The legislation is sponsored by Assembly members Declan O’Scanlon…

  • Foundation grants benefit local nonprofits

    Two local organizations are among the 20 recipients of grants from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. The foundation announced its third round of grants for 2009. Since January 2009, the foundation has awarded $987,250 in grants. The Monmouth County Arts Council in Red Bank received a grant of $5,625 to support the Monmouth County…

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