• Sea Bright skim board contest set for Sept. 12-13

    SEA BRIGHT — Registration is open for the 6th annual Sea Bright Skim Bash to be held Sept. 12-13 at the Sea Bright Municipal Beach (behind Donovans). The contest runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The Skim Bash, sponsored by the Sea Bright Recreation Committee, has become the premiere skimboarding contest on…

  • Conference will focus on addiction issues

    Prevention First, Ocean, will present the conference, “Beyond the Rainbow: Addiction Issues Unique to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Community,” 8:30 a.m.-noon Sept. 10 at Monmouth County Agricultural Building, Kosloski Road, Freehold. The conference is for substance abuse/ mental health professionals including treatment and prevention specialists and social workers. Fee is $35, and…

  • Park System offers free events in Sept.

    The Monmouth County Park System will offer free events during September, beginning with Music Man Rich Marzec performing tunes from the turn of the century 1-3 p.m. Sept. 12. On Sept. 13, 1-3 p.m., a blacksmith demonstration will be held, and on Sept. 19 from noon to 2:30 p.m., there will be a cookstove demonstration…

  • RSVP for clambake due by Aug. 28

    The Holiday Express Sunset Clambake will take place 5-9 p.m. Sept. 13 on the beach at McLoone’s Pier House, 1 Ocean Ave., Long Branch. Reservations are due by Aug. 28. It will feature a buffet, open bar, live and silent auctions, and dancing to music by Holiday Express. Attire is beach bum chic. Price is…

  • Caregiver support group meetings slated

    The Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, will a hold caregiver support group meeting 10 a.m. Sept. 3 at Atria Senior Living Group, 44 Pine St., and 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at Kensington Court, 864 Shrewsbury Ave., both in Tinton Falls. Meetings will also be held 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Sunrise Assisted Living, 743…

  • Tour de Fair Haven set for Sept. 20

    The Tour de Fair Haven, a Jersey Shore bicycle race, will be held Sept. 20 with a 7 a.m. start time. The race will be followed by festive activities for kids of all ages and their families. Over 250 cyclist amateurs from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metro area are expected to take…

  • Audubon slates walk, meeting in September

    Monmouth County Audubon Society will meet Sept. 9 at Trinity Episcopal Church, White Street, Red Bank. Bonnie Tillery, a volunteer with the New Jersey chapter of the Sierra Club, will present “Madagascar: Imperiled Wildlife Paradise.” The program showcases the island, home to plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth, and what the people of…

  • Red Bank’s townwide yard sale set for Sept. 12

    RED BANK — The borough will become bargain city on Saturday, Sept. 12, when residents take to their lawns and driveways to host the borough’s second-annual Townwide Yard Sale. Last year’s event drew bargain shoppers throughout the state and beyond. Organizers are hoping to beat last year’s 130-plus yard sales with even more sellers throughout…

  • Time for straight talk in Fair Haven

    (Open letter to the mayor and council of Fair Haven) This follows my July 31 letter to you, your Aug. 10 hearing on the De Normandie Avenue Charles Williams house acquisition, and the Aug. 12 Planning Board hearing on River Rats. Council has fabricated any urgency associated with rushing to act now before the Firemen’s…

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