• Red Bank Masons to hold blood drives

    Navesink Lodge No. 9 Free & Accepted Masons, Red Bank, will hold community blood drives from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 20 at the Masonic Temple, 158 Maple Ave., Red Bank. The drive will be conducted by New Jersey Blood Services. The need for blood in New Jersey is urgent, and donors are encouraged…

  • Spring dance concert celebrates Motown

    LITTLE SILVER — Red Bank Regional Visual and Performing Arts Academy dance majors will perform to the sounds of Motown 7 p.m. May 15, with an encore performance 2 p.m. May 16. The dance program takes place at the Red Bank Regional High School, at 101 Ridge Road in Little Silver. Tickets are $10, $5…

  • Registration is open for ‘Spotlight on Lyme’

    The second annual “Spotlight on Lyme” 5K run and walk to promote awareness of Lyme disease will be held May 17 at Pier Village, Long Branch, during National Lyme Disease Awareness Month. The fee is $30 for adults and $20 for children age 13 and younger. The run is open to children age 10 and…

  • Brain Injury Assn. seminar May 20, 21

    The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey will present its 2009 annual seminar, titled “Brain Injury Perspectives,” from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 20 and 21 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Eatontown. The seminar will feature more than 20 workshops and 40 exhibitors. Topics include post-traumatic stress disorder, adolescents and brain injury,…

  • Smith, Bellin win county t&f titles

    Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s Alex Smith and Melissa Bellin won Monmouth County championships on Saturday at Neptune High School. CHRIS KELLY staff Long Branch’s Steve Worsley races in the 100-meter hurdles during the Monmouth County Track & Field Championship at Neptune High School on May 9. Smith, the state indoor champion in the high jump,…

  • Solid opening weekend a good sign a Mon. Park

    With the economic troubles facing our nation, you have to wonder how it will affect Monmouth Park. EQUIFAX Horses break out of the gate at the start of the first race on opening day at Monmouth Park. This past weekend, the historic racetrack in Oceanport opened its doors to start the 2009 meet and early…

  • Woman thankful for efforts dedicated to seniors

    Irecently read letter in the Atlanticville, sent in by Sara Markowitz, 14, Ocean. Sara has founded the charity Generations Eldercare that provides equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes, etc., to senior citizens. I would like to thank Sara and her mother, Meryl, for bringing me a muchneeded walker with a seat, which will enable…

  • Nuclear a safe, dependable energy source

    Itake issue with your cartoonist’s slant on nuclear energy in New Jersey (Suburban, April 9). We have an administration that is openly allied with the liberal green parties that refuse to consider building new reactors. Oyster Creek has shown that nuclear energy is a safe technology and would solve our need for a dependable safe…

  • Leaders need bipartisan approach to health care

    Iattended a town hall with Rep. Leonard Lance (R-7th District) hosted by AARP, and I was impressed. Congressman Lance did a great job answering questions from AARP members residing in his district on issues such as health care and financial security. Congressman Lance has already joined his colleagues across the aisle and voted in favor…

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