• Wildlife photog to speak at library

    A ward-winning wildlife photographer and environmental advocate Wendy Shattil will speak at the Middletown Township Public Library at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14. Specializing in wildlife photography, Shattil has a profound respect for her subjects taking care to never put the places or animals that she photographs at risk. “With the 600mm lens, we can…

  • CILU meeting, potluck supper Friday

    HOLMDEL — Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU) will hold its annual meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, March 13, at the Holmdel Senior/Community Center, Crawfords Corner Road, next to the post office. The evening will begin with a homecooked buffet. There is no charge; attendees are asked to bring a favorite potluck dish. Beverages and…

  • Rose-pruning demo April 4 in Eatontown

    The Jersey Shore Rose Society (JSRS), will hold a hands-on rose pruning demonstration 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 4 at Wampum Park, Route 35 south, Eatontown (rain date, April 5). The event is free and open to the public. Attendees should bring gardening gloves and pruners. For more information, call 732-389-5353.

  • Library programs slated in March

    MATAWAN — Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library, 165 Main St., will hold drop-in story time for children age 7 and younger at 6:30 p.m. March 19 and 30. No registration is required. Drop-in crafts programs for all ages will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 14, and 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 18. No registration is required.…

  • Artwork by Arts High School students displayed

    Paintings and drawings by Monmouth County Arts High School students will be displayed during March at Monmouth Beach Public Library, 18 Willow Ave. Featured are works by Angela Anzano, Leighann Bosler and Samantha Obreiter, all Keyport High School; Lauren Bartlow, Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls; Margaret Gibbon, Jessica Redmond and Elizabeth Stallmeyer, Middletown High…

  • Local Lions meet with Concordia Center

    The Eatontown Lions Club recently sponsored a joint meeting with other area Lions Clubs to receive an update from the Concordia Learning Center at the St. Joseph’s School for the Blind, a New Jersey Lions state-sponsored project. In addition to Eatontown, members from the Middletown, Oceanport, West Long Branch, Colts Neck, Glendola and Toms River…

  • Colts bounce back from subpar effort

    BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer More often than not, you don’t get away with poor efforts once you reach the Round of 16 in the state tournament. Fortunately for the Christian Brothers Academy hockey team, there are exceptions. The third-seeded Colts came out flat on Friday, falling behind 14th-seeded MonsignorDonovan, 2-0, early in the second…

  • Good Samaritan law needs to be improved

    On March 8, 2008, I had a heart attack while picking up my youngest daughter from Girl Scouts. While I was unconscious and not breathing on the side of the road, calls were placed to 911, but no one initially attempted CPR. I was lucky, however. A good Samaritan — a teenager certified in CPR…

  • Holding on

    Matawan’s Johnny Short (l) grapples with Eastern’s Eric Dunnett during their 125-pound semifinal bout in the NJSIAA wrestling tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 7. Short went on to place fifth in the state.

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