• Committee split on funding Veteran’s Park project

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The sketch of the proposed improvements to Veteran’s Park, which include LED lighting, a brick patio sitting area, a clocktower and walkways into the park from the sitting area and Union Avenue. COURTESY OF CME ASSOCIATES HAZLET – Concerns by residents and committee members alike have delayed a decision…

  • Historic farm slates events, harvest festival

    Experience life as it would have been during the 1890s with free weekend events at Historic Longstreet Farm, 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel. Interpreters in period dress will show both daily and seasonal agricultural and domestic activities. A quilting demonstration will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sept. 12. View traditional quilting by hand. Blacksmith demonstrations will…

  • Media companies, utilities share Sandy lessons

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Local broadcast, telecommunications and utility companies took extraordinary measures to ensure they could continue providing their services to customers when superstorm Sandy struck three years ago. “We were prepared for [the storm]. The crew stayed overnight, with their sleeping bags and all,” Dan Finn, senior vice president of Greater…

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    The sun sets over Sandy Hook Bay in northern Monmouth County and illuminates the Twin Lights lighthouse in Highlands on its journey below the horizon. JESSICA D’AMICO/STAFF

  • Learn warning signs of suicide

    Sept. 7 marked the beginning of National Suicide Prevention Week throughout the country. In 2014, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming more than 40,000 lives. Suicide rates among youth (age 15-24) have increased more than 200 percent in the last 50 years, and suicide is the second leading cause…

  • Hunger Action Day kicks off month of service at FoodBank

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties observed Hunger Action Day Sept. 3, kicking off a month of efforts to combat hunger and poverty. The FoodBank provides support for 300 area feeding programs, serving 1 in 10 of the residents throughout the two counties through its donation program and…

  • High schools to offer public policy program

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer A new program beginning at Middletown High School North and South this year will have students learning about what it takes to make it in the world of politics and how decisions made at local, state and federal levels affect their everyday lives. Following on the heels of a…

  • Coaches, trainers see improvements in player safety

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer In recent years, coaches have placed greater importance on understanding the dangers of practicing in the heat and the need for proper hydration. Coaches have received training on hydration, concussions and the use of defibrillators in an effort to improve player safety. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR High school coaches are…

  • Weichert Realtors’ Jackson office to participate in Jackson Day

    Eva Ling, manager of the Weichert, Realtors Jackson office, announces that the office will be participating in the town’s annual Jackson Day event on Sept. 19 (with a rain date of Sept. 20) beginning at 2:30 p.m. at Johnson Park. The event, organized by the Jackson Township Clean Communities and Recycling Program, will include food…

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