• Jazz it up

    PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Members of the jazz band at Red Bank Regional Visual and Performing Arts Academy perform for schoolmates during a study period on March 13. The concert was one of a series of performances presented during Music in Our School Month, which highlights the importance of music education for all…

  • Shrewsbury Chorale plans open rehearsal

    The Shrewsbury Chorale is inviting all interested local singers to participate at its open rehearsal 7:45-10 p.m. March 31. Practice is held weekly on Tuesday evenings at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft. The Shrewsbury Chorale is a mixed chorus of about 50 members from Monmouth County. Three concerts…

  • Dress Our Vets eases transition into workforce

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer RED BANK — Military veterans transitioning back into civilian life and the workforce are often in need of support services, including a wardrobe suitable for the workplace. Dress Our Vets, a new campaign from the Suiting Warriors Foundation, has been launched in an effort to meet this need and…

  • Two local nonprofit groups receive grants

    NEWARK — The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey recently announced it awarded $1,364,000 in grants to 56 New Jersey nonprofit organizations. With these final grant awards in 2014, the foundation awarded 133 grants totaling $3,892,250. Since its inception in 2004, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey has awarded 1,097 grants totaling more than $38 million…

  • Open house for sailing instruction April 12

    FAIR HAVEN — The River Rats will hold a Sail Training Open House from 1-4 p.m. April 12 at the Fair Haven Youth Center, 35 Fisk St. The River Rats is a nonprofit organization that has been teaching sailing on the Navesink River to youngsters age 9-16 for more than 50 years. Sail training is…

  • Volunteers are sought for dune grass planting

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Volunteers are needed for a dune grass planting in the borough. Heather Bedenko, a member of the dune committee, said crews will be working in the 300 block of Ocean Avenue on March 28. “This is an ongoing effort for dune restoration,” she said of the annual…

  • Sea Bright unveils plans for municipal complex

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Plans for new borough facilities include a beachfront community center and municipal complex that are in the conceptual design phase. Acting Borough Administrator Joseph Verruni said at a March 18 meeting that much thought went into the design of the buildings, which incorporates “resiliency to future storms…

  • Repurpose fort as a health care facility

    Unfortunately, Fort Monmouth has not been a very enticing place for new businesses in 2015, especially considering the only news all winter was the fact that it was approved as an Ebola quarantine site. Leaders tasked with bringing new industry and jobs need to think differently and welcome new ideas. One emerging economic opportunity that…

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    MATT DENTON Baseball season has arrived in New Jersey. High school teams will swing into regular-season action on April 1.

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