• Red Bank grapples with plans for parking lot

    Red Bank grapples with plans for parking lot

    RED BANK – The struggle over providing adequate parking in the borough continues. The borough is being sued by a group called Residents for Responsible Development over its current redevelopment plan for the municipal parking lot located on 75-79 White St., according to council Democrats. The redevelopment plan calls for a parking garage to be built…

  • Monroe to stand in solidarity with Charlottesville during Aug. 16 rally

    Monroe to stand in solidarity with Charlottesville during Aug. 16 rally

    Monroe Township Mayor Gerald Tamburro and other community leaders will join Indivisible of Monroe Township from 3-6 p.m. on Aug. 16 at the Monroe Senior Center, 12 Halsey Reed Road, at the corner of Applegarth Road, for a vigil in solidarity with the people of Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville was the site of a rally that…

  • Rutski races to 1st career 358 Modified feature win at New Egypt Speedway

    Rutski races to 1st career 358 Modified feature win at New Egypt Speedway

    On Hammer Companies Night at New Egypt Speedway, Rich Rutski raced to his first career 358 Modified feature win. The Hammer Sportsman contest was taken by Bob Lineman, Jr. Ryan Godown took top honors in the Northeast Wingless Sprint Cars main event, with Connor King capturing the checkered flag in the Crate Modified feature. As…

  • Classical guitarist to play Philippine music at Sayreville church on Aug. 20

    Classical guitarist to play Philippine music at Sayreville church on Aug. 20

    Editor’s note: The date of the Jerry Dadap, Jr. concert was originally noted as Aug. 24. The concert will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at Sayreville United Methodist Church. Sayreville United Methodist Church will hold a free guitar concert featuring composer and classical guitarist Jerry Dadap, Jr., at 5 p.m. Aug. 20…

  • Okerson ends win drought in Wall Stadium Modifieds

    Okerson ends win drought in Wall Stadium Modifieds

    Ten-time speedway driving champion Chas Okerson ended a winless streak of over a year on Aug. 12 by winning the 40-lap feature race for Freehold Ford Modified stock cars at Wall Stadium Speedway. It was the Freehold speedster’s 18th career Modified win. Because of his lackluster season to date, Okerson started on the front row…

  • Monmouth County SPCA to hold pet adoption drive Aug. 19

    Monmouth County SPCA to hold pet adoption drive Aug. 19

    The Monmouth County SPCA will join with NBC 4 New York/WNBC and Telemundo 47/WNJU to hold NBC Universal Owned Television Stations’ Clear the Shelters third annual nationwide pet adoption drive on Aug. 19. On this day, the MCSPCA will offer reduced pet adoption fees as part of the nationwide Clear the Shelters initiative that seeks…

  • Elvis-themed events rock week at South Brunswick Senior Center

    Elvis-themed events rock week at South Brunswick Senior Center

    In remembrance of the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s passing, the South Brunswick Senior Center held a week of Elvis-themed special events. The center showed Elvis movies, concerts and a video tour of Graceland; held discussion and trivia; and served Elvis’s favorite, peanut butter banana sandwiches. Pictured is Mike Holland, an Elvis impersonator, with Senior…

  • Old Bridge Library to hold blood drive Aug. 30

    Old Bridge Library to hold blood drive Aug. 30

    The Old Bridge Library will hold a Community Blood Drive sponsored by New Jersey Blood Services from noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 30 at the library, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, at the corner of Route 516 and Cottrell Road, in the Municipal Center. All donors will receive a Six Flags Great Adventure discount code toward…

  • Holmdel couple dies in murder suicide

    Holmdel couple dies in murder suicide

    HOLMDEL – An apparent murder-suicide claimed the lives of a married Holmdel couple found dead in their home, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Gramiccioni announced the alleged circumstances that led to the deaths of Arshad Zarak, 52, and Asma Hussain, 42, on Aug. 11, a day after the married couple’s bodies were…

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