• Students make their mark with dot artwork

    FAIR HAVEN — The message board located near the entrance to the Viola L. Sickles School in Fair Haven recently proclaimed: “International Dot Day — Make Your Mark.” Visitors to the school were pleasantly surprised by the level of excitement and the sheer number of dots creatively displayed throughout the building. Students and staff at…

  • President champions change at Monmouth University

    By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor The new president of Monmouth University celebrated the 81st anniversary of the founding of the school by issuing a “call to arms” for dramatic changes at the West Long Branch campus and beyond. “Strategic planning is a process that never ends, because the journey to excellence has no endpoint,” Monmouth…

  • Bills give hunters too much license to kill

    Three anti-wildlife bills are pending in the New Jersey Assembly. Bill A3120 would allow hunting in summer months. This would include deer. Even if you aren’t the biggest fan of deer and wildlife in general, would you want to see helpless fawns orphaned and roaming your yard until they die of starvation because their mother…

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    A patron has picked the perfect pumpkin at Happy Day Farm, Manalapan, on Oct. 12. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Senator receives Patriot Award

    State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) expressed her appreciation after receiving the New Jersey Food Council’s Patriot Award. The Food Council represents New Jersey’s food industry and is the state’s largest employer. Phil Scaduto, Food Council’s chairman of the board, said in a press release, “This is only the third time in the history of this…

  • Online surplus auction begins Oct. 18

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the fall 2014 county surplus auction will begin Oct. 18 and continue through Oct. 21. “The online surplus auctions continue to serve the county well,” Freeholder Deputy Director Gary J. Rich Sr. said. “It provides a greater benefit in terms of revenue and makes it easier…

  • Street-side display raises awareness of mental illness

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — An organization that supports people with mental illness has teamed up with a group of knitters from Fair Haven to raise awareness of mental illness through colorful street-side art. Members of Shore House and the knitting group Good Yarn unveiled the colorful knitted coats around the bases…

  • Clowns, creepy dolls put fright in Haunted Theater

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Zombies, the Jersey Devil and creepy dolls are just a few of the many horrific surprises in store for those who dare to enter Brookdale Community College’s Haunted Theater. In her 12th year of scaring Monmouth County residents, Sherri Vanderspiegel, supervisor of the school’s Performing Arts Center, offered to share…

  • Pilgrim Baptist celebrates 118 years in Red Bank

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank is celebrating its 118th year with a new Walk of Faith initiative. PHOTOS BY JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF It’s a major accomplishment for an African-American church to be able to celebrate more than 100 years of history, according to Pastor Terrence Porter, the senior minister at…

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