• Angela’s Pizzeria announces the opening of new dining room

    Residents of Hazlet have a new flavor in town.Angela’s Pizzeria has announced the opening of its new dining room,Angela’s Restaurant, located at Airport Plaza, 1326 Route 36 (entrance next to Comcast). Angela’s is an Italian-style restaurant that prides itself in its mouth-watering taste of traditional Italian cuisine. Specialty entrees include:Veal Giaconda, Striped Bass Oreganato, Chicken…

  • Breaking Bread offers tasty bites

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Travis Samson is the owner and founder of Breaking Bread. It’s a food truck parked near Lot G at Sandy Hook. He serves health-conscious, easy-to-eat paninis, hot dogs and more. A bite into Breaking Bread’s top-selling pressed sandwich reveals a garden of fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, tomatoes and red…

  • Charity regatta set to cast off Aug. 16

    ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS — The Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club will hold its Ms. Race charity regatta on Sandy Hook Bay 2-6 p.m. Aug. 16. Participants will meet at 6 Simon Lake Drive, Atlantic Highlands. The race will celebrate the club’s 10th anniversary and raise funds for 180 Turning Lives Around, a private nonprofit in Hazlet dedicated…

  • Library offers programs for teens, adults

    The Middletown Township Public Library has programs for teens and adults at 55 New Monmouth Road.  The Scrapbooking and Paper Crafts Club will meet at noon on July 18. Adults are invited to come the third Friday of each month to work on scrapbooking and paper crafts with master crafter Nancy Pechinski. Bring scrapbook/papercrafting…

  • Ellen R. Repasy

    Mrs. Repasy, 69, passed peacefully into eternal life on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at a Bangor, Maine, hospital. She was born Oct. 2, 1944, in Saddle Brook, N.J., the daughter of Harold C. and Eleanor (Denzel) Tarkanish, and attended Saddle Brook schools. She moved to Jackson, where she continued her education and received a master’s…

  • Library has films, programs in Matawan

    The Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library is offering free film screenings and programs during July at 165 Main St., Matawan. The following movies will be screened at 2 p.m. Mondays: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” on July 21 and “About Time” on July 28. The following science fiction movies will be screened at 2 p.m. on Thursdays: “Jurassic…

  • Summer Jazz Café Series offers jazz for all tastes

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer The Sweet Whiskey Band, performing July 25-26, is one of the musical groups featured in this year’s Summer Jazz Café series at the Two River Theater. PHOTO COURTESY OF JAZZ ARTS PROJECT RED BANK — Soul, contemporary and gypsy jazz are just a few of the genres that fans and…

  • ‘Summer Sing’ chorale concert set for Aug. 19

    The Shrewsbury Chorale, conducted by Anthony LaGruth, will hold its annual “Summer Sing” concert at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, 1475 W. Front Street, Lincroft. The Shrewsbury Chorale is a mixed chorus of approximately 70 members, who perform a varied repertoire in an annual series of subscription…

  • Director of arts center recognized for efforts

    MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown Arts Center’s executive director, Maggie O’Brien, received the John J. Pappas Recognition Award at the 34th New Jersey Governor’s Awards in Arts Education, held recently at the Patriots Theater in Trenton. She was honored for her outstanding achievement in the arts. O’Brien has been executive director of the center since it…

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