• Food bank awarded with multiyear grant

    NEPTUNE — The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties will receive a major boost this summer, thanks to a multiyear grant from the Charles Lafitte Foundation’s Kid’s Corner program. The donation, totaling $250,000 over five years, will directly benefit the food bank’s backpack program, which provides food to chronically hungry children on weekends when school…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Dr. Mitchel Friedman of Holmdel was honored with the 2014 Outstanding Service and Dedication Award by Dr. Miriam Furlong, outgoing president of the Monmouth- Ocean County Dental Society. The award was presented during the society’s annual Past President’s Dinner Dance at the Jumping Brook Country Club in Neptune in May. Friedman has been an active…

  • Raffle of handmade quilt to benefit Poricy Park

    MIDDLETOWN — Rebecca’s Reel Quilters of Poricy Park will hold its annual Handmade Quilt Raffle to benefit Poricy Park. The drawing will be held at 4 p.m. Dec. 14 at Poricy Park, 345 Oak Hill Road, Middletown. The winner need not be present to win. The queen-size handmade quilt was designed, created and donated by…

  • Boy Scouts troop volunteers at Shalom Garden

    Members of Boy Scout Troop 66 of Matawan recently volunteered at the Temple Shalom community garden in Aberdeen. Their tasks included installing wire fencing to protect the garden from small animals. The troop has also helped out in the garden on other projects. Gan Tikvah, also known as the Garden of Hope, provides donations of…

  • Sowing hope

    Members of Boy Scouts Troop 66 in Matawan help prepare garden beds at the Temple Shalom community garden in Aberdeen. Produce grown in the Garden of Hope is donated to help feed the hungry.

  • Blackberry picking supports Parker Homestead restoration

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer The Parker Homestead will host its first Community Blackberry Pick. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF LITTLE SILVER — A trove of vintage berry-picking baskets discovered at the historic Parker Homestead will be used during a community event to support the restoration of the circa-1665 property that was home to eight generations of the…

  • Singers invited to Summer Sing

    The Monmouth Civic Chorus invites singers to a Summer Sing of Felix Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 112 Middletown Road, Holmdel. “Elijah” was last performed by the Monmouth Civic Chorus in 2000 and tells the story of the Biblical prophet. The sing will include chorus…

  • Center hosts clinics for Sandy victims

    The Long Branch Concordance Family Success Center at 300 Broadway in Long Branch will host two legal clinics and a workshop for families and individuals affected by superstorm Sandy. The Center has teamed up with the Community Health Law Project, The Hope Coalition and Legal Services of New Jersey to offer the following free services.…

  • Signs spark debate in downtown Red Bank

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Stepped-up enforcement of signage in Red Bank has touched off a debate among some Borough Council members. The appearance of signs in downtown Red Bank has become an issue for Borough Council members, who disagree over whether enforcement of sign ordinances is helping the streetscape or hurting businesses. “To not…

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