• Field athletes lead way at county championships

    By TIM MORRIS Monmouth Regional High School sprinters Jillian Johnson, in lane 3, and Mijeira Williams run through the finish line of the 100-meter dash heat at the Monmouth County Track and Field Championship on May 7-9 at Holmdel High School. Johnson qualified for the finals. Throwers highlighted what was a good Monmouth County Track…

  • Exhibit to highlight perception, identity of self

    Alphonso Dunn The Monmouth Museum’s New Jersey Emerging Artists Series continues this spring with an exhibition of mixed-media works on paper by artist Alphonso Dunn of Hackensack. “Paraphernalia of Perception” will run through May 25 in the museum’s Nilson Gallery. Dunn, who moved to the United States from Jamaica when he was a teen, states…

  • Cole Bros. Circus celebrates 130th anniversary

    Cole Bros. Circus, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, will bring its show to North Brunswick from May 16-18. North Brunswick Fire Co. No. 3 will host the performances on Route 1 north at Milltown Road, next to the DeVry University in North Brunswick. The Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars features Chris…

  • League to honor member at gala

    The Junior League of Monmouth County (JLMC) will hold its Diamond Jubilee gala from 7-11 p.m. May 31 at the Beacon Hill Country Club, 8 Beacon Hill Road, Atlantic Highlands. The event will feature live music, dancing, casino gaming, an open bar and dinner. An award will also be given to the 2014 Outstanding Leaguer…

  • FEMA offers guidance on home repairs

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has produced materials to give technical guidance to homebuilders and property owners planning post-Sandy construction or repairs in coastal areas. For residential builders and do-ityourselfers, FEMA offers a series of fact sheets — available for free at www.fema.gov — that provide technical guidance and recommendations concerning the construction of…

  • Symposium on saving historic Red Bank house set for June 14

    The T. Thomas Fortune Project will present a symposium from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 14 at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown. “Shining a Light on Today: The Legacy of T. Thomas Fortune, A Window into the World of Post-Reconstruction” will be held in the Warner Student Center at Brookdale, 765 Newman…

  • 4-H members advance to states

    Seventeen local 4-H members received excellent marks at the 2014 4-H County Public Presentations. The presentations were hosted by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program of Monmouth County at the county’s agricultural building in Freehold Township in April. The students who qualified to move on to the state competition are Joshua Antures of…

  • Rutgers Master Gardeners hosts plant sale this month

    The 12th annual plant sale will be held at the Monmouth County agricultural building, 4000 Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, from May 16-17. The plant sale is the annual fundraiser for the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Monmouth County. Funds raised help the Master Gardeners provide gardening, pest and horticultural education to the public. A helpline service…

  • Talk on middle class set for May 20

    The Democratic clubs of Eatontown, Fair Haven, Freehold, Ocean Township, Red Bank and Shrewsbury will present the free program, “The Middle Class and Unions: Endangered Species or Evolving?” at 6:30 p.m. May 20 at the Ocean Township Recreation Center, 615 W. Park Ave., Ocean. The keynote speaker will be Milly Silva, executive vice president of…

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