• Barca wants to reintroduce Plimpton in documentary

    By TIM MORRIS A fter writing a book on Notre Dame’s 1988 undefeated national championship football season, Jerry Barca has taken on a new role. He is the associate producer for “Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself,” the biographical documentary on one of the groundbreaking journalist/writers of the last century who passed away in 2003.…

  • Monmouth County Championships

    Ocean Township High School’s Kelly Conway sprints toward the finish line in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the Monmouth County Track and Field Championships at Holmdel High School from May 7-9.

  • Field athletes lead the way at county championships

    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 and Field Championships…

  • 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…

  • Church hosting tour of stained glass windows

    St. James’ Episcopal Church will hold its last Walk Through History series at 6:30 p.m. May 21 at 300 Broadway, Long Branch. The tour will focus on a discussion of the church’s 20-foot-high leaded, stained glass windows and the rose window above the altar. The windows tell the story of a saint and represent the…

  • Talk on middle class, unions 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…

  • School boards must adopt policy for social media use

    The New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) has released a newly revised model policy that local boards of education may use to comply with a new law on the use of social media by teachers and students. On April 24, Gov. Chris Christie signed the legislation, S441, which requires local school boards to have policies…

  • Library offers programs for kids in May

    The West Long Branch Library, 95 Poplar Ave., will celebrate New Jersey’s 350th birthday by having children design their own piñata at 4 p.m. May 21. Registration is required by calling the library at 732-222-5993. “Read to a Therapy Dog” for children in grades K-4 will be at 4 p.m. May 28. Choose a library…

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