• Monmouth University students win broadcasting awards

    Monmouth University’s Department of Communication announced that five students recently earned grand prize awards at the National Broadcasting Society’s (NBS) 51st annual National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition. The NBS presented the awards at the 72nd National Convention, which was held from March 10-16 in Hollywood, Calif. At the convention, students were able to attend…

  • Bayshore groups to reclaim status as ‘Shore Gateway’

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Bayshore community and business leaders are working together to rebrand the area as the “Gateway to the Jersey Shore” and call attention to attractions like the Keyport Fishery. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF KEYPORT — Business leaders and community members from across the Bayshore have joined forces in an unprecedented effort to rebrand…

  • Rowing group’s open house set for May 10

    Navesink River Rowing (NRR) will hold an open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 10 at the end of Maple Avenue in Red Bank. The free event is open to the public and will feature site tours, demonstrations on land and mini lessons on the water. There will also be opportunities to…

  • Pizza party

    PHOTO COURTESY OF AMBOY BANK Amboy Bank President George E. Scharpf hosted a pizza party during Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on April 24. Employees’ children were treated to a tour of the bank, activities involving the importance of the banking industry and lunch. Amboy Bank has 22 branches in Monmouth and…

  • NOTES

    Queen of Peace High School’s class of 1964 in North Arlington will hold its 50th reunion celebration in the evening on Oct. 2 at Breakers on the Ocean in Spring Lake. For more information, contact Jane Hoag Eagan at [email protected], Bill McGarry at [email protected] or Joyce Lopardo Zinni at 732-583-2474. The New Jersey State Youth…

  • Towns seek to use housing funds for Sandy recovery

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A growing bipartisan group of local and state officials is seeking access to more than $150 million in affordable housing trust funds, which they say could aid reconstruction in Sandy-impacted towns. State Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon Jr. (R-Monmouth) plans to introduce legislation in the coming weeks that would allow a partial…

  • Middletown library sets programs for May

    The Middletown Township Public Library has announced its May programs. Registration is required for each program. A “Community Outreach Concert” will be held at 3 p.m. May 4. The concert will feature the NJSYO Chamber Group and the Preparatory Strings Orchestra. The NJSYO promotes the study of classical music and traditional orchestral training for children…

  • Tensions still high over hall proposal

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Opposition testimony has begun in one of the township’s most polarizing Planning Board applications in recent memory. The Trinity Hall application, which seeks approval to build a private all-girls high school on a 64-acre tract on Chapel Hill Road, was first introduced in January and has since drawn…

  • Reusable tote bags better for environment

    Kudos to the New York City Council for introducing a bill that would impose a 10-cent fee on all plastic and paper grocery bags. If the bill passes, it will help clean up our environment and save countless animals. According to Rebecca Hosking, who made the riveting documentary, “Hawaii: Message in the Waves,” plastic bags…

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