• Area schools and camps have so much to offer

    Schools & Camps 2 Around the Corner Art Center Around the Corner Art Center is anxious for summer to arrive and art camp to begin.The Little Picassos (ages 5-8) and Master Monets (8-13) bring lots of excitement, energy and creativity to the art center. Classes in clay and ceramics, mixed media, drawing and painting, cartooning,…

  • February named T. Thomas Fortune Month in Red Bank

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer T. Thomas Fortune To the average passerby, the white Empire style house at 94 Drs. James Parker Blvd. in Red Bank looks like another vacant property. With boarded-up windows and an aging façade, it can be hard to understand why dozens of advocates from throughout the state are working so…

  • Cabbage patch kid

    PHOTO COURTESY OF GREEN EARTH MEDIA GROUP Megan Stuart, a student at Strathmore Elementary School in Matawan, is the New Jersey winner for the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program. She grew a humongous cabbage through the classroom program “Kids Grow Green: Cashing in Cabbage” for third-graders and was randomly selected by the New Jersey Agriculture…

  • Timperman–Reisig

    Stephen Richard Reisig and Laura Patricia Timperman Thomas and Patricia Timperman of Pennington announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Patricia Timperman, to Stephen Richard Reisig, son of Sandy-Mathew and Laura Reisig of Aberdeen. The future bride is a graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English with a…

  • Keyport church to host pre-Lenten mission

    The St. Joseph Mission Team is sponsoring a pre-Lenten mission, “Wrestling with Faith? — You Are Not Alone,” at 7:30 p.m. from March 2-5 at St. Joseph Church, 376 Maple Place, Keyport. The mission is designed to help attendees appreciate and understand struggles. The Rev. Joseph Veneroso will be the spiritual director. For more information,…

  • Child find program in Middletown Township

    The Middletown Township Board of Education’s Office of Student Services has announced its child find program for parents and guardians who have concerns about the educational development of their child’s communication, motor/physical, cognitive, emotional, social and visual or hearing skills. Parents/guardians of a preschool child, including those who are homeless and migrant, between the ages…

  • College hosting talk on plight of coral reefs

    Dr. Carrie Manfrino, president and director of Research and Conservation at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI), Little Cayman Island, will discuss the threats to the world’s coral reefs at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, at Twin Lights Rooms 1 and 2 in the Warner Student Life Center, Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs…

  • Carbon fee plan may reduce climate disruption

    I t is encouraging to hear of the Rebuild by Design recovery competition as noted in “Rebuild by Design Aims to Transform Coastal Life” (Independent, Feb. 6). This reaction to superstorm Sandy is inspiring innovative ideas, taking into consideration the particular vulnerabilities of our region. According to the website on the design competition, the lead…

  • Services available for domestic violence victims

    Great article in the Independent on domestic violence. Thank you for exposing an issue that historically is taboo. Many survivors suffer in silence. I wanted to let you know about the services of Women Aware so that your readers will know there is help. We offer services in three locations, including a 24-hour hotline, emergency…

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