• Thomasville Home Furnishings announces store closings, sale

    Thomasville Home Furnishings, one of New Jersey’s most distinguished furniture store operations, will close two of their six store locations in Eatontown and East Hanover. A store-closing sale will begin on Feb. 15. Owners Ed Massood and Michael Massood announced they have made the strategic business decision to close both stores and begin a search…

  • Hearts and wallets open up on Valentine’s Day

    Valentine’s Day arrived each year with a heavy price when I was an elementary school student. The holiday didn’t hit me financially — my parents swallowed the cost of the “Star Wars” cards that I gave to classmates — but emotionally. An uneasy sense of anticipation tarnished my annual march to distribute valentines from one…

  • Colts Neck adds voice to issue concerning Verizon payments

    COLTS NECK — Municipal officials have thrown their backing behind legislation that would protect property taxes derived from landline telephone providers. At its Jan. 29 meeting, the Colts Neck Township Committee passed a resolution in support of the re-introduction of two bills that would compel telecommunications companies to pay property taxes to a municipality even…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    She was Aunt Vera’s little ‘Handful’ Lori Clinch Now and then, a mother feels she is raising a hellion. Sometimes it’s in the cards you are dealt. A mom can rule with an iron fist if she likes, forbid this and encourage that, and some children will still wreak havoc wherever they go. It is…

  • Camp Quality NJ seeks staff and companions for summer

    Camp Quality New Jersey, a volunteerdriven, community-funded nonprofit organization providing free sleep-away camping experiences for children with cancer, is seeking volunteers for its summer 2014 session from Aug. 2-7. The session is held at a campground in Sussex County. Volunteers are needed to serve as companions, support staff and medical personnel, according to a press…

  • Free workshops will address legal issues

    The Monmouth Vicinage’s Self-Help Resource Center has announced the course schedule for its 2014 workshop series. The annual workshop series presents an opportunity for the public to learn about specific types of court cases, particularly those in which litigants most often choose to represent themselves in court, according to a press release. The seminars are…

  • Rutgers production features local cast

    The Rutgers Theater Co. will present Witold Gombrowicz’s “Ivona, Princess of Burgundia” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18-22 and 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Jameson Studio Theater, 30 Jones Ave., on the Douglass Campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Princess Ivona is a silent and mysterious force that threatens to take down an entire kingdom.…

  • Police arrest suspect in cough syrup holdup

    FREEHOLD — A Neptune resident has been charged in connection with the Jan. 8 armed robbery of a CVS pharmacy in Freehold Borough. Members of several law enforcement agencies assembled in Neptune on Jan. 30 and located and took into custody Abdul Muhammad, 20. He is facing multiple charges in various municipalities, including charges of…

  • Two women to be honored at Feb. 23 Chabad program

    Two Morganville residents who promote Jewish awareness in their families and communities while overcoming challenges will be honored during Chabad of Western Monmouth County’s 27th annual Jewish Women’s Day program, which will take place at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 23 at the Freehold Jewish Center, 50 Broad St., Freehold. The event will include a brunch and…

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