• Screening of social action film on Feb. 16

    The public is invited to a free film screening of “The Murder of Fred Hampton” at 6 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Unitarian meetinghouse, 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft. The 1971 film is a portrait of civil rights leader Fred Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party. Hampton was shot by members of the Chicago…

  • Chili cook-off to heat up Highlands

    The Highlands Business Partnership’s second annual Chili Cook-Off will be from 3-7 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Windansea restaurant, 56 Shrewsbury Ave., Highlands. The cook-off will feature chili tasting and two contests — a professional competition at 4 p.m. and an amateur one at 5 p.m. Attendees can vote for their favorite chili. Prizes will…

  • Service to include talk about Selma march

    The Rev. John Licitra, a Universalist Christian minister, will speak at the 8:15 p.m. Feb. 21 Shabbat service at Temple Shalom, 5 Ayrmont Lane, Aberdeen. He will discuss the meaning and experience of the historic 1965 Selma march. In 2012, Licitra went to Alabama, following the footsteps of the original Selma march as part of…

  • Veterans memorial foundation seeks support

    A s a not-for-profit organization, the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation is self-supporting in its mission to encourage and foster a thorough understanding of the Vietnam era, including the political, historical, social, cultural and military aspects that affected the United States — especially New Jersey. Each year, more than 9,000 schoolchildren pass through the…

  • Seeger’s message still moving

    Maureen Daye WRITER’S CORNER I am humming, “This Little Light of Mine” and “Turn, Turn, Turn” repeatedly. Like many folk music aficionados, I am floored by the recent death of folk icon Pete Seeger, 94. I knew Seeger and had a grand opportunity to do some brief work with him during a two-year stretch. Knowing…

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    Elias Craig, Mateo Gonzalez, Isabel Craig, Marco Gonzalez and Julian Craig stand in front of a Komodo dragon ice sculpture that was created by Dan Romeo on Fort Plains Road, Howell. According to the children’s mothers, Carla Stefanelli and Mariellen Bradley, Romeo told them he creates ice sculptures because he likes to make people smile.

  • Middletown residents oppose private all-girls high school

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Plans to build a private, all-girls high school in town have been met with significant resistance from dozens of nearby residents, many of whom say the new facility would negatively impact traffic, property values and quality of life. The founders of Trinity Hall, which opened in September and…

  • Bayshore residents criticize costly new flood-risk maps

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued new preliminary flood maps for communities throughout Monmouth County, moving one step closer to significant changes in the way homeowners must build and insure vulnerable properties. For a number of towns along the Raritan Bayshore, the preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs)…

  • Project illuminates prolific career of Thomas Edison

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Thomas Edison is seated with the tinfoil phonograph at the Matthew Brady Studio in Washington, D.C., in 1878. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE EDISON PAPERS Beyond the status Thomas Edison holds in his namesake town, interest in the life and prolific career of Edison and his myriad inventions burns brightly throughout…

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