• All Saints’ candlelight concert on Dec. 1

    All Saints’ Memorial Church will host the Elysian Ensemble at the 33rd annual Candlelight Concert at 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at 202 Navesink Ave. The program will present a unique blend of meditative works, both classical and contemporary. All Saints’ Memorial Church is celebrating its 150th anniversary. As part of the celebration, the concert will…

  • Matawan-Aberdeen schools host talk on rise in heroin use

    The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is partnering with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to reach out to parents and high school students about the growing problem of heroin use in Monmouth County. The district will host an information session at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School at 7 p.m. Dec. 2. Michael Pasterchick, chief of detectives with the…

  • Park system to host annual art sale

    The Monmouth County Park System will hold its annual Creative Arts Center Student/ Instructor Show and Sale on Dec. 7-8 at the Thompson Park Creative Arts Center, 805 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. Hours will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 7 and noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 8. The event will feature original artwork…

  • Hazlet’s menorah lighting on Nov. 24

    The Hazlet Recreation Commission invites the community to enjoy a menorah lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. Nov. 24 at Veterans Memorial Park, 1776 Union Ave., Hazlet. Rabbi Malik will offer a prayer, and members of Matawan’s Temple Beth Ahm will sing Hanukkah songs. Guests will be given gelt and dreidels. Refreshments will follow the ceremony…

  • Aberdeen’s menorah dedication Nov. 25

    Aberdeen Township will begin the holiday season with a Chanukah menorah dedication at 6 p.m. Nov. 25 at Town Hall on Church Street. The community is invited to join Rabbi Aaron Ross for the dedication of the menorah, which is being donated by Young Israel of Aberdeen. Members of the Aberdeen Township Council will also…

  • Urban Coast Institute to host lecture

    Tony MacDonald, director of Monmouth University’s Urban Coast Institute, will discuss the 21st century’s commercial and environmental challenges to coastal and global marine life and resources at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at the Twin Lights Rooms 1 and 2 in the Warner Student Life Center, Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. MacDonald will…

  • Middletown moves toward natural gas

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Township officials are moving forward on a multi-year initiative that will transition much of the municipal vehicle fleet to natural gas and bring a new, 24/7 natural gas station to the heart of Middletown. The Township Committee unanimously approved on Nov. 18 a joint program with New Jersey…

  • HUD issues Sandy grants, seeks greater transparency

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Local affordable housing and planning advocates are lauding new federal requirements for the latest round of Sandy recovery funding, which they say will increase transparency, allow more public input and ensure better mitigation against future storms. On Nov. 12 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a…

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