• Program benefits area nonprofits

    Phoenix Productions, the Red Bank-based nonprofit community theater organization, has announced a new program to benefit other nonprofit organizations. Dubbed Fundraiser Fridays, the program allows nonprofit organizations to purchase tickets for Phoenix Productions shows at a substantially discounted rate to resell at face value and pocket the difference. Organizations can promote and raise money for…

  • Healthy Buddies and Reading Buddies needed

    Family & Children’s Services (FCS) is seeking enthusiastic adult volunteers for two of its school-based learning programs — Reading Buddies and its newest undertaking, Healthy Buddies. Now in its 15th year, Reading Buddies is a weekly, intergenerational, shared reading program currently operating in 17 public elementary schools in underserved communities throughout Monmouth County. Last year,…

  • An artist speaks

    By MARIE MABER Correspondent “Filling Your Heart” Brookdale Community College adjunct art professor Amy Faris has organized a Visiting Artist Program. The inaugural lecture will feature Martin Kammler at 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at the CVA Gallery, located in the Center for the Visual Arts Building on the Lincroft campus. Primarily a self-taught artist, Kammler…

  • Rutgers troupe brings ‘theater of the senses’

    Kate Villanova, Dalton Gray and Gabriel Barre, foreground, rehearse for “Cyrano de Bergerac.” LARRY LEVANTI Good, old-fashioned romance is rhyming, swashbuckling and sword-fighting its way to the stage of the Philip J. Levin Theater. The Rutgers Theater Co.’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” opens Nov. 15. New Jersey residents involved in the production include cast members Shamsuddin…

  • Christmas carolers for hire this season

    The Monmouth Christmas Carolers will brighten holiday gatherings with carols and seasonal favorites. The carolers are members of the acclaimed Monmouth Civic Chorus. Groups of singers are available to add merriment to festivities at home, office or community settings. For bookings and rates, email [email protected] or call 732-933-9333. The chorus will perform “Messiah and More”…

  • Artist to present demo and lecture Nov. 20

    The Art Society of Monmouth County will host an oil painting demonstration and lecture by Lauren Andreach at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 20 at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, 128 Ocean Ave. Andreach, of Rumson, is a member of the Oil Society of America. To view some of her paintings, visit www.laurenandreach.com. The Art Society’s membership…

  • Angela M. Vetere

    Mrs. Vetere, 92, of Oakhurst, died Oct. 16, 2013. She was a secretary at Ocean Township High School from 1964 to 1983. She was predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Peter F. Vetere, in 1998. She is survived by a son, Peter L. and his wife, Cynthia A. Vetere, of Spring City, Pa.; a…

  • Fred Fiore Sr.

    Mr. Fiore, 82, of West Long Branch, died Oct. 23, 2013, at home. He was the owner of Vincent Frederick Dry Cleaners in West End for several years. In 1996, he and his son opened the Fiore Funeral Home in West Long Branch. He was predeceased by two sisters, Rose Ratti and Ann Oliverio; and…

  • Paul Kosmas

    Mr. Kosmas, 92, of Oakhurst, died Nov. 2, 2013. He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Vickie, in 2009. He is survived by two children, Nick and his wife, Deirdre Kosmas, and Terry Kosmas; three grandsons; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Chuck and his wife, Pat; a sister, Florence; three sisters-in-law, Bess Peterson, Mary…

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