• Library to host Sandy benefit Oct. 3

    October will mark one year since superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey Shore and Monmouth County area. Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. will host a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 to aid those still recovering from Sandy. The Concert for the Renaissance of the Jersey Shore will feature the internationally renowned…

  • Percussion group opens series

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Downtown Concert Series presented by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church will launch its fourth season at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28. The new season of concerts will open with a performance by Exit 9 Percussion of New York. The concert will take place at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church,…

  • Stars return to light up ballroom

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Lead singer Chester Bennington (l) and lead guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots perform on Sept. 6 at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville. The concert was the first since superstorm Sandy severely damaged the venue in October 2012. TERRY BOUDREAU Since the early days of rock ’n’ roll, its…

  • Millstone PTO makes donation to district

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Christmas came early in Millstone Township when representatives of the Millstone PTO presented a $56,000 gift for the primary and elementary schools at the Board of Education’s meeting on Sept. 9. The PTO representatives said the organization’s members are especially proud of the fact that the grand total in…

  • Travel is topic of Brandeis meeting

    The Brandeis University National Women’s Committee (BUNWC) Tri- County Chapter will hold its next meeting at 2 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Robbinsville branch library, 42 Allentown-Robbinsville Road, Robbinsville. The free meeting is open to the public. Guest speaker Anne Frazier, a volunteer “ambassador” from Road Scholar Adventures in Lifelong Learning, will present “Love to…

  • Event highlights home-grown products

    More than 80 Monmouth County-based manufacturers have signed on for the “Made in Monmouth” exposition to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept.28 at Monmouth University’s Multipurpose Activity Center on Larchwood Avenue, West Long Branch. Items to be featured include custom furniture, a novel written by a local author, jewelry at every price…

  • Take a tour of the past at Walnford

    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Park System will host Walnford Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 6 at Historic Walnford, Upper Freehold Township. The event will bring local history alive through hands-on activities, demonstrations, exhibits, wagon rides and more. The site’s centerpiece — its 19th-century gristmill — will be open for tours.…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Her response is better than the game Lori Clinch I f there was one thing my parents taught me, it was to mind your morals. Don’t lie, don’t cheat, don’t steal, and for heaven’s sake, let’s not chew gum in church. Although I sometimes fail miserably, I try to be a good person. I don’t…

  • VIEWS

    Family mourns loss of young life to addiction Jack Murtha We buried my 21-year-old cousin Courtney on the afternoon of Sept. 5, near her lifelong home in Bergen County. She died two days earlier, after a difficult period scarred by a cruel and far-too-common disease. Courtney spent the final years of her life as an…

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