Tag: Middletown

  • Brookdale contract negotiations remain stalled

    Brookdale contract negotiations remain stalled

    LINCROFT — The Faculty Association of Brookdale Community College has announced that due to stalled contract negotiations by the BCC Board of Trustees, department chairs and assistant chairs resigned their positions effective immediately on Aug. 22. Faculty are taking this action in response to a lack of good-faith bargaining as the association attempts to reach…

  • Deep Cut Gardens presents Bonsai Day

    Deep Cut Gardens presents Bonsai Day

    Deep Cut Gardens and the Deep Cut Bonsai Society will present Bonsai Day from 12-4 p.m. on Sept. 11. Experience this intricate and ancient art through demonstrations and displays, with experts on hand to answer questions. Held annually on the lawn of the Horticultural Center at Deep Cut Gardens, Middletown, Bonsai Day lets visitors get…

  • Bonsai Day set for Sept. 11

    Bonsai Day set for Sept. 11

    The Monmouth County Park System and the Deep Cut Bonsai Society will present Bonsai Day from 12-4 p.m. on Sept. 11 at Deep Cut Gardens, Middletown. Experience this intricate and ancient art through demonstrations and displays, with experts on hand to answer questions. Admission and parking are free. For more information, visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com or call…

  • Mater Dei players learned more than basketball on China trip

    Mater Dei players learned more than basketball on China trip

    By Matthew Rocco Two Mater Dei Prep student-athletes had a unique experience on the basketball court this summer. For a little more than a week, their court was all the way in China, where a group of local players traveled to compete with the top teams there. The U.S. team made the trip as part…

  • Crooner will present life of Frank Sinatra

    Crooner will present life of Frank Sinatra

    Tony Sands will present the multimedia experience, “It Was a Very Good Year,” from 3-4:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 at the Middletown Performing Arts Center, 36 Church St., Middletown, covering Frank Sinatra’s life from his early days in Hoboken to his triumphant emergence from retirement. Tickets are $20. Call 732-706-4100.

  • Leading Lights Gala in October to benefit social service agency

    Leading Lights Gala in October to benefit social service agency

    MIDDLETOWN — Family & Children’s Service (FCS), Monmouth County’s oldest, private, nonprofit social service agency, will honor former FCS Board Chair Mary Ann McDonald and longtime community partners Bruce Thompson and Thompson Memorial Home and Gloria Nilson at its 2016 Leading Lights Gala set for Oct. 29 at the Navesink Country Club in Middletown. The…

  • All physical therapy clinics are not created equal

    All physical therapy clinics are not created equal

    By David Bertone, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S. Imagine a scenario in which a patient learns he needs a dreaded root canal. The dentist’s plan of care requires four visits instead of the standard two and the patient will be on the hook for double the typical out-of-pocket costs. On top of that, the patient will receive…

  • K. Hovnanian to open new townhome community in Monmouth County

    K. Hovnanian to open new townhome community in Monmouth County

    K. Hovnanian Homes, New Jersey’’s largest homebuilder, has announced plans for the development of another new community in the Garden State, in one of Monmouth County’’s most desirable areas. The new community, Four Ponds at Lincroft, will feature 228 upscale townhomes located off of Route 35 in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township. At Four…

  • Business Brief

    Business Brief

    In an effort to help local schools, AAA Mid-Atlantic will collect school supplies from through Sept. 15 at more than 60 AAA locations including its retail and car care centers. The campaign, “Building Blocks to Support Our Future Members,” encourages AAA associates, members and the general public to donate new, unused, unwrapped school supplies. Some of…