Articles Posted October 2012

  • Maureen Lloyd

    Lloyd Elected President of Monmouth Park Charity Board

    OCEANPORT – The Monmouth Park Charity Fund Board of Trustees has elected Maureen Lloyd of Oceanport as the new president, beginning Jan. 1, of the Monmouth Park Charity Fund Board of Trustees. Also elected to serve…

  • This Obakki dress drapes you in the season’s “it” shade, oxblood.

    Fall Fashion Report

    By Julie Davis   Oxblood, leather, fur – fashion this fall is pretty wild   Fall’s fashion headlines read more like an episode of Animal Planet’s The Big Cat Diary but the trends (we promise) are…

  • Prevention First Celebrates 45 Years of Excellence

    Prevention First Celebrates 45 Years of Excellence

    Prevention First will hold its annual Excellence in Prevention Luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at Eagle Oaks Golf & Country Club in Farmingdale. This year’s event celebrates the agency’s 45th year…

  • Help Lunch Break Fight Hunger Now

    Help Lunch Break Fight Hunger Now

    RED BANK – As National Hunger Action Month comes to an end, Lunch Break, a borough soup kitchen and food pantry, among other things, finds its shelves sorely in need of restocking. Since the financial collapse…

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    Fall Gems

    By Julie Davis   The accessories motto for fall: pile it on. Layering jewelry – and lots of it – is back in fashion. Beads with bold gemstones, gold with silver; it’s the season of personal style.  …

  • Monmouth Medical Center to hold Free Diabetes Event

    Monmouth Medical Center to hold Free Diabetes Event

    LONG BRANCH – The Center for Diabetes Education at Monmouth Medical Center will host Diabetes: The Individual, The Family & The Community, an annual event to help people with diabetes and those who care about them…

  • About Town

    About Town

    COLTS NECK Visitors to Dorbrook Recreation Area, Route 537, will have a free chance from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, to try the Monmouth County Park System’s 25-foot rock climbing wall during Climb…

  • Victor Garber and Ben Affleck in "Argo."

    Scene On Film: ‘Argo’

    By Joan Ellis Ben Affleck has hit a thundering home run with Argo. As director and principal actor, he has managed to avoid excess and melodrama in a situation that lends itself to both while…

  • Pier Village Sponsors Art For The Cure

    Pier Village Sponsors Art For The Cure

    LONG BRANCH – Artists will have their work on display from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20-21 on Festival Plaza at Pier Village to support Susan G. Komen For The Cure of Central and Southern…

  • Food, Household Supply Drive Oct 22-26

    Food, Household Supply Drive Oct 22-26

    MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Social Services Department will hold a food and cleaning supplies Drive Oct. 22 – 26 with drop-offs at several locations. Nonperishable food, cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items and paper products are needed…