Tag: community

After a $12 million overhaul, Lunch Break is ready to meet an unprecedented need for food, clothing and services in the community. The transformation, which spanned 18 months, saw the nonprofit’s footprint double.

Outside the First Avenue Playhouse, this little town on the bay is alive with the pleasures of a summer Sunday.

Red Bank Catholic’s athletic program has been one of the steadiest and most consistent both on and off the field for the better part of three decades and that stability will remain despite a change at the top. 

A torrential downpour couldn’t douse the community pride demonstrated during the borough’s June 24 centennial celebration.

The body of an infant whale that washed up on the Keansburg beachfront in December was part of an unprecedented cluster of whale deaths along the New York and New Jersey shores over the last 40 days.

When the Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community on Essex Road opened last November, the CEO of its parent organization pledged to forge mutually beneficial relationships between residents and the community. Eight months later, those partnerships are thriving. 

Coach Jeff Rainess has seen the results on the field for his Holmdel football team with the Hornets enjoying winning seasons in four of the last five years.

As the nation once again grieves the loss of young children and staff members in the aftermath of an elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, local administrators, boards of education and police departments in the Two River area have reinforced security rules and ramped up police presence on campuses. 

For gardening aficionados, there is no place like the Garden State. But for beginners, mastering the artful techniques of gardening may be no easy feat. Like life, gardening is a constant work-in-progress, but it is the exuberant bounty of Mother Nature that makes this pastime – riddled in trial and error – worth all the sweat and toil.

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – After serving as Atlantic Highlands’ top official for 16 years, borough administrator Adam Hubeny will leave the position effective Oct. 15.