The Jersey Shore Rose Society (JSRS), will hold a hands-on rose pruning demonstration 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 4 at Wampum Park, Route 35 south, Eatontown (rain date, April 5). The event is free and open to the public. Attendees should bring gardening gloves and pruners. More...

Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity has been building homes for qualified families in our area since 1989. As a result of 24 projects to date, this local affiliate has helped families comprised of 39 adults and 51 children in western Monmouth County. More...

Behind the fusillade of faulty arguments proffered by the Amethyst Initiative in support of lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 lurks an inconvenient truth: doing so would only exacerbate the current epidemic of underage drinking, further jeopardizing young lives at a critical juncture i... More...

I get a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. More...

After two days of tryouts, 26 players sat silently in a semicircle, waiting to hear if they had made the cut. On Feb. More...