March is Women’s History Month, and the nine-month-old Monmouth County Democrats Women’s Caucus is holding an event at Watermark tonight to promote the women of their party. “Together, we are fighting against gender inequality and political oppression,” said co-chair Patricia Teffenhart-Maikos of Holmdel in a prepared release. “Anyone who discounts the strength and determination of […]

Students made some new friends on Friday morning as 57 guests filled Thurgood Marshall Elementary School to read tales of cats in hats and green eggs and ham for Read Across America Day. Grown-ups of all stripes descended on the school on March 1 to share their favorite stories with the elementary school students. And […]

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Free three-hour parking is in effect until further notice, although officials say metered parking should be back in effect by the end of the month. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy damaged 57 of the city’s 100 parking pay stations. The city ordered 57 newer models at $789,008 to replace the broken machines. The pay stations […]

New street lights have been installed along Springwood Avenue as a step in the ongoing beautification plans for the Springwood corridor. The department of public works [DPW] has installed the lights [pictured at right], city engineer Joe Cunha said, but they still needed to install inner mechanical parts and connect them to a power source […]