Grammy Award winning artists Sarah McLachlan and Patty Griffin’s sold out concert last month raised $240,000 in support of free programming for Mary’s Place by the Sea, the nonprofit announced Monday.   The Main Avenue located respite home for women with cancer offers holistic and integrative services at no cost to women across the nation […]

Mary’s Place by the Sea has announced Grammy winners Sarah McLachlan and Patty Griffin will headline a benefit concert July 28 at the historic Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park.  Located on Main Avenue in Ocean Grove, Mary’s Place by the Sea is a 10-bedroom respite and support agency that serves women diagnosed with cancer from […]

NENAproductions Theater Project returns next week with A New Brain, William Finn’s autobiographical musical that addresses his battle with arteriovenous malformation and the healing power of art. Finn wrote the music and lyrics and co wrote the book with Tony-winning playwright James Lapine. The New York Times called the production ‘one long, harmonious thank-you note […]

The women’s respite and cancer support nonprofit based in Ocean Grove has released In the Kitchen with Mary’s Place by the Sea. Known for its holistic services and offerings that compliment a woman’s medical treatment, Mary’s Place by the Sea founders have developed a vegan menu that is based on fueling one’s body with the […]

The Newman’s Own Foundation Holiday Challenge could yield thousands in added support for Mary’s By The Sea in Ocean Grove. “Under their Recipe For Love As Newman’s Own Foundation has developed its own recipe for giving, we at Mary’s Place have developed our own Recipe for Love, in the way that we serve our guests,” […]

New York Times bestselling author and cancer survivor Caridad Pineiro is partnering with her daughter Samantha Scordato, also a writer, to support of Mary’s Place by the Sea, a respite home for women receiving treatment for cancer. “I was lucky that my cancer was caught early, but I have seen family and friends suffer with […]

NENAproductions Theater Project returns next week with the Jersey Shore’s first production of Fun Home, the Tony Award-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic tragicomic memoir. Ben Brantley of The New York Times called Fun Home a rare beauty that pumps fresh air into Broadway and LA Times’ Charles McNulty said the musical has all […]

A new real estate office has opened at 49 Main Ave but many will know the familiar face. Carol Dunleavy, a seven year Ocean Grove resident, has opened Sunrise Coastal Properties in the very office she worked in for three years. The former Vail Realty broker said she left the company after her former bosses […]

Local artist Maggie Brown will debut her new collection: Mother Ocean, Saturday at The Starving Artist at Days Restaurant in Ocean Grove. A departure from her more industrial textured compilations inspired by landscapes, rocks, maps, and topography, Brown’s new series is an homage to her Jersey Shore roots and the area’s most precious resource. A […]

The Starving Artist Restaurant’s Summer Theater brings back its live outdoor performance this weekend. It’s a Musical…Revue, a nod to Broadway musicals past and present, opens 7:30 p.m. Friday and will run through July 8, organizers said. The revue will feature renditions of acclaimed Broadway titles from The Sound of Music to Purlie, Sweeney Todd […]