Jemma Nigh Players: Myra Danon, Donna Mansfield, Martin Moskowitz, Fridel Buxbaum, Bob Landman
MANALAPAN – Donna Mansfield takes it seriously when she says “The Show must go on!” So seriously, in fact, that the Programming Coordinator at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters did the only thing she could think of to do when she learned a one act play scheduled to go on stage at the headquarters library had to be cancelled because one of the five actors had to drop out. With scant weeks to go before the event Mansfield had been promoting throughout Monmouth County with great zeal was scheduled, and not wanting to spend as much zeal in announcing its cancellation, Mansfield volunteered to step in and do the job!
Mansfield…who is not an actress and has absolutely no experience on stage….pulled it off beautifully last week when she portrayed Nora in Sisters-in-Pain, a charming comedy written by Myra Danon of Jamesburg. Danon also played a role in this, the first comedy she has written on her own, though she did co-author one other play since she retired as an elementary school teacher in Harlem.
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a car as he tried to cross Route 9 in Freehold Township, authorities said on Saturday. Tyler Horneck, a Freehold Township resident, was pronounced dead at the scene of Friday night’s crash, which occurred in the northbound lanes of Route 9, said First… Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON — The New Jersey congressional delegation is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to extend until Dec. 15 its deadline for receiving requests from Hurricane Sandy homeowners to reconsider their damage claims. The lawmakers, in a letter to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, sought another three months to give all homeowners enough time to contact the… Read the rest of this entry »
SPRING LAKE — The operator of a boat that washed up onto a jetty in Spring Lake, prompting a daring rescue by emergency personnel and lifeguards, has been charged with being under the influence of alcohol at the time, authorities said on Saturday. Thomas McGinley, 51, of Toms River, was charged with boating under the influence… Read the rest of this entry »
A plan for a 22-mile gas pipeline through the protected Pinelands in New Jersey quietly dodged a major obstacle Friday. The proposed South Jersey Gas pipeline had been rejected two years ago by the Pinelands Commission. But the commission’s executive director, an appointee of pro-pipeline Gov. Chris Christie, told commissioners that the pipeline doesn’t need their… Read the rest of this entry »
OCEANPORT — An exchange between two borough officials at a special council meeting last week nearly turned violent, with the borough’s mayor having to step in to keep the two apart. During the public comment portion of the Aug. 6 meeting, resident and Board of Education member Jay Coffey was addressing the council about personnel and… Read the rest of this entry »
FREEHOLD – A 51-year-old Marlboro man has been indicted in t he fatal 2014 crash in Holmdel that killed an Old Bridge man, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced Thursday. Shortly before midnight on Dec. 5, 2014, a 2008 Chrysler Town and County minivan – being driven by Robert A. Pennington, 51, of School East… Read the rest of this entry »
“Carly’s up, Trump is down,” is the headline on a new Rasmussen Reports poll of likely Republican primary voters. “The post-debate picture has a new contender in the top 10 of Republican presidential contenders, while the leader of the pack has taken a fall,” says the poll, released Wednesday. It reveals finds that Carly Fiorina -… Read the rest of this entry »
RED BANK — Dylan Gowan’s day on Tuesday was hectic from the start. The 19-year-old and his friend were riding WaveRunners off the beach in Highlands when his friend decided to ride to Brooklyn. Once there, his friend’s personal watercraft ran out of gas, perhaps a sign of what was to come. Gowan drove his car… Read the rest of this entry »
OCEANPORT — An exchange between two borough officials at a special council meeting last week nearly turned violent, with the borough’s mayor having to step in to keep the two apart. During the public comment portion of the Aug. 6 meeting, resident and Board of Education member Jay Coffey was addressing the council about personnel and… 
FREEHOLD – A 51-year-old Marlboro man has been indicted in t he fatal 2014 crash in Holmdel that killed an Old Bridge man, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced Thursday. Shortly before midnight on Dec. 5, 2014, a 2008 Chrysler Town and County minivan – being driven by Robert A. Pennington, 51, of School East… 
“Carly’s up, Trump is down,” is the headline on a new Rasmussen Reports poll of likely Republican primary voters. “The post-debate picture has a new contender in the top 10 of Republican presidential contenders, while the leader of the pack has taken a fall,” says the poll, released Wednesday. It reveals finds that Carly Fiorina -… 