WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met with the military leaders of 21 countries Tuesday to discuss the ongoing strategy to combat the Islamic State terrorist group as he faces mounting pressure at home and abroad to take more aggressive action in Iraq and Syria. Obama did not announce any new or expanded initiatives following the meeting…
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New Jersey high school and college film students will have a chance to compete for an summer internship with Sony Pictures Classics in a contest announced today by the Count Basie Theatre.
PROJECT FX, the theater’s Statewide Student Film Festival, looks to inspire, invite and recognize emerging talent right in our own back yard and bring it before a panel of judges that can advance New Jersey’s reputation as a breeding ground for fantastic technical, directional and / or creative film making talent.
Students from all New Jersey high schools, public, private and parochial, as well as student is public and private colleges, universities and community colleges are invited to participate.
Entries, which must be no more than 10 minutes long and produced in 2013 or later, will be accepted until February 15, 2014.
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Posted: October 14th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Art, Count Basie Theatre, Education, Monmouth County, New Jersey, News | Tags: Count Basie Theatre, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Project FX, Project FX Film Festival, Student filmakers | Comments Off on Count Basie Theatre Announces Student Film Competition
Those planning to purchase health insurance on the Obamacare exchange will soon find out how much rates have increased – after the Nov. 4 election. Enrollment on the Healthcare.gov website begins Nov. 15, or 11 days after the midterm vote, and critics who worry about rising premium hikes in 2015 say that’s no coincidence. Last year’s…
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In a stunning departure from the church’s long-held stance on controversial social issues, the Vatican’s bishops are calling for a far more pastoral approach to the Catholic church’s doctrine, according to a new document published Monday. In its report, The Extraordinary General Assembly Synod of Bishops seemed to have tabled a “lifestyle ecumenism” as Boston Globe…
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A full two months after Robin Williams’ death from suicide on August 11, a scattered handful of mental health professionals and volunteers are still feeling the aftereffects. They are suicide prevention hotline directors and operators, spread across the country but allied in their commitment to meeting the demand for mental health services that routinely spikes after…
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Sean Powers photo via facebook
Sean Powers, a twenty-two year old Middletown volunteer firefighter has been charged with starting the fire that left him with critical burn injuries. William Rohweder, 23 of Middletown was also charged with arson of an abandoned barn in a residential area. The fire at 251 Monmouth Ave was reported to Middletown authorities on Saturday morning at 5:48 AM. Powers’ address is 260 Monmouth Ave.
According to a statement from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, both young men have been charged with one count of second degree Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Arson, one count of second degree Aggravated Arson and one count of third degree Aggravated Assault.
Because of his status as a volunteer firefighter, Powers has also been charged with Official Misconduct, an offense that carries a maximum prison term of ten years and a minimum period of parole ineligibility of five years, upon conviction.
Powers is in critical but stable condition at The Burn Center at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen set Powers bail as R. O. R. (Released On Recognizance) so long as he remains in an in-patient. Upon his release from The Burn Center, his bail will be reviewed.
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Posted: October 10th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Middletown, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Prosecutor, News | Tags: Arson, Crime, Middletown, Middletown Arson, Middletown Fire, Middletown Township, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, Sean Powers, William Rohweder | 3 Comments »
The glossy cover of the Islamic State’s annual report features an armed fighter jauntily looking over his right shoulder, decked out in clean, green army fatigues while holding an automatic rifle in his right hand. Inside the latest 410-page report, or “al-Naba,” released on March 31, 2014, the Islamic State’s statistics are laid out in black…
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By Greg Kelly
Friday, October 10
- “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” at Allaire Village – MORE INFO
- Frankie Avalon/ Fabian/ Bobby Rydell at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- InfoAge’s Camp Evans Base of Terror! (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
- Bus Stop at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Jersey Devil Hunt (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
- Little Shop of Horrors at Spring Lake Theatre – MORE INFO
- Dinner with the Boys at NJ Repertory Theatre (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
- Macbeth by the Stone Church Players (Navesink) – MORE INFO
- Rope at First Avenue Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Walking Lantern Ghost Tours (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- The American Flag Poetry (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Tai Chi with Kit Lau (Howell) – MORE INFO
- Bonfire on the Beach (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Haunted Hall (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Creatures of the Night (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Fall Harvest Tricky Tray (Hazlet) – MORE INFO
- Sondheim on Sondheim (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
- Ghosts & Legends Downtown Tour (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Liberty Science Center Bus Trip (Lincroft departure) – MORE INFO
- Rival at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- The Strumbellas at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Big Rooney Oktoberfest Unplugged at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Neuroscience Symposium (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
- Downtown Freehold Farmer’s Market – MORE INFO
- D-Day Exhibit at NJ National Guard Militia Museum (Sea Girt) – MORE INFO
- Live Harness Racing at Freehold Raceway – MORE INFO
- Bluegrass Mini Golf at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
- Kids Night Out (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
- Yoga for Adults (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
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Posted: October 8th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County, Things to do on the Jersey Shore | Tags: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Jersey Shore, Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend | Comments Off on Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, October 10-12, 2014
DALLAS — Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan died Wednesday morning, according to a statement from a Texas Health Resources spokesperson. “It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am,” says the statement made by Wendell Watson, public relations director at…
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New York State comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli. New York and New Jersey are high-cost states that share a regional economy, high state and local government payrolls and benefit plans, a wealthy tax base, and a scandal-ridden Port Authority. What the two states don’t share is a massive pension crisis and the poor bond ratings that go…
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