“Winged Victory” Actress at Screening February 15 at Brookdale

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Category: Monmouth County

Published: 11 February 2011

Lincroft, NJ - Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution will screen the classic, “Winged Victory” Tuesday, February 15 in the Warner Student Life Center, lower level, Twin Lights Room. The presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m.

The Video and Vets Series is a unique program featuring the presentation of a WWII inspired movie with discussion of the movie by veterans who were actually there or subject authorities.

Special guest for the screening will be Anne Sibole, Belmar, former actress who was featured in both the stage play and movie. Providing expert commentary will be noted local film authority, Neil O’Conner, Middletown.

“Winged Victory” was first a play and later, a film by Moss Hart. It was originally created and produced by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a morale booster and as a fundraiser for the Army Emergency Relief Fund.

Army Air Forces Commanding General Henry H. Arnold commissioned famed playwright Hart to create a stage a drama that would depict both the training and work of airmen and also the commitment and devotion to duty with which they carried out this work. He then wrote an extremely patriotic and uplifting stage play and casting calls went out not only to well-known names but to Army units around the country for Air Forces personnel with theatrical or performing background.

All male personnel involved with the show were service members of the U.S. Army Air Forces and were billed with their actual ranks. Among the then-notable or eventually-to-become-notable members of the cast and crew were Red Buttons, Mario Lanza, Karl Malden, Gary Merrill.

The event code is XWWTS 232-PR and is $5, Brookdale students are free. Register by calling 732-224-2315.

Freeholders Set 2011 Public Meeting Schedule

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Category: Monmouth County

Published: 11 February 2011

Board going ‘on the road’ to seven municipalities this year

FREEHOLD, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders has set the remainder of its 2011 meeting schedule with regular evening meetings to be in Brielle, Eatontown, Farmingdale, Freehold, Neptune City, Shrewsbury, Rumson and Wall.

“Several years ago the Board of Chosen Freeholders began taking its meetings on the road to make county government more accessible to the people it serves,” Freeholder Director Robert D. Clifton said. “It encourages participation by many more residents.”

The Board of Chosen Freeholders meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Generally, workshop meetings will be held at 2 p.m. with all regular meetings held at 7 p.m. in the Hall of Records in Freehold. Evening meetings on the fourth Thursdays from March through September will be rotated throughout the county as was done in the past with the workshop meetings on those days held in Freehold at 1 p.m.

According to Marion Masnick, deputy clerk to the freeholder board, the meeting rotation is designed to cover all regions of the county and provide opportunities for residents to attend meetings closer to home or work.

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Monmouth County Helps Recoup $633,488 for Consumers

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Category: Monmouth County

Published: 07 February 2011

Consumer Affairs office investigates complaints against businesses

FREEHOLD, NJ – The Monmouth County Department of Consumer Affairs recouped $633,488 on behalf of consumers last year, an increase of $132,430 over the previous year.

The figures are contained in the division’s year-end report, which also shows that the number of cases handled by the department rose slightly in 2010, from 856 in 2009 to 937. Director Patricia Watson attributed the upswing to consumers being more savvy about the money they spend on goods and services.

“People are spending less money, but they are more conscious of where their money goes and  making sure they get what they paid for,” Watson said.

The money breaks down this way: $139,529 was in cash refunds; $430,295 represents the value of services and items that the Department was able to recover for consumers who were unable to get them on their own; $89,243 was in voided contracts, and $4,422 was in exchanges, which means the seller substituted an item of equal value.

“In times like this when people need to watch every dollar they spend it’s comforting to know there is a place to turn to for help,” said Freeholder Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the county’s Division of Consumer Affairs. “The staff works not only for Monmouth County residents, but for any resident who is having difficulty dealing with a business located in Monmouth County.”

Consumer Affairs will help consumers resolve all types of consumer-related issues. Information about rescission, fraud and other consumer affairs programs can be found on the county Web site at www.visitmonmouth.com or by calling 732-431-7900. The office is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Singing Valentines - Say I Love You with a Song

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Category: Monmouth County

Published: 07 February 2011

Available Four Days,  Feb 11-14, 2011

RED BANK, NJ -  Candy, flowers and cards gushing with sweet sentiments are but a few ways lovers remember each other on Valentines Day.  This year, why not try something completely different.  Surprise your sweetheart with a singing valentine.

One of several dispatched quartets presents a rose, a keepsake photo and sings love ballads to a special recipient.

The men of the Chorus of the Atlantic, the Red Bank Area Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, have formed quartets ready to share your special message of love.  Dressed in their distinctive uniforms quartets are dispatched throughout Monmouth County to sing two songs appropriate for the occasion, as well as a deliver a beautiful, long stem rose. A photo of the occasion is captured and presented to the recipient, a memento to keep, as well as share with others.  

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