Category Archives: All Good

RED BANK: After two decades, Basie Center arts educator Yvonne Lamb-Scudiery exits, stage left. Co-directors named to succeed her.

RED BANK: Count Basie Center lands $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for its mindALIGNED school arts program.

SHREWSBURY: YMCA of Greater Monmouth County honors life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

SHREWSBURY: Lunch Break executive director Gwendolyn Love to receive YMCA's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award.

RED BANK: New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund to provide $187,000 to help borough students stay connected via remote learning.

SHREWSBURY: YMCA Adopt-A-Family holiday gift drive features “virtual giving tree” and winter coat giveaway.

RED BANK: Fair Haven family's children log in to school via Y Academy, a pandemic-era adjustment by the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County.

RED BANK: Basie announces details of 2021 musical scholarship in memory of late Smithereens lead singer and New Jersey son Pat DiNizio.

RED BANK: GoFundMe campaign raises $3,600 to get biking landscaper Ricardo Paz back on the road. Not that he ever completely left it.

RED BANK: Family Resource Associates marks return to in-person instruction for people of all ages who have developmental or acquired disAbilities.

LITTLE SILVER: Officials and residents wrestle with how to do Halloween in a pandemic, without being a buzzkill, particularly for one partying neighborhood.

RED BANK: HABcore opens four new independent living apartments on River Street with help from Jon Bon Jovi's JBJ Soul Foundation.

SHREWSBURY: Volunteers help YMCA of Greater Monmouth County adapt to pandemic and community needs for food, childcare, counseling and more.

RED BANK: District teachers and an administrator get delayed recognition for professional achievements and awards announced before the pandemic.

FAIR HAVEN: Local volunteers help paint exterior of Fisk Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, where many congregants are senior citizens.

RUMSON: Volunteer firefighters, with an assist from an Eagle Scout, unveil new memorial to those killed on September 11, 2001.

LITTLE SILVER: After planned cuts by Murphy administration, Gopal says funding for RBR's the Source and other school-based youth service programs will be restored.

RED BANK: Count Basie Center for the Arts names Jeremy Grunin chairman of board of trustees during "a time of recovery and resilience."

RED BANK: Boys and Girls Clubs open remote learning centers to provide safe space for children to participate in their schools’ virtual learning programs.

RED BANK: Volunteers distributed more than 400 backpacks filled with school supplies at Pilgrim Baptist Church Saturday. Giveaway continues Wednesday.