🏖️ Monmouth County History: On Nov. 4, 1902, vaudeville star Laura Biggar surrendered to authorities in Freehold in a sensational inheritance case involving millionaire theater owner Henry Martyn Bennett, who owned a horse farm in Farmingdale. (More)

Wednesday Wisdom: “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” —Helen Keller

Today’s Must Read: Colts Neck’s Gabby Battaglia performed with James Madison University’s Marching Royal Dukes at the Xfinity 500 NASCAR race in Martinsville, Virginia, on Sunday, Nov. 1. The dance major joined the 375-member band for the national anthem before the race. (More)

ELECTION RESULTS> Incumbent Cory Booker defeated Justin Murphy for reelection to the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s election. Congressional and local election results continue to be counted. (See Monmouth Election Results by Town)

365> Keansburg: The housing authority is accepting applications for Granville Towers’ Section 8 project-based voucher waiting list. The head of household or spouse must be at least 62 or disabled, with income limits of $47,900 for one person and $54,750 for two. (More)

365> Holmdel: Township residents can bring sensitive documents to the DPW Building for free shredding on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 am - 1 pm. The limit is 100 pounds per household, and businesses are excluded. (More)

365> Jersey Shore Restaurant Week returns Nov. 6-15, with participating restaurants offering three-course meals for $32.26 or $42.26. Choose an appetizer, entrée, and dessert from special prix fixe menus. Participating locations and menus available online. (More)

Call for more information: Cathy Padilla 732-272-5044. Click HERE to see rates

365> Long Branch author Adam Nelson’s novel Huckleberry Jim follows two actors touring America as Huck Finn and Jim in a school production. Set in 1991, the story uses dark humor to explore race, guilt, and competing versions of American history. (More)

365> Brookdale historian Jane Scimeca is preparing Mrs. Thompson Saves the Day: The Life of Geraldine L. Thompson, expected from Rutgers University Press in 2027. Her research follows the Monmouth County reformer through family papers, private photographs, and letters found in archives around the country. (More)

365> Judy Blume’s In the Unlikely Event is Middletown Township Public Library’s New Jersey Book Club selection on Monday, Nov. 9, at noon. Attend in the History Room or register for Zoom. (More)

365> Bookworms Book Club meets at Middletown Township Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 4:15 pm for grades K-3, with a reading challenge. (More)

365> Marlboro Library is accepting donations of children’s books and adult fiction in good condition. The library cannot accept damaged books, textbooks, reference materials, books stored in basements, garages, or attics, or books without a barcode on the back. (More)

365> Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet turns 40 with a photography exhibition by Mark “Weissguy” Weiss at The Art Spot Gallery in Asbury Park on Friday, Nov. 6, from 5-7 pm. Weiss will sign The Decade That Rocked, and tribute band Never Say Goodbye will play an acoustic set at 6 pm before an 8 pm concert at the Wonder Bar. (More)

365> Landscapes and Dreams opens at Gallery on Grant at Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Ocean Township’s Deal Park section with a complimentary wine-and-cheese reception Thursday, Nov. 5, from 5:15-6:30 pm. (More)

365> First Avenue Playhouse in Atlantic Highlands presents Joe DiPietro’s Over the River and Through the Woods on Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 6-21. The comedy follows a New Jersey man whose grandparents devise schemes to keep him from taking a job in Seattle. (More)

365> Kimberly Callas’ Entanglement in Black and White runs Nov. 7-30 at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County in Red Bank. The Monmouth University professor combines sculpture, reliefs, and ocean imagery, with an artist talk during the opening reception Saturday, Nov. 7, from 6-8 pm. (More)

365> Flying High for the Holidays comes to Two River Theater in Red Bank on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 pm. Champian Fulton, Nicole Zuraitis, and Anais Reno perform seasonal classics celebrating jazz vocalists including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne. (More)