The HOWELL Times
Vol. 23 - No. 1
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Photo by Lors Photography Howell High School Drama Club won Outstanding Mixed Student + Adult Orchestra at the 20th annual Basie Awards. By Alyssa Riccardi HOW ELL – T he Howell High School’s Drama Club had the honor of winning three awards at the 20th annual Basie Awards. The Basie Awards, presented by The Count Basie Center for the Arts, recognizes
talent amongst Monmouth Count y high school theatre. A total of 52 high school product ions were evaluated during the school year, with more than 80 nominees collected across various categories. Howell High School received
several nominations not only for their musical “Spamalot” but also for their play “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.” Howell High School achieved wins in three categories all for their production of “Spamalot:” • Outstanding Mixed
Student + Adult Orchestra • Outstanding Featured Performance In A Male Identified Role (Musical) – Cooper Stahl • Outstanding Supporting Performance In A Female Identified (Theater - See Page 4)
By Alyssa Riccardi MIDDLETOWN – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners and Middletown officials have officially broke ground on a road improvement project in the Lincroft Plaza, which will include upgrades to County Route 520 and County Route 50. “Safety is the highest priority and we are undertaking this project to make sure County roadways are as safe as they can be,” said Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the Department of Public Works and Engineering. “Monmouth County is committed to maintaining and upgrading our infrastructure to ensure the safety of our drivers and pedestrians.” According to officials, the existing Acme Market service road only supports one-way traffic for cars leaving the Acme shopping center onto Middletown-Lincroft Road. The project will convert this one-way exit road from the shopping center into (Project - See Page 3)
Poets Of Different Faiths Bring Messages Of Peace And Hope
By Bob Vosseller JERSEY SHORE – It sounds like the start of a joke, a Jew and a Muslim walk into a Methodist Church and read some poetry, but in reality, that is exactly what happened and the event held in Island Heights served as a unifying and special event. Faleeha Hassan, who is a Muslin, has written nearly 30 books of poetry and one of her most recent, is “The Maya Angelou of Iraq.” David L. Steinberg, who is Jewish, has written 20 books - one of which is “My Enemy in the
Mirror” featuring a poem that was published in Gaza in 2014. Both of these poets are Nobel Peace Prize nominees who came to the Island Heights United Methodist Church (UMC) to read passages of their work. A crowd of people sat in the pews of the church which this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary. While some of the themes of their poetry came from dark experiences, the messages they relayed proclaimed hope and unity. The program was arranged by Reverend Karen Murray of the Island Heights
UMC and Bill Pike, the president of the Ocean County Artists Guild. “We are so fortunate to have our two guests here today,” Pike said. He noted that the mission of the Ocean County Artists Guild was to “hopefully attract music, other authors and a community that values the arts and when I met David he said, ‘I’m an artist to but I create art with words.’ I love that because poetry is an art form so we are going to try and start poetry workshops at the Guild.” “If I told you about all the awards that (Poets - See Page 5)
Photo by Bob Vosseller Poet Faleeha Hassan speaks to an audience during a poetry reading held at the Island Heights United Methodist Church.
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