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Good morning Monmouth County! Here’s to a mild Halloween hangover and the start of Cozy Season.
Let’s Gooo!!
~ Amanda & Rob
Today’s Buzz 🐝
📰 2026 Monmouth County Profile Report
🍁 Fall Festival at Happy Day Farm
❓ Did You Know - The North American Phalanx in Monmouth County
🥞 Bojangles Neptune
🥩 Jersey Shore Restaurant Week
🎨 Greetings from Asbury Park Exhibit
🎭 Stir at Two River Theater
🎸 Beauty School Dropout at Asbury Lanes
🎺 Unlimited Miles: Miles Davis at 100
🏈 Monmouth U. Football
🌊 Ocean Temp/Tides
📰 NEWS
📋 2026 Monmouth County Profile Report
The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners and the Division of Planning have officially released the 2026 Monmouth County Profile Report, delivering an in-depth, data-driven assessment of the county’s economic resilience, land development patterns, and demographic shifts. Serving as a foundational planning benchmark for municipal leaders, regional developers, and local businesses, the annual compendium underscores Monmouth’s strong residential demand and economic vitality—highlighting a gross domestic product surpassing $52 billion, high homeownership rates exceeding 75%, and sustained single-family market strength alongside ongoing non-residential adaptation in hubs like Bell Works and the Fort Monmouth redevelopment corridor. The comprehensive report also details key indicators across workforce educational attainment, open space preservation, transportation infrastructure, and housing affordability, providing local stakeholders with the essential metrics needed to guide smart growth, environmental resilience, and strategic capital investment across the county’s 53 municipalities. info
🎡 FAMILY
Storytime & Craft | Tuesday, Nov 3 – Thursday, Nov 5 | 11:00 AM | Monmouth Museum, Lincroft | info
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🕺 JUST FUN
Allentown Library Book Sale | 11/1-11/30 | Various times | Allentown Library, Allentown | info
Line Dancing Mondays | 11/2 | 6pm-10pm | Beach Haus Brewery, Belmar | info
Hoda & Maria: The Friendship Tour SOLD OUT | 11/2 | 6:30pm | Count Basie- The Vogel, Red Bank | info
Private Group Tour of the Paranormal Museum | 11/4 | 12pm, 1:15pm, 2:30pm, 3:45pm | The Paranormal Museum, Asbury Park | info
Genealogy Club | 11/4 | 2pm-3pm | Shrewsbury Library, Shrewsbury | info
Cigars & Sunsets on The Rooftop Wednesdays | 11/4 | 6pm-10pm | Beach Haus Brewery, Belmar | info
Moceans Harvest of Hope | 11/4 | 6pm-8pm | Bell Works- Fort Monmouth, Tinton Falls | info
Diwali Tea Light Decoration Workshop REGISTER BY 11/2 | 11/4 | 6pm-8pm | ArtSpace, Red Bank | info
Social Dance Club | 11/5 | 12pm-1:30pm | Manalapan Library, Manalapan | info
Ghost of the Boardwalk Tour | 11/5 | 7pm | The Paranormal Museum, Asbury Park | info
Israeli Folk Dancing | 11/5 | 7pm-8:30pm | Manalapan Library, Manalapan | info
🍔 FOOD & 🍹 DRINK
🥞 Bojangles Neptune
The Southern fast-food chain Bojangles is opening a new location in Neptune, New Jersey, on November 5, 2026, at the Marketplace at Neptune shopping center, marking a major milestone in the brand's modern Northeast expansion. While the chain briefly experimented with a presence in New York City during the 1980s, its permanent push into the region began with a multi-unit development agreement in March 2022. This strategy officially materialized on April 23, 2025, with the opening of a location in Piscataway, New Jersey, followed by a massive 35-unit expansion deal across the state and a return to New York City with a Brooklyn flagship in January 2026. The upcoming Neptune restaurant will continue this momentum, bringing Bojangles' signature Southern-style fried chicken, scratch-made biscuits, and legendary sweet tea closer to Jersey Shore residents.
🥩 Jersey Shore Restaurant Week 🍷
Food lovers across Monmouth and Ocean counties are gearing up for the return of Jersey Shore Restaurant Week, which officially launches its 10-day autumn showcase from Friday, November 6 through Sunday, November 15. Spotlighting the culinary depth and off-season vibrancy of the coastal dining community, the biannual event unites more than 70 premier regional restaurants—including longtime Monmouth County staples like 26 West on the Navesink in Red Bank, Scarborough Fair in Sea Girt, Beach Tavern in Monmouth Beach, and Blend on Main in Manasquan. Diners can enjoy curated three-course dinners featuring an appetizer, entrée, and dessert priced at accessible fixed tiers of $32.26 or $42.26, alongside select two-course lunch menus. The ten-day promotion is complemented by signature culinary satellite events—including a bubbly-and-seafood tasting at Manasquan’s Coastal Canteen, an artisan burger and Pinot Noir pairing at Brielle’s Shipwreck Grill, and an exclusive wine seminar with renowned educator Kevin Zraly at Spring Lake Manor—delivering a welcome boost to local kitchens while offering shore residents a flavorful reason to support neighborhood tables before winter sets in. info
Bell Works Fresh Farmers & Makers Market | 11/4 | 11am-4pm | Bell Works, Holmdel | info
Simply Ina: Cookbook Club & Dinner Party | 11/4 | 6pm-8:30pm | Taste and Technique, Fair Haven | info
Bubbles & Pearls | 11/5 | 11am-9pm | Avenue- Pier Village, Long Branch | info
Bourbon & Bonfire | 11/5 | 5pm-8:30pm | Scarborough Fair, Wall | info
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🎨 ART, HISTORY & EDUCATION
❓ Did You Know ❓
🧑🤝🧑 The North American Phalanx in Monmouth County
Tucked along the pastoral boundary of Colts Neck and Lincroft, the North American Phalanx emerged in September 1843 as the most resilient and enduring secular utopian commune of nineteenth-century America. Inspired by the communal philosophy of French theorist Charles Fourier and championed by prominent reformers such as New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, roughly one hundred residents gathered across 673 fertile Monmouth County acres to escape the inequities of industrial society. Unlike dozens of contemporary communal ventures that quickly folded, the Phalanx thrived for over a decade by creating an equitable social cooperative centered around a grand wooden residential mansion known as the "Phalanstery". Ahead of their era, the community practiced democratic self-governance, granted women voting power and equal labor compensation, ran collective dining rooms and nurseries, and built an economically viable enterprise powered by award-winning fruit orchards, modern farming machinery, and a bustling steam-driven mill.
The agrarian experiment came to an abrupt close on September 10, 1854, when a devastating fire consumed the uninsured grist and saw mills, saddles of debt forced liquidation, and the land was auctioned off the following year. Despite the commune’s formal dissolution, its expansive wooden Phalanstery remained standing as a private dwelling for well over a century, famously serving as the birthplace of celebrated Algonquin Round Table drama critic Alexander Woollcott in 1887 before a blaze finally claimed the vacant landmark in November 1972. Today, while the communal structures have yielded to residential landscapes, Monmouth County preserves the legacy of this radical societal experiment through the local roadway that still carries its name, Phalanx Road, anchoring Colts Neck in the annals of American reform history.
Daniel Johnston: I am a Baby in My Universe II | 9/14-12/15 | Mon-Fri 10am-5pm | DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall- MCA, W. Long Branch | info
Jonas Mekas Film and Art Exhibit | 9/14-12/15 | Mon-Fri 10am-5pm | Rotary Ice House Gallery- MCA, W. Long Branch | info
Raw Power: Shepard Fairey Exhibit | 9/17-11/30 | Mon 12pm-5pm, Thur 12pm-7pm, Fri/Sat 12pm-9pm, Sun 11am-7pm | Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park | info
Greetings From Asbury Park Exhibit | 9/18-11/2 | Thur/Fri 3pm-7:30pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 12pm-5pm | Art629 Gallery, Asbury Park | info
The Grid We Live In Exhibit | 9/27-11/8 | 4pm-6pm | Nilson Gallery- Monmouth Museum, Lincroft | info
The Heart is Revealed in the Deed | 10/1-11/4 | Thur 9am-9pm | Shrewsbury Library, Shrewsbury | info
Festival of Lights Exhibit | 10/2-11/15 | Tue-Sun 10am-4pm | Monmouth Museum, Lincroft | info
Awesome Autumn Amble | 11/2 | 10am | Freneau Woods Park, Aberdeen | info
Manasquan River Group of Artists Art Show | 11/2 | 10am-9pm | Wall Library, Wall | info
Visiting Writer- Dr. Mihaela Moscaliuc | 11/2 | 6pm | Great Hall 104- Monmouth University, W. Long Branch | info
Marvin Heiferman, “Why We Look” | 11/3 | 4:30pm | Great Hall Auditorium- Monmouth University, W. Long Branch | info
Alyson Mosquera Dutemple: Marvelous Freaks of Nature! w/ Jennifer G. Gaites | 11/3 | 6pm-7:30pm | Crazy Story Books, Red Bank | info
Historic Portland Place Tours | 11/4-11/8 | 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm | Portlant Place Visitor Center- Hartshorne Woods, Locust/Middletown | info
J+J Art Studio: Sea Glass Art | 11/4 | 6pm-8pm | Bakes Brewing Co, Wall | info
Starting Over with John and Yoko: The Photographs | 11/5-1/15 | Mon-Fri 9am-10pm, Sat/Sun 9am-7pm | Pollak Gallery, W. Long Branch | info
Draw & Discover: Charcoal for Non-Artists with Jenny Santa Maria | 11/5 | 6pm-8pm | Middletown Library, Middletown | info
Tiers & Cheers: Vintage Stamped Plates | 11/5 | 6pm-8pm | Bakes Brewing Co, Wall | info
Conversations with Our Curator – Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy with Dr. Margena A. Christian | 11/5 | 7pm | Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, Long Branch | info
🎭 THEATER, CINEMA & COMEDY
Stir | 10/31-11/22 | Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm | Two River Theater, Red Bank | info
Play Readings | 11/2 | 7pm | The American Hotel, Freehold | info
Bards | 11/2 | 7pm-10pm | My Way Cafe, Long Branch | info
Open Mic Comedy Night with Rob D! | 11/4 | 6pm-7pm | Asbury Park Brewery, Asbury Park | info
Open Mic Comedy Night | 11/5 | 7pm | Count Basie- Cinema House, Red Bank | info
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🎸 LIVE MUSIC 🎙
Jazz Art Jam Sessions | 11/2 | 6pm-8pm | Triumph, Red Bank | info
Corrosion of Conformity & The Sword | 11/3 | 7pm | Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park | info
The Fabulous Thunderbirds | 11/3 | 7:30pm | Count Basie- The Vogel, Red Bank | info
She Wants Revenge | 11/4 | 7pm | The Stone Pony, Asbury Park | info
Beauty School Dropout | 11/4 | 8pm | Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park | info
Post Animal "Maybe You Have to Tour" | 11/4 | 8pm | House of Independents, Asbury Park | info
Revolver EF4 Fest 2026 | 11/5-8 | Various times | Monmouth University, W. Long Branch | info
Open Mic Night with Jason Portizo | 11/5 | 5:30pm | Wild Air Beerworks, Asbury Park | info
Unlimited Miles: Miles Davis at 100 | 11/5 | 7:30pm | Count Basie- The Vogel, Red Bank | info
🏃♀ FITNESS/WELLNESS
Free Wellness Screenings | 11/5 | 1pm-3:30pm | Hazlet Library, Hazlet | info
Run Club | 11/5 | 6:30pm-8:30pm | Bakes Brewing Co, Wall | info
🏀 SPORTS
Monmouth U Women's Basketball vs Binghamton U | 11/2 | 6pm | Monmouth University, W. Long Branch | info
Brookdale CC Women's Basketball vs Atlantic Cape CC | 11/3 | 5pm | Brookdale CC, Lincroft | info
Brookdale CC Men's Basketball vs Atlantic Cape CC | 11/3 | 7pm | Brookdale CC, Lincroft | info
Brookdale CC Women's Basketball vs Passaic CC | 11/5 | 5pm | Brookdale CC, Lincroft | info
Brookdale CC Men's Basketball vs Passaic CC | 11/5 | 7pm | Brookdale CC, Lincroft | info
🌊 ☀ BEACH
Asbury Park - Ocean Temp. 61°F
Mon 11/2: High 12:56am | Low 6:54am | High 1:11pm | Low 7:51pm | Sunrise 6:27am | Sunset 4:53pm
Tue 11/3: High 1:58am | Low 8:06am | High 2:13pm | Low 8:48pm | Sunrise 6:28am | Sunset 4:52pm
Wed 11/4: High 2:58am | Low 9:08am | High 3:13pm | Low 9:38pm | Sunrise 6:30am | Sunset 4:51pm
Thu 11/5: High 3:55am | Low 10:02am | High 4:10pm | Low 10:23pm | Sunrise 6:30am | Sunset 4:49pm
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