Construction co. says it should get $1.2M contact
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer The award of a contract for improvements to the Red Bank Public Library is being challenged by a construction company that claims it was the lowest bidder. More...
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer
SHREWSBURY -- Construction of the 978-square-foot firehouse on Broad Street is back on track after it was derailed for a month. More...
TINTON FALLS - No one objected during the public hearing last week on a bond ordinance appropriating $132,000 for improvements to borough parks, and authorizing the issuance of $125,400 in bonds or notes to finance part of the cost. More...
Ethics, school funding reform top agenda of 12th District legislator
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer
RED BANK - Taking on ethics issues in government and pushing for school funding reform are all in 100 days' work for Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (D-12). More...
Fewer than 50,000 acres remain undeveloped
BY KATHY HALL Correspondent
Most people think about the environment on Earth Day, but Judith Stanley Coleman worries about overdevelopment every day. More...
Different ... but similar
The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch presents "Artists Curating ArtistS," two very different yet similar exhibitions that will run from April 21 through May 27. More...
ASBURY PARK - Embarking on its second year of operation, the board of The Arts Coalition of Asbury More...
Red Bank vet receives NJVMA award for work with hurricane victims
BY ANUM AZAM Correspondent
When Dr. Jenine Avellini volunteered to assist animals hurt by Hurricane Katrina, last year's Category 5 storm that destroyed several southern U.S. More...
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
LONG BRANCH -- The New Jersey Road Runners Club (NJRRC), a statewide running club, will hold its 10th annual New Jersey Marathon Weekend at the Jersey Shore in the city on the weekend of April 28 through 30. More...
Navy Seaman Recruit Michael J. Keskeys recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. More...
Brookdale professor examines baseball's impact during WW II
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer
MIDDLETOWN - To many people, baseball is just a sport, a nice way to spend an evening out or something to watch on television and pass the time. More...
Hatpin heaven - promise you won't get stuck!
BY TONY SENK Correspondent
You've all seen the old movies where the angry little old lady sneers and pokes someone with her very large - and very sharp - hatpin. More...
Milestone begins to come together as a team
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
There was an extra spring in Bo Scannapieco's step after his Brookdale Community College (BCC) women's softball team swept a doubleheader Friday. More...
Red Bank Regional's Nyle Sterling competes in the long jump during Saturday's Colts Neck Relays. More...
Jeff Kulat, a 6-foot-4, 270-pound offensive lineman from Red Bank Regional, has committed to play at Virginia Military Institute. VMI is a member of the Big South Conference. More...
Remembering the poorest at budget time
Melville D. Miller Jr. & the Rev. Bruce Davidson Guest Column
Gov. Jon Corzine should be commended for including in his budget proposal several first steps addressing the "moral responsibility" to alleviate severe poverty in New Jersey. Among these key initial anti-poverty initiatives are: More...
Coda
Greg Bean
About 20 years ago, it dawned on people in northern Massachusetts that if the Seabrook nuclear power plant near the border of that state and New Hampshire melted down, or if there were a bad hurricane or other disaster, people were pretty much S.O.L. More...