April 27, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

Congressional art competition at guild

Congressman Rush Holt (D-13) is bringing the 25th anniversary of the "Congressional Art Competition: An Artistic Discovery 2006" to the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. More...

Mahon: Budget veto does not provide tax relief

Mess garners enough write-in votes to regain board seat
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

RED BANK - A defeated budget leaves the borough public school district with an uncertain future without providing real tax relief, according to Robert Mahon. More...

Photo

CHRIS KELLY staff Don Schlachter, Lincroft, tries to get the one that got away as he fishes off the small pier at Marine Park, Red Bank, on Tuesday. More...

Greater Media Newspapers wins 42 NJPA awards for 2005

With a total of 42 editorial, photography and advertising awards, Greater Media Newspapers had its best showing ever in the weekly division of the New Jersey Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for 2005. More...

Covering/Uncovering

Painter Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern will be exhibiting paintings and works on paper at The Mitchell Sanborn Gallery in Keyport from April 29-May 21. More...

Lighthouse hunters see the light and shoot it

'Lighthouse Photographs' exhibit at M.B. Cultural Center
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

Photography is about illuminating a passion for something and fixing it forever in a flash. More...

Opinion

Greg Bean

Coda Big brothers specialize in diabolical pranks More...

Keep up the pressure for school funding fix

Municipal officials and school district administrators in many New Jersey school districts will be getting down to business this week as they try to pare down budgets for the 2006-07 school year that residents rejected in the April 18 election. More...

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Sports

Blues running by opponents on the diamond

Blues gain top-seeding for Region tourney
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Teams have been competing against a different Brookdale Community College baseball team this spring, with all too familiar results for the Jersey Blues, wins. More...

Lady Bulldogs ready to take the next step

BY VIN RAPOLLA Staff Writer

Over the past two years, the Rumson-Fair Haven girls lacrosse team has been working on becoming one of the elite programs in the Shore Conference. More...

BCC women after 11th straight Region title

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

As Bo Scannapieco sees it, the pressure is off his defending national champions. More...

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Schools

Rumson mom 'brews' rollback of school budget law

Newsome: Parents must choose 'between their wallets and their children'
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

COFFEE, more than what's in your mug, is on the move to save New Jersey's public schools. More...

Students stand up and take action for Darfur

Teachers form student activist group focused on crisis in the Sudan
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

RUMSON - Two Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School teachers, motivated by the plight of Africans in the Sudan and a displaced Ethiopian family living in New Jersey, are taking a one-time-only fundraising project to another level. More...

Charter school hit with second lawsuit

Short Term Money seeks repayment of two loans totaling $800K
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

RED BANK - A second lawsuit has been filed against the Red Bank Charter School by a creditor seeking to recover funds. More...

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R.B. Recycling expansion plan draws opposition

County to hear application on May 18 in Freehold
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

Red Bank residents told the Borough Council this week they don't want a 600-ton-per-day bulk waste transfer station built on Central Avenue. More...

Curley cleared of discrimination charge

Burnip: No decision yet on whether to pursue tort claim against boro
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

He hasn't violated anyone's rights, but Red Bank Councilman John P. Curley will still be required to attend sensitivity training. More...

Plastics remain the top polluter on N.J. beaches

Clean Ocean Action calls for volunteers for April 29 Beach Sweeps

Marine pollution continues to litter New Jersey's 127 miles of beach shoreline. More...

Voters OK Little Silver, RBR school budgets

BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

LITTLE SILVER - The borough was one of the few municipalities in the state where taxpayers approved the school budget, with 17.5 percent of registered voters coming out to vote. More...

O'port school budget fails by slim margin

Fair Haven voters approve $10.1M school district spending plan
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

The Oceanport School District spending plan was rejected by voters last week by a margin of less than 100 votes. More...

Notes

Tinton Falls Public Library will be holding its annual Mother's Day Plant and Bake Sale Saturday, May 6, through Saturday, May 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 664 Tinton Ave. More...

In The Arts

The "Speaking of Art" series hosted by the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch will present "Curator and Artist: Wearing Two Hats!" on More...

Arts council to host Arts Education Awards

The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) will present its annual Arts Education Awards on Tuesday, May 16, 6-8:30 p.m. at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. More...

Sea Bright budget adopted with 3.3-cent hike

Borough's 13 percent contribution to Shore Regional budget debated
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

SEA BRIGHT - Property owners here can expect local taxes to go up by about $125 this calendar year under the $4.5 million municipal budget adopted by the Borough Council last week. More...

In the Service

Marine Corps Pfc. Peter R. Stackow Jr. has graduated from the Marine Corps' Basic Refrigeration Mechanic Course at Marine Corps Detachment, U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. More...

Bulletin Board

On Campus

Megan Docherty, Rumson, has been named to the honorable mention dean's list for the fall semester at Lynchburg (Va.) College. A junior at the college, she is majoring in human development and learning. More...

AFS Info Night at libraries during May

Red Bank Public Library, 84 W. Front St., will host AFS Info Night May 11 at 7 p.m. AFS is an international student exchange organization. An information session will also take place May 16 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. More...

AFS Info Night at libraries during May

Red Bank Public Library, 84 W. Front St., will host AFS Info Night May 11 at 7 p.m. AFS is an international student exchange organization. An information session will also take place May 16 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Peter V. DeFilippo Mr. DeFilippo, 86, of Middletown, died March 26 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in South Amboy, he was a lifelong resident of the Middletown and Red Bank area. Before his retirement, Mr. More...

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Letters

End clear-cutting of trees in Fair Haven

(An open letter to Fair Haven mayor and Borough Council) More...

Full disclosure needed on plan for Hubbard Bridge

Monmouth County engineers and town officials are dead set on elevating the bridge that connects Middletown and Red Bank on West Front Street. More...

Entertainment industry exploits WTC tragedy

Not five years ago the towers fell and already the entertainment business seeks to profit. Innocent lives were lost, hearts were broken, and Hollywood smiles - it's a gold mine. More...

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