September 7, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

Szostak will run for second term as mayor

Halfacre will be GOP challenger, cites taxes, lack of leadership
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Staff Writer

Fair Haven Mayor Joseph Szostak will be going door to door beginning this week to ask residents to vote for him. More...

Communities to remember victims of Sept. 11, 2001

Little Silver There will be a brief memorial ceremony outside the Little Silver Municipal Building on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m. to honor those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. More...

West Side Lofts suit continues

Judge questions decision to continue hearings
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

FREEHOLD - The next hearing on a lawsuit challenging the Red Bank Zoning Board's approval of the West Side Lofts project has been set for Oct. 2 in state Superior Court in Freehold. More...

Boro hires affordable housing mgmt. firm

BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

LITTLE SILVER - The Borough Council has hired an affordable housing management firm to assist in meeting the borough's obligation to provide affordable housing. More...

Mayor: Flooding, beach erosion result of storm

BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

SEA BRIGHT - Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams has asked representatives of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Army Corps of Engineers to visit the borough to look at the damage that was done last weekend by Tropical Storm Ernesto More...

Vets health-care plan at fort clinic to continue

Military doctors to be added to staff of Patterson clinic
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

OCEANPORT - Military veterans serviced by TRICARE-Plus, a health-care provider, will still be able to see physicians at Fort Monmouth's Patterson Army Health Clinic, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Army last week. More...

Opinion

Your Turn

Letters contain distortions, untruths
John Curley Guest Column

I was deeply disturbed by the distortions, untruths and character assassinations in letters to the editor by Mayor Edward McKenna and Councilman Pasquale Menna. More...

Your Turn

Ouster of finance chair an affront to boro voters
Tom Beck Guest Column

I read with great interest recent stories in local papers on the frustrating travails of John Curley and Kaye Ernst, in attempting to function as duly elected Council members in a very hostile Democrat City Hall. More...

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Sports

New coach, veteran players look to lead Falcons

Open season tomorrow at Red Bank Regional
BY VIN RAPOLLA Staff Writer

With an experienced roster, especially on defense, and a new coaching staff, the Monmouth Regional football team is looking forward to a breakout season. More...

2005 Monmouth Regional football schedule

9/9Red BankA1 p.m. 9/16RBCH1:30 p.m. 9/22WallH 2 p.m. More...

Young Caseys hope to build on momentum

BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer

This year's Red Bank Catholic football team is pretty young, for the most part, but that won't stop head coach Frank Edgerly from expecting a lot from his players. More...

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Arts / Zest

A woman's place is in the arts

'Outside the Box Women's Arts Festival' runs through Sept. 21
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

Singers and songwriters, actors and playwrights, artists and galleries will all share their talents in a celebration of the creative energies of women during an event-filled week in Asbury Park. More...

Not just sock monkeys

The fall art season has kicked off at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch, where "Stuff It!" has opened. More...

Basie supporters, stand up and take a bow

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has designated the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank as a Major Presenting Organization in the state of New Jersey for Fiscal Year 2007-08. More...

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Charter school fine reduced to $55K

State cuts $1M levy, citing compliance with corrective plan
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer

The new school year started out on a high note for the Red Bank Charter School with the recent news of a reduction of the $1 million fine previously levied by the state Department of Education (DOE). More...

Photo

Linda Wiley, second-grade teacher at Mahala F. Atchison School in Tinton Falls, hangs a welcome poster in her classroom on Sept. 1 in More...

New school year brings changes in Tinton Falls

BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS - Students returning to the borough's K-8 schools today will experience a number of changes. More...

Council will raise fees to help balance budget

Tobin: Fees charged developers lower than other towns
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS - Fees too low, not the way to go. Costs too high, you reap what you sow. More...

Driscoll friends, family to gather for annual walk

BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer

MANALAPAN - On Sept. 9 at 10 a.m., members of the Yorktowne Club will host the fifth annual Walk With Joe at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Route 33. More...

Lunch break pasta dinner set for Sept. 16

Red Bank - Lunch Break, a nonprofit that feeds hungry children, families and seniors, will host a pasta dinner fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 4-7 p.m. More...

Fort panel will meet in host towns

Chairman accepts offer to set up Web site for free
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

OCEANPORT - The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority is taking its monthly show on the road. More...

Bulletin Board

Notes Around Town

***** The borough of Tinton Falls will hold a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m. to formally open the new Sycamore Avenue Recreation Complex and dedicate the fields. More...

Community Bulletin Board

Jazz concert for Save Sandy Hook Sept. 10

Save Sandy Hook will hold a fundraiser featuring the Leif Arntzen jazz trio Sept. 10 from 4-6 p.m. at the riverfront home of Judith Stanley Coleman, Middletown. Coleman is president of Save Sandy Hook. More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Andrew DePonti Sr. Mr. DePonti, 90, of Red Bank, died Aug. 25 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a supervisor at the Red Bank Water Department and Public Works, retiring in 1978. Mr. DePonti served with the U.S. National Guard. More...

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Letters

Council meeting resembles Jerry Springer show

Mayor Edward McKenna and Councilman Pasquale Menna's plot to frame John Curley for their tax increase turned the last meeting of the Red Bank Council into a sickening version of the Jerry Springer show. More...

Return to civility in boro governance needed

For those of us who had the misfortune of witnessing the sheer bedlam that took place during last Monday's borough council meeting, it has never been more obvious that a change in the culture of Red Bank's local governance is desperately needed if it More...

Jazz concert will help fight privatizing of fort

Judith Stanley Coleman Guest Column

The first director of our National Park Service once wrote that our "national parks must be maintained in absolutely unimpaired form." But last year an Interior Department political appointee tried to rewrite the NPS management policy - de-emphasizin More...

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Schools

News of SRHS plan delayed by state DOE

Board denies withholding info
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

WEST LONG BRANCH - People are wondering why the Shore Regional High School District waited until late July to announce its plans to float a nearly $50 million bond construction referendum on Sept. 26. More...

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Business

Arts and crafts in an antique setting

BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

Two women entrepreneurs have formed a partnership to promote local artisans by making their prolific outpourings available to the public at affordable prices. More...

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