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      January 11, 2007  RSS feed
      Residents want county dog park at Wolf Hill in O'port
      Dog owners in several local towns are gathering support for a proposal to have part of a county park in Oceanport designated as a dog park. The initiative is being organized by a Sea Bright resident who has reached out to the Monmouth County Park System to add an off-leash dog area at the county-owned Wolf Hill Recreation Area in Oceanport. More...

      Jose Castaneda leads the choir in song at a Mass celebrating the feast of Los Tres Reyes, The Three Kings, at St. Anthony's Church in Red Bank Jan. 6. More...

      State DCA grant will fund purchase of west side tract

      Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna announced this week that the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has approved funding for the borough's affordable housing project on Cedar Street. At Monday's meeting of the Borough Council, Menna said that he received a phone call from DCA commissioner Susan Bass-Levin informing him that the borough would receive $2. More...


      Historic Sites Council: DOT didn't show rehab was not a viable option

      A decision on an application by the N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) to replace the 74-year-old drawbridge that joins the boroughs of Highlands and Sea Bright is expected to be made later this month by Lisa P. Jackson, commissioner of the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), a spokesperson for the DEP said Monday. More...


      PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ivan Vergara of Red Bank gets made up for his role as one of the three Magi for a celebration of the feast of Los Tres Reyes (The Three Kings) at St. Anthony's Church in Red Bank Jan. 6. More...


      Holy Trinity Church, 408 Prospect St., Long Branch, will host a social and ballroom dance the third Saturday of each month beginning Jan. 20 from 8-11 p.m. Singles and couples of all ages are welcome to attend, with lessons in ballroom dancing by professional instructors from 7-8 p.m. at a cost of $4. More...
      Helping Darfur a cause to hope for in new year
      Aziza is only 17 years old, and as she went out to gather firewood in the bush with other women of her village in Darfur, three Sudanese militia men rode up on horseback and caught her. One man raped her and bit her arm and neck so everyone would know what had happened to her. She was told that she has no place in Darfur because she is black. More...
      William "Bill" Boudiette Mr. Boudiette, 65, of Middletown, died Jan. 1, 2007, at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, New Brunswick. Born in Jersey City, he resided in Kearny and Hoboken before moving to Middletown 38 years ago. He was a seventh- and eight-grade science teacher for the Keyport Board of Education for 35 years, retiring in 1998. He enjoyed surf fishing. More...
      Twins to lead Golden Falcons at State Relays
      Sprinters can't be blamed if they are seeing double this winter.That's because the Cox twins, Charles and Chris, will be teammates again. Instead of racing against each other like they have the past two years, the Cox twins have joined forces at Monmouth Regional High School, making a school with a rich tradition of sprinting even stronger. Scary, in fact. More...
      A lot has been written recently about retiring Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna Jr. Most has focused on his "body of politics" and happenings in Red Bank over his 16 years. As a registered independent, I follow the politics of a town from the sidelines. More...
      Evelyn Leavens' works in 'Art for the Arts' at Laurel Tracey Gallery
      Evelyn Leavens' first show was in 1952, and her most recent exhibition is currently at the Laurel Tracey Gallery in Red Bank. She is as excited about the current exhibition of her large, colorful canvases as she was about her first show of smaller works almost 55 years ago. More...
      Why go to New York City when you can see Red Bank Regional High School dance majors perform renditions of many of your favorite numbers from Broadway musicals? The performance by students of the school's Visual and Performing Arts program will feature showstoppers dating from the 1940s to the present. The show will take place Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. More...