CHRIS KELLY staff Siobhan Kenney and Nicole Sikowitz unfurl the spinnaker during the Junior Sweepstakes Regatta held Aug. 7 at the Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club in Oceanport. More photos, page 3.
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Menna says boro will consider use of former Y bldg.
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer
Led by local community activist David Prown, concerned Red Bank residents came out in droves for the Aug. 13 council meeting to alert the council about the need for a community center in Red Bank. More...
OCEANPORT - The borough will host its 31st annual Summer's End Festival Sept. 8 at 4 p.m. at Blackberry Bay Park. A rain date is scheduled for the Sept. 9. Festivities at the event will include face-painting, spin art, moon bounce, food vendors, relay races, and karate and dance demonstrations. There will also be hot air balloon rides to benefit the Kortney Rose Foundation. More...
Legislators aim to ramp up support for $1.1B enterprise in trouble
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer
UPPER FREEHOLD - Assemblyman Joseph Malone (R-30) wants to use bare-knuckle politics to get legislators in Trenton to understand the importance of New Jersey's horse industry and racing. Malone made his remarks at a meeting of about 40 top equine industry members and local and state legislators at Rick's Saddle Shop in Upper Freehold the afternoon of July 30. More...
Council's views on purchase break along party lines
BY AMANDA BELING Staff Writer
SEA BRIGHT - Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams broke the tie vote among Borough Council members in favor of starting negotiations for the possible purchase of Donovan's Reef at the municipal meeting Tuesday, Aug. 7. Kalaka-Adams, a Republican, indicated that the point of the vote was not whether the borough should acquire Donovan's or not. More...
TINTON FALLS - Because many members of the Borough's Open Space Committee had resigned over the last several months, the Borough Council was anxious to fill those positions. At the Aug. 7 meeting, the council did just that and appointed seven new members. More...
RED BANK - Police arrested a suspect they say was responsible for almost half of all thefts from motor vehicles in the borough during a nine-month burglary spree. Borough police arrested Mauro Vasquez-Galvan, 26, of East Front Street, June 15 on charges of burglary and theft from residences, and reported recovering numerous items from his home. More...
No budget, but plenty of issues at council meeting
