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      March 20, 2008  RSS feed
      ALEX TOWLE Melissa Young, 5, and Elizabeth Norton, 5, race onto the field behind Borough Hall to scoop up eggs during the Little Silver Easter Egg Hunt held March 15. More...
      Red Bank budget calls for 7.7-cent increase

      The average property owner in Red Bank can expect an annual increase of $311.20 in their municipal tax bill if the budget introduced March 10 remains unchanged. The 2008 budget calls for a 7.7-cent increase per $100 of assessed valuation, according to Councilman Michael DuPont, who chairs the Finance Committee. More...

      DOT claims contractor changed staging schedule

      The timetable for replacement of the Highlands Bridge has changed and the existing bridge may be dismantled as early as June 1, according to a March 12 letter from state Attorney General Anne Milgram. The news about construction work starting earlier than projected on the approach span of the bridge was revealed during a case management conference. More...


      Renovations, in and out, restore 'a beautiful Irish bar'

      RED BANK - Renovations to the exterior of the Dublin House in Red Bank should be finished within the next few weeks, according to pub owner Eugene Devlin. Devlin, along with business partner Sean Dunne, purchased the Dublin House, 30 Monmouth St. More...


      Council mulls whether local would be lost

      OCEANPORT - Borough officials are looking into their shared-services options following a discussion at the March 12 council meeting. Mayor Michael Mahon presented several shared-services models to the Borough Council at the meeting, at which council also approved a reuse plan for Oceanport land within Fort Monmouth. More...


      Mended Hearts support organization of heart patients, families, health professionals and other interested individuals will meet March 27 at noon at Blaisdell auditorium at Riverview Medical Center, 1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank. More...


      Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, will offer "Free Yourself to Write" taught by Helene Kylen, freelance mental health writer and editor, March 29-May 3 from 9:30 a.m.- noon. The writing course will include unblocking methods, projective techniques and other topics. Class is limited to 10 students. Fee is $109 and course code XWRIT 029 PR. More...
      Back in the days when I was a police reporter, I started hearing rumors of a fancy, high-priced bordello operating in the part of town usually associated with high society. We called that part of town "The Tree Streets," because the roads were all named after trees- Oak, Poplar,Ash,Walnut and the like - and lots of the "best" families lived there. More...
      Mr. Ferrigno, 40, of Little Silver, diedMarch 10, 2008, in London. He was managing director and head of sales for Cohen & Company Investment Bank, NewYork City. He is survived by his wife, KathleenMancini Ferrigno; two sons, Paul S. Ferrigno and Alexander Q. Ferrigno of Little Silver; his parents, Joseph W. Ferrigno III of Stonington, Conn. More...
      JEFF GRANIT staff Ocean Township's Josh Hartz tries to advance possession during a home scrimmage against Brick Memorial on March 14. More...
      Iam amazed and appalled that the state of New Jersey would seemingly lie to a federal judge in order to avoid an injunction. I was present at that hearing in February and the judge clearly stated the NJDOT would not begin to touch the drawbridge until spring 2009. More...
      Local fine art photographers dominate the list of award winners at Eye- Sights 2008, the fifth annual open juried photography show currently on exhibit at the Guild of CreativeArt in Shrewsbury. Jesse Craft, Red Bank, won Best in Show with "Frankfurt Bahnhof," an image taken at a train station in Frankfurt, Germany. More...
      County superintendent looks at consolidating districts with no schools
      SEA BRIGHT - The Shore Regional High School Board of Education (BOE) is proposing a school budget that would increase the tax rate in Sea Bright by approximately 6.6 cents per $100 of assessed value, the highest increase of the four municipalities that send their students to the school. More...