Two members of Red Bank Elks Lodge 233 were recently acknowledged for dedication to the lodge. Officer of the Year is Eileen Brennan-Watts, treasurer for the past two years, and now the lodge's loyal knight. Named Elk of the Year was Fred "Butch" DellaPietro, the chairman of the Special Needs Committee for the past 18 years. More...

To build a state that can sustain itself and thrive, New Jersey needs to produce, preserve or rehabilitate 100,000 homes that low-, moderate- and middle-income people can afford. More...

Mr. Molyneux, 70, of Watha, N.C., and formerly East Brunswick, died May 25, 2008, at home. He resided in Tinton Falls prior to relocating to East Brunswick. He was a retired supervisor at Worthington Pumps Quality Assurance for 30 years. He was predeceased by a son, Eric Lars Molyneux; and a sister, Felicia "Leetie" Molyneux. More...

Red Bank Catholic's JackieWeaver is swarmed by teammates after scoring the only run of the Shore Conference Tournament semifinal game in softball at Wall Township High School on May 31. The Caseys advanced to yesterday's title game against Toms River East. More...

Iread with interest the letter in the May 15 edition of your paper regarding the proposed new premises for the Tinton Falls library. Though our Borough Council has been trying to achieve this for the last 10 years, it is easy to see why - at this time of financial tightening - it might be thought to be an unnecessary expense. More...

Clockwise from left: Nicole Hart, backed by the NRG band, performs on May 30, opening day of the 22nd annual Red Bank Jazz and Blues Festival held at Marine Park. Kira Burke, of Red Bank, gets acquainted with a sugar glider at the Pocket Pets stand during the three-day music and food fest. Grammy-nominated guitarist Gil Parris performs with Hart and the NRG band for a large audience seated on the hill at Marine Park along the Navesink River. The festival offers three days and nights of jazz, blues, food, crafts and family fun. More...

RUMSON - Hall of Fame Day at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School was May 2, when three former students, Karl Kieburtz, class of 1976, Brooke Kamin Rapaport, class of 1980, and David Quigley, class of 1984, were honored as inductees and spent the day at the school participating in the event. More...