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      July 17, 2008  RSS feed
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      CHRIS KELLY staff Seehannah Tang, Holmdel, drums during a "Drumming on the Beach" program on the Sea Bright boardwalk July 14. More...
      Study recommends towns share police services
      Consultants: Law enforcement can be regionalized
      BY JENNA O'DONNELL Staff Writer

      A feasibility study of shared police services among Rumson, Fair Haven and Little Silver suggests that the three towns pool resources in six areas, including criminal investigation and communications. More...

      Curley bows out to standing ovation
      GOP councilman cites move, demands of freeholder campaign
      BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

      Citing a recent move to Middletown and a timeconsuming freeholder campaign schedule, Republican Councilman John Curley announced his resignation at the Red Bank Borough Council meeting Monday night. "Pending a residential move to Middletown Township, I hereby resign my position as Red Bank borough councilman, effective 5 p.m. More...


      Celebrating independence

      ANTHONY ALMEIDA Spectators at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank gaze upward as a shower of fireworks lights up the sky above them during KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink on July 3. More...


      Cty. plans 2nd scenic byway

      In keeping with Monmouth County's ongoing 325th anniversary celebration, the Monmouth County Planning Board is encouraging towns along the county's Revolutionary War routes to help guide the creation of a second statedesignated scenic byway in the county. More...


      Monmouth celebrates library dedication
      Festivities to include sculpture unveiling, interpretors, concert
      BY JENNA O'DONNELL Staff Writer

      SHREWSBURY - To commemorate Monmouth County's 325th Anniversary and the dedication of the expanded Eastern Branch Library, an all-day Gala Celebration has been scheduled for Sunday, July 20. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • DVRT training sessions slated for Oct. 6, 27
      180, Turning Lives Around, Hazlet, will conduct 40-hour training courses for domestic violence response team (DVRT) volunteers in two locations: Oct. 6 at Belmar First Aid building and Oct. 27 at Hazlet Police Headquarters. Volunteer work with police to provide support, information and referrals to victims of domestic violence at police headquarters. More...
      • Go Red for Women event nets $472,000 for effort
      • Mended Hearts support group to meet July 24
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       Editorials
      • article has image They've got a 'hotline,' but nobody ever answers
      Hold on while I dust off this trophy I've got sitting on my desk. OK, here we go, and if we could have a drum roll, please. The Greg Bean Corporate Jackass of the Month Award goes to (pregnant pause) CONRAIL! I know I've been pretty hard on a few companies in recent months because of poor customer service and the impossibility of getting anyone on the phone. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Frances E. Malone
      Frances Malone, 79, of Columbus, N.C., died July 9, 2008, at the Brain Center in Brevard, N.C. She was employed by Manalapan Township for 13 years and the New Jersey Turnpike before retiring in 1990 and moving to North Carolina. Surviving are two sons, Thomas Vitomski, Columbus, N.C., and Michael Vitomski, Freehold; a daughter, Barbara Van Note of Costa Mesa, Calif. More...
      • Marian Louise Barrett
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       Sports
      • article has image Trying to turn two
      Freehold Clippers infielder Tom Caramanico (No. 13) turns a double play, despite the slide attempt of Jersey Shore Tides' Chris Esperson (No. 5) during ABCCL action at Michael Tighe Park in Freehold Township on July 13. CHRIS KELLY staff More...
      • Feature wins galore at Monmouth Park over weekend
      • Ocean Township's loss is Red Bank Regional's gain
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       Letters
      • Leave screeching to sea gulls, not politicians
      On July 7, Belmar was invaded by screeching sea gulls and screeching politicians. Gov. Jon Corzine, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Sen. Robert Menendez and Rep. Frank Pallone were given their orders on the current Numbocratic talking points issued by Sens. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. More...
      • Bridge is coming down as a political payoff
      • Horse racing industry must ban whips
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       Red State / Blue State
      • In this discussion, hipness is in eyes of the beholder
      A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: There's a new book out that you really need to read, Old Pal. More...
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       Arts / Zest
      • article has image Finding fine art at the Laundromat
      Exhibit of photos taken 'Through the Porthole' opens Friday
      When Dee Ann McCarthy turns on her washing machine, it is not to wash clothes. It is to conceptualize her ideas about the beauty found in everyday things. It takes a finely tuned visual imagination to walk by clothes agitating in a washing machine and see art. More...
      • article has image IN THE ARTS
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