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      July 24, 2008  RSS feed
      CHRIS KELLY staff Taylor Crystian, of Red Bank, sprints during the 100-meter dash at the Fisk Chapel A.M.E. Track and Field Invitational held at Count Basie Park in Red Bank on July 19. More photos, page 18. More...
      Mahon responds: 'Over my dead body

      Ajoint police department shared by Oceanport and Eatontown, with Eatontown as the lead agency, is one of the recommendations made in a study on sharing emergency services at and around Fort Monmouth following the fort's closure. More...

      Scenic route would stretch from central Monmouth to Bayshore

      Monmouth County has invited 16 communities to participate in the development of a Revolutionary War scenic byway. More...


      The Sandy Hook-based NY/NJ Baykeeper hosted the seventh annual Oyster Bash at the Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank on June 26. Dozens of volunteer oyster gardeners planted oysters that were "gardened" in local waterways onto Baykeeper's existing oyster reef in the Navesink River. More...


      RED BANK - The borough received $350,000 in municipal aid from the state, which will lower the projected increase in the tax rate by 2.4 cents. The announcement was made at the July 14 council meeting. The budget for 2008 introduced in March called for an increase of 7.7 cents per $100 of assessed valuation in the municipal tax rate. More...


      DOT declines boro's request to keep summer speed limit

      SEA BRIGHT - The borough's request to decrease the speed limit on Ocean Avenue from 40 to 35 mph year-round has been denied by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT). The speed limit on the portion of Ocean Avenue in the borough's North Beach and South Beach sections is 35 mph during the summer season of May 15 to Sept. 15. More...


      RED BANK - Get ready for the annual shopping pilgrimage to Red Bank: the 54th annual Sidewalk Sale will take place in the downtown on July 25, 26 and 27. According to Red Bank RiverCenter, which produces the event, the annual sidewalk sale is shaping up to be the best ever, with clearance items and bargains at popular Red Bank stores. More...
      Today, as part of my occasional series of columns on marital relationships, I'd like to discuss an issue of some interest to both sexes. Specifically, I'd like to talk about shaving. More specifically, I'd like to talk about men's razors, and men's territorial interest in keeping them to themselves and keeping them sharp. More...
      Mr. Palmer, 89, of Fair Haven, died July 10, 2008. He was the retired manager of Project Coed, Newark. Prior to that, he was employed as Director of Public Information for the New Jersey Department of Education, and education editor and a reporter at the Newark Evening News. He was predeceased by his wife, Eleanore Mortenson Palmer. More...
      In his final opportunity to show just how good he really is, on as big a stage as he's been on, Rumson-Fair Haven's Ryan Kirchner did not disappoint. More...
      If anyone doubts the inordinate influence the building and related industries have on our state legislators, consider their continuous and blatant efforts to weaken and even erase our environmental protection laws. More...
      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: We've been writing these Red/Blue columns for months now, and there's a housekeeping issue we need to deal with. More...
      You've seen them and wondered - or you've passed them with a chill. Road shrines seem to have proliferated over the past few years. They're created out of love, loss and a sense of necessity - but they rarely last in a state of beauty for more than a few days. More...