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December 18, 2008 / Front Page

Milltown post office: a light at end of the tunnel

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Army accord with FMERA is official

One open door, 40 years of teaching

Kamin selected as Harvard Nieman Fellow

Outdoor discoveries await primary school students

Learning center for autistic adults becomes reality

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Agricultural county fairs worth the trip

Height restriction stalls Hampton Inn proposal

Community center location debated

Neighbors say Head Start a better alternative

BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

The owners of a building on Drs. James Parker Boulevard don't want a community center next door and are urging the Red Bank Borough Council to consider another use for the former Count Basie Learning Center. More...

Council nixes more taxicab licenses

Drivers protest that more cabs would hurt business

BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

RED BANK — The Borough Council at its Dec. 8 meeting unanimously voted against increasing the number of taxicab licenses in the borough, after local drivers filled the borough hall in opposition to the proposal. More...

Quaker Meetinghouse restoration gets $10K boost

DAR donation funds work on third phase of project

BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

SHREWSBURY — A $10,000 donation will help continue the ongoing restoration of the Shrewsbury Quaker Meetinghouse located at the historic Four Corners. More...

Red Bank takes power outage in stride

BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

RED BANK — When power in the borough and across Monmouth County went down on Dec. 9, Red Bank police dispatched additional officers to handle traffic concerns as well as safety issues. More...

Great Red Bank Latke Festival set for Dec. 25

RED BANK — Congregation Beth Shalom will host the Great Red Bank Latke Festival 3-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25. The latke fest will be held in celebration of Hanukkah. Latkes, Yiddish for potato pancakes, is a traditional Hanukkah dish. More...

Students win in robotics competition

RUMSON — Students in a local science enrichment program won the Teamwork Award at the First Lego League Robotics Competition at Rowan University on Dec. 6. The students from Red Bank Middle School, St. More...

Holiday harmony

Above: Red Bank Middle School students perform during the Holiday Celebration Concert on Dec. 11. Left: Caeli Morris, Red Bank, sings with the school chorus during the concert held in the middle school auditorium. More...

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River Road Books in Fair Haven is asking the community's help for one of its employees, Stacie Carter, who lost her home in a recent fire. Carter holds story times and creative writing sessions at the store. More...

Arts council grants $124K to local groups

RED BANK — The Monmouth County Arts Council announced its Local Arts Program Grant awards for fiscal year 2009. More...

Columns

A gift for the man who has too much — a manscaper

Coda • GREG BEAN

My friend Butchie Rawlins may have been the hairiest human being in the history of the world. For starters, he had a full head of thick, curly, black hair, but that was only the beginning of the wonder. More...

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Opinion

Is new boss same as the old boss?

In the News • MARK ROSMAN

We are on the dawn of a new political landscape in Monmouth County — and it's one that many people may have believed they would never see. More...

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Sports

Up for grabs

ERIC SUCAR staff Players from Ocean Township and Red Bank Catholic high schools battle for a loose ball during a recent scrimmage at Red Bank Catholic. More...

RBC wrestling trying to move up in Shore Conference

BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent

Trying to build a wrestling program that historically has not been competitive is challenging enough. But trying to do it in the Shore Conference, widely regarded as the hotbed for scholastic wrestling in New Jersey, is downright frustrating. More...

BCC point guards are the difference

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

The Brookdale Community College women's basketball team is redefining what it means to be a point guard. Yes, it's still the player who brings the ball up the floor and runs the offense, but, in BCC's case, it's not limited to one player. More...

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Arts / Zest

'Changing Seasons, Changing Moods'

Acollection of watercolor and pastel paintings by Shrewsbury artist Nessa Neilson Morse is on display at the West Long Branch Public Library. More...

In the Arts

Legendary Disney artist Carl Barks is recognized as the 'father' of Donald Duck's penny-pinching uncle Scrooge McDuck. More...

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FRANK GALIPO Tanita Waddy, Red Bank, concentrates on her bowing technique during the Red Bank Middle School Holiday Celebration Concert on Dec. 11. More...

Council recycles plastic bag ban

Ordinance now aims at recycling of bags

BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

Although an outright ban on plastic bags in Red Bank was not successful, the governing body may adopt a plastic bag recycling ordinance at the next council meeting. More...

Ranney's 'Day Without Art' marks World AIDS Day

Ranney School Middle and Upper School students stripped the school's hallways and classrooms bare on Dec. 5, removing most artwork and covering larger works with plain, brown paper. More...

Hotaling's boro service drawing to a close

Councilwoman served as borough clerk for 20 yrs.

BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

SHREWSBURY — After serving the borough for three decades, Councilwoman Marlene Hotaling will retire from municipal service at the end of the year. More...

O'port revisits parking on lawns

BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

OCEANPORT — Borough officials are looking into banning the parking of vehicles in the front yards of residences. At the Borough Council meeting on Dec. 4, Councilman Joseph I. More...

Red Bank police seek armed robbery suspects

RED BANK — Red Bank police are seeking information on the whereabouts of two suspects involved in the armed robbery of the Welsh Farms convenience store at 110 East Front St. on Nov. More...

Country manse site of VNA fundraiser

RUMSON — A mansion from the heyday of country house architecture will have a starring role in a designer showcase set for spring 2009. More...

FCS rings in the holidays with Operation Sleighbells

LONG BRANCH — Family & Children's Service (FCS) is loading up "sleighs" for its annual Operation Sleighbells gift program. Operation Sleighbells started back in 1909 as a way to give area children a brighter holiday season. More...

Maple Place School tops in class for hunger challenge

OCEANPORT — Maple Place Middle School in Oceanport placed first in the Intermediate School Division II in the Holiday Hunger Challenge sponsored by the Food- Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. More...

Suspect arrested in ATM theft attempt

MIDDLETOWN — Police Officers John Soltysik and Adam Vendetti responded to an alarm from an automated teller machine at Investors Savings Bank on Route 35 in Middletown Dec. 11 at approximately 1:40 a.m. More...

A touch of the past

Clockwise from top: Bill Milius, of Toms River, guides Ivan as the trusty steed gives a group a carriage ride around downtown Red Bank on Dec. 13. The oldfashioned mode of transport makes its way through holiday traffic. More...

A picture is worth ... an $85 traffic fine

Camera system will detect cars running red lights

BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

Next year, drivers who run a red light at Route 18 and Tices Lane in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, may find out later that they did not get away with it. More...