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January 10, 2008
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ERIC SUCAR staff A group of youths link arms and sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before diving into the icy Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day at the annual Polar Bear Plunge held at Donovan's Reef and sponsored by the Sons of Ireland. More...
A vision for the future as the new year begins
New committees focus on growth, social justice
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer

As the centennial year in Red Bank begins, Mayor Pasquale Menna celebrates his first anniversary in office and has begun laying the groundwork for the borough's future. At the borough's Jan. More...


Sea Bright election results challenged
Residency of voters at issue in outcome of mayoral race
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer

Ashadow was cast over the Sea Bright reorganization meeting Jan. 5 as a new mayor was sworn in and her validity as the Election Day winner was challenged. Maria D. Fernandes was sworn in as mayor of Sea Bright Jan. 1 after a Dec. More...


Guadagno sets agenda as Monmouth County sheriff
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent

Look out. There's a new county sheriff in town. Kim Guadagno is ready to serve the people of Monmouth County as its first female sheriff. "It is with a sense of duty and pride that I begin my term as your sheriff," she said during her remarks at the public swearingin ceremony that occurred during... More...


County looking to expand shared services agreements

In an effort to spur an expanded use of shared government services, theMonmouth County Board of Freeholders has awarded a contract to Government Strategy Group to bolster shared services among various government agencies in Monmouth County. More...


 Bulletin Board
•'Partnering With Your Doctor' program Jan. 26
The Alzheimer's Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, will present "Partnering With Your Doctor," a free educational program offering advice on how to make the most out of a doctor's visit, 9-11 a.m. Jan. 26 at Kensington Court, 864 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls (alternate date is Feb. 23). More...
•Talk about cervical cancer slated for Jan. 23
•Asperger's syndrome group to meet Jan. 16
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 Letters
•Make an eco-friendly New Year's resolution
Most New Year's resolutions involve selfimprovement and usually do not make it to spring. However, this year why not challenge that statement and do something that will benefit not only you but the entire community, country and world? Sustainability and the action of going "green" is an ongoing an... More...
•Thanks extended to donors of Rwanda Project
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 Editorials
•A community can help state's newest drivers realize that they are not invincible
Guest Column
Never has the now-overused quote, "It takes a village" been more appropriate regarding the subject of new teen drivers. Perhaps the psyche of these drivers needs review to discover why they keep blowing off the new rules and regulations adopted for their own safety. It is hard to appeal to indivi... More...
•Coda
•Red State/Blue State
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 Arts / Zest
•Jim Murphy thanks God he's a country boy
Brick man looks back on lifetime love of country music
BRICK TOWNSHIP - So how does an Irish kid born and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey end up inAmerica's Old Time CountryMusic Hall of Fame? It all beganwhen JimMurphywas a boy back in the late 1930s. He would hunker down next to the family's radio and tune into WAAT, out of Newark. The station ha... More...
•IN THE ARTS
•SICA's high school sculpture competition
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 Obituaries
•Dorothy Ashman Wolverton
Mrs. Wolverton, 93, died Dec. 25, 2007, at home. Born in Newark, she moved to Matawan 71 years ago. She was Matawan's first art teacher and continued to teach there until retiring in 1977. Mrs. Wolverton was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan and recently became a regula... More...
•Nancy Mason deBoer
•Philip C. Payne
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 Schools
•A sign of his affection
Former Sickles School guard connected with school community
FAIR HAVEN - The Viola L. Sickles School in Fair Haven is sporting a bright new sign, thanks to Dennis Ryan, a former security guard at the school. A retired police officer, Ryan worked as a security guard at the Sickles School for a year before leaving to work closer to home in Belmar last year... More...
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 Sports
•RBR, RBC, Shore, RFH win track titles
Area teams made the most of the first indoor track and field Shore Conference Divisional championships. Red Bank Catholic's and Shore Regional's girls claimed championships last weekend at the Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River, while Red Bank Regional and Rumson-Fair Haven were the winners on... More...
•Fish On
•CBA boys, RBC girls swim to top spots at county meet
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 Business
•Monmouth Mall seeks approval for expansion
Four retail, restaurant spaces to be added
EATONTOWN - The owner of Monmouth Mall is seeking approval from the borough Planning Board for a series of expansion projects at the Route 35 site. More...
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