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      January 15, 2009  RSS feed
      ERIC SUCAR staff The Rev. Terrence Porter, of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank, moderates a panel discussion Jan. 8 at Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver, one of the school events being held in conjunction with President-elect Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration. More...
      Zipprich, Lewis sworn in to all-Dem Boro Council

      Atransit village designation by the state could boost Red Bank's downtown area and create new retail opportunities during a fiscally challenging period, Mayor Pasquale Menna said last week. More...

      Republicans vote against mayor on attny., prosecutor

      The Republicans, now in control of the Sea Bright Borough Council, voted against the mayor's appointments for borough attorney and borough prosecutor at the Jan. 3 reorganization meeting. New council members Read Murphy and James LoBiondo III, both Republicans, were sworn in to office at the meeting. More...


      Gold Award project melds scouting and skating

      As the days grow shorter and Old Man Winter settles in, many people scale back their usual physical activities, but two Girl Scouts are helping to promote a favorite winter sport. Faryn Pearl, a junior at Holmdel High School, has been a Girl Scout ever since she was in kindergarten. She has also been ice-skating since the age of 3. More...


      SHREWSBURY — Borough Council President Terel J. Cooperhouse has been appointed mayor to succeed former Mayor Emilia M. Siciliano, who resigned at the end of 2008. Cooperhouse, a Republican who has served as a member of the council for about nine years, will finish out Siciliano's term, which ends Dec. 31, 2009. More...


      The Community YMCA and YMCA of Western Monmouth County will host the 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial breakfast 8-10 a.m. Jan. 19 at Branches, 123 Monmouth Road, West Long Branch. The event, open to the community, will include a presentation by guest speaker Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis A. More...
      The winter my wife and I packed our family and moved from my hometown in Casper, Wyo., to take a newspaper job in the relatively balmy climes of Illinois had been a tough son of a gun. For starters, in January of that year, 1984, the temperature hadn't risen higher than 15 below zero for over a month. More...
      It was so easy for me, two or three years ago, to poke fun at senior citizens and all of the demands they make. Cheaper movie tickets, property taxes frozen in place forever, lower-price early-bird dinners — all of the things that everyone should be able to enjoy in life. More...
      Mrs. Campanella, 75, of Matawan, died Dec. 29, 2008, at St. Barnabas Hospice, Long Branch. Born in the Washington Heights section of New York City, she had resided in Bergenfield before moving to Matawan 42 years ago. Mrs. Campanella was predeceased by three brothers, Timothy, Michael and John Bugler; and a sister, Nora Turgeon. More...
      Bulldogs lose to national power St. Anthony by 15
      The reasoning for Rumson-Fair Haven High School boys basketball coach James Young wanting to schedule defending state and national champion St. Anthony High School of Jersey City was simple: if you want to be the best, then you have to play the best. More...
      The Laurelwood housing contract is a relic of the Cold War, when the threats we faced came from Soviet ICBMs. Today, we are in hot water with an invisible army of fanatical terrorists, careless of their own lives and who believe they will become martyrs by killing Americans and harming American interests. This is the reality we live with every day. More...
      The Monmouth County Arts Council's 30th annual Juried Art Show and Sale opens Jan. 17 at the MonmouthMuseum in Lincroft. More...