February 12, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Prown seeks progress on community center

Committee opts for Boys & Girls Club to operate facility
BY SHARON LEFF Correspondent

Community activist David Prown pressed the Red Bank Borough Council about the apparent lack of progress on starting a community center at the Jan. 26 meeting. More...

Sea Bright submits plans for court offices

Rec center expansion will bring boro into compliance with state regs
BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

SEA BRIGHT — Borough officials have submitted plans and a timeline detailing how the borough will renovate municipal court offices to bring the workspace into compliance with state regulations. More...

Oxley appointed boro attorney in Sea Bright

Republican chairman replaces longtime borough attorney
BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

SEA BRIGHT — Joseph W. Oxley was appointed borough attorney at the Feb. 3 Borough Council meeting and will replace longtime public servant Scott Arnette. More...

Man charged with illegal gun possession

RUMSON — Police said a borough man charged with illegal gun possession remained in a hospital under observation on Monday. More...

Firehouse Weight Loss Challenge kicks off

NEPTUNE — Close to 100 firemen gathered at the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Neptune on Jan. 28 to kick off the first Firehouse Weight Loss Challenge between 20 Monmouth and Ocean County firehouses. More...

In the Service

Navy Seaman Apprentice Sidney B. Johnson, was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. More...

Fort towns are back at table

Proposal to consolidate some services resulted in rift
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

EATONTOWN — Oceanport has rejoined the Fort Monmouth Emergency Services Advisory Committee (ESAC) after a hiatus spurred by a report calling for the absorption of its police and court operations by neighboring Eatontown. More...

'Read-in Chain'

Clockwise from top: Josiah Evans, 5, a student at West Side Christian Academy in Red Bank, gets help from Learn to Read instructor Jedisiah Velazquez during the International African American Read-In Chain on Feb. 2. More...

Columns

Men cook, but real men cook chicken with Provençal sauce

Coda • GREG BEAN

The papers last week had some interesting demographic information about this nasty recession we're in, and it wasn't good news for men. More...

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Opinion

Your Turn

Beck: Corzine's affordable housing law destructive to NJ
Guest Column • Sen. Jennifer Beck

In response to the Jan. 29 letter to the editor written by a 12th District resident, I would like to clarify my position on affordable housing and separately on Gov. Jon Corzine's new affordable housing law. More...

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Sports

Just rollin' around

Above: Rumson-Fair Haven's Josh Post attempts to pin Monmouth Regional's Marcus Johnson at 130 pounds during a dual match at Rumson-Fair Haven High School on Feb. 7. More...

Bulldogs keep perspective amid milestones

BY DOUG MCKENZIE Correspondent

Over the past 23 years, there have been a lot of memorable wins for the Rumson-Fair Haven girl's basketball team under the direction of head coach George Sourlis. But this one was special. More...

Not much suspense for locals heading to postseason

BY DOUG MCKENZIE Correspondent

As the winter scholastic sports regular season winds down, teams throughout the local area are beginning to shift their focus to the upcoming postseason. More...

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Arts / Zest

Brookdale Creates

'Brookdale Creates," an exhibition of new work by faculty, adjuncts and learning assistants from a range of departments, is on view in the CVA Gallery at Brookdale Community College through Feb. 27. More...

In the Arts

When a brilliant psychiatrist decides to murder his wife, he plans the perfect crime. The only problem is he comes up against a seemingly imperfect detective - the rumpled Lt. Columbo. More...

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Photo

CHRIS KELLY staff Eldrina Corrales (second from left) plays the violin in the Red Bank Middle School Orchestra during an interdistrict String Festival featuring student musicians from Shrewsbury, Little Silver and Red Bank schools held at Red Bank Re More...

O'port looks at sharing services

Boro mulls joining with Sea Bright, W. Long Branch
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

Oceanport is looking into shared services agreements with neighboring towns including shared court facilities, public works and police dispatch. At the Feb. More...

'A Winter Dance Concert'

Dance students at the Visual and Performing Arts Academy of Red Bank Regional High School perform in an eclectic program drawing on a wide range of dance styles including classical ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop to Irish step dance and more during "A Win More...

Sea Bright plans beach upgrades

Discounted badges, parking redesign among improvements
BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

SEA BRIGHT — In response to the economic downturn and as a way of attracting people to the borough, Sea Bright is offering discounted season beach badges to people who buy them before March 2. More...

Sea Bright in pursuit of school funding relief

Boro wants question on school election ballot
BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

In an ongoing effort to change the Shore Regional High School (SRHS) funding formula, Sea Bright officials are petitioning the SRHS Board of Education (BOE) to add a nonbinding referendum question to the April ballot. More...

Playground will be dedicated March 2

State funding will pay for equipment at primary school
BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer

RED BANK — After months of meetings and discussion, a new playground will be installed at the Red Bank Primary School on River Street before the first day of spring. More...

Rumson Country Day hosts lecture series

RUMSON - Rumson County Day School's Thursday Night Lecture Series will cover a wide range of topics including politics, adolescent angst and climate change. RCDS parents, Republican state Sen. More...

Recycle caps for clean ocean, beaches

SANDY HOOK — The Wolfe family of Fair Haven has jump-started a new environmental program aimed at keeping plastic lids from littering the ocean and beaches. More...

NOTES

The film "Wattstax," about the evolution of black culture, will be shown 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at Frank Talk Art Bistro & Books, 163 Shrewsbury Ave., Red Bank. A discussion will follow the free film. For more information, call 732-747-2572. More...

Bulletin Board

Genealogy Society to meet on March 8

Monmouth County Genealogy Society will hold its next meeting 1:30 p.m. March 8 at Eatontown Community/Senior Center, 72 Broad St. Genealogy expert Kay Haviland Freilich will discuss "Were Your Ancestors Friends? More...

VNACJ bereavement group begins Feb. 12

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ), 176 Riverside Ave., Red Bank, will hold bereavement support sessions. The adult bereavement support group will be offered 6:30-8 p.m. Feb. More...

Submissions due Feb. 13 for Martino Scholarship

The Goddard School, West Long Branch, has announced a $10,000 Anthony A. Martino Memorial Scholarship to be given to an eligible junior or senior high school student and Goddard alumnus. Deadline for submission is Feb. 13. More...

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Obituaries

Alice A. Seaman

Mrs. Seaman, 99, of Eatontown, died Feb. 1, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Before her retirement, she was the co-owner of a real estate and insurance company in Long Branch. During retirement, Mrs. More...

Helen E. Parker

Mrs. Parker, 93, of Springfield, Mass., died Jan. 25, 2009, at Chapin Hill Nursing Home, Red Bank. She was a lifelong resident of Springfield. She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Charles M. Parker Jr.; and a brother, William T. Devine. More...

Claire D. Acquaro

Mrs. Acquaro, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, died Jan. 26, 2009, at Medi Center, Neptune. She resided in Red Bank, prior to relocating to Oakhurst 35 years ago. She was a secretary at Shore Dairies for 10 years. More...

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Letters

Visiting nurse comes through during hard times

In President Obama's speech at the Lincoln Memorial, he said that what gives him the greatest hope of all "is not the stone and marble that surrounds us today, but what fills the space in between. More...

Red Bank forum was long on summit, short on economics

The Red Bank economic summit was long on summit and short on economics. The event was put together by DemocraticCouncilmanMichaelDuPont, a highway commissioner who signed the letter to Gov. Jon Corzine requesting the toll hike. More...

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