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      February 12, 2009  RSS feed
      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 Regional High School in Little Silver on Feb. 6. More...
      Boro mulls joining with Sea Bright, W. Long Branch

      Oceanport is looking into shared services agreements with neighboring towns including shared court facilities, public works and police dispatch. At the Feb. 5 regular meeting, the Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution to apply for a grant to fund a study of shared public works services with West Long Branch. More...

      Committee opts for Boys & Girls Club to operate facility

      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. Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna said the community center issue would be placed on the agenda for public discussion at one of the upcoming Borough Council meetings. More...


      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 Winter Dance Concert" held at the Little Silver school on Jan. 30. More...


      Rec center expansion will bring boro into compliance with state regs

      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...


      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? Finding and Using Their Quaker Records. More...
      The papers last week had some interesting demographic information about this nasty recession we're in, and it wasn't good news for men. According to The New York Times, 82 percent of the people laid off or downsized — 2.6 million in 2008 alone — were men. More...
      Beck: Corzine's affordable housing law destructive to NJ
      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. No one disagrees that New Jersey needs affordable housing - - state legislators agree unanimously with that premise. More...
      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. Seaman returned to real estate at age 75, obtained a license in Florida, and sold real estate into her 80s. More...
      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. At right: Rumson Fair-Haven's Jake Scire tries to muscle Monmouth Regional's Robert Tungrian onto his back at 125 pounds. More...
      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. It is you … " As I listened to his words, I too found myself feeling hopeful about the days to come. More...
      '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...