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      April 9, 2009  RSS feed
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      CHRIS KELLY staff Ryan Connery walks in the Holy Cross Palm Procession over the bridge from Sea Bright to Holy Cross Church in Rumson on Palm Sunday, April 5. More photos, page 12. More...
      Dems choose Byrnes for freeholder run
      Control of county board at stake
      BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

      The Monmouth County Democrats, in control of the Board of Chosen Freeholders for the first time in 23 years, have selected Middletown Committeeman Sean Byrnes to keep control of the county. Byrnes' name will be on the Democratic ticket in June's primary election for the open seat on the county Board of Chosen Freeholders. More...

      Community center vision becomes a reality in R.B.
      BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

      The new Red Bank community center will offer more than programs for borough youth; it will give them a chance for a better future, according to community activist David Prown. Prown has been working with at-risk children in Red Bank for years, running a youth program for 50 to 60 children a week and sees a need to reach more of Red Bank's youth. More...


      Breathing new life into vintage buildings
      County preservation grants give local restorations a boost
      BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

      About two-dozen historic preservation projects, including the restoration of the Van- Mater Barn in Holmdel and the Little Red Schoolhouse in Middletown, will be able to move forward as a result of grants from the Monmouth County Historical Commission. More...


      Study to look at school consolidation
      Focus on merging districts, creating K-12 districts
      BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

      Local superintendents say they will await the results of a study that will look at whether consolidating some school districts would provide educational benefits for their districts. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Kaboom! fundraiser April 16
      Red Bank's annual fireworks display - celebrating its 50th anniversary year - will be less than 100 days away on Thursday, April 16, when the KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink committee holds its annual fundraising cocktail party at the Monmouth Boat Club from 6 to 9 p.m. More...
      • LUPE Latina leadership conference April 18
      • Dine out in Rumson
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Sure could use a little bit of good news today
      Every day, I wake up with a different song playing on an endless loop in my brain. Why my brain picks that day's song has always been a mystery to me. On days when the song of the day is something by Ry Cooder or Bruce Springsteen, I walk with an extra spring in my step. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Eileen Smith Dolan
      Mrs. Dolan, 47, of Tinton Falls, died March 28, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She resided in Hazlet and Howell, prior to relocating to Tinton Falls in 2008. She was a clerk/typist at Essex County Courthouse, Newark, for 22 years, retiring in 2008. She was predeceased by her parents, James P. and Theresa R. Finck Smith. More...
      • Donald Santoro
      • Frances Blaisdell Williams
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       Sports
      • article has image Sky Blue FC falls to L.A. in opener
      BRIDGEWATER — Women's professional soccer was introduced to New Jersey on Sunday when more than 6,000 fans watched the home team, Sky Blue FC, take on the best women's soccer player in the world. More...
      • article has image Brookdale softball looking long term
      • BCC is playing quality baseball
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       Letters
      • Residents urged to spread autism awareness
      Autism New Jersey encourages all residents to help spread autism awareness during April, National Autism Awareness Month. New Jersey has the nation's highest prevalence rate, 1 in 94 children, compared to the national rate, 1 in 150. More...
      • Postal service hits resident on his blind side
      • COAH is government control, and loss of freedom
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       Arts / Zest
      • article has image Yvonne Yaar, Glass
      The Monmouth Museum is beginning the third season of its New Jersey Emerging Artists Series in the Nilson Gallery with an exhibition of works in glass by artist Yvonne Yaar. Yaar is especially interested in the medium of glass, intrigued by its transparency, color and light-reflecting qualities. More...
      • article has image IN THE ARTS
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