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      June 18, 2009  RSS feed
      CHRIS KELLY staff Erick Dodd, North Plainfield, rides a wave with help from Lake Downham, Sea Bright, during the Best Day Foundation's "Best Day at the Beach" event of surfing and body boarding at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch on June 14. More photos, page 40. More...
      Locals on roster of women's semi-pro basketball team

      The Jersey Fusion, a first-year women's semi-pro basketball team, has gotten off to a fast start. The 3-1 Fusion play at the Red Bank Salvation Army as a first-year team for the Women's Blue Chip Basketball League. The Fusion are coached and owned by former Monmouth University player Audrey Taylor. More...

      Washington Street Historic District includes 106 houses

      The Red Bank Borough Council approved an ordinance creating the borough's first residential historic district at the June 9 meeting. The ordinance amended and supplemented the existing planning and development regulations for the historic districts to include the Washington Street Historic District, which is the earliest residential area in the borough. More...


      Plantings watered by rain water runoff

      Thanks to the work of many "green thumbs," the Red Bank Public Library has a new rain garden. The new garden not only beautifies the library property, it acts as an ecosystem for purifying rainwater. According to Deborah Griffin-Sadel, director of the Eisner Memorial Library at 84 West Front St. More...


      FAIR HAVEN — The Church of Nativity, founded 56 years ago, will dedicate its new commemorative garden during a special blessing ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on June 21. The Commemorative Brick Project, which began on April 1, remembers special people or events and raises funds to help maintain the church's building and grounds. More...


      New Jersey Blood Services will hold a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 20 at the Masons Navesink Lodge No. 9, 152 Maple Ave., Red Bank. To make an appointment to donate elsewhere or to organize a local blood drive, call 800-933-2566 or visit www.nybloodcenter.org. More...
      Now that the weather is nicer, I've been doing some home improvement and maintenance projects. And those who have been reading this column for a long time know that's about as dangerous for me as driving the wrong way down a one-way street, blindfolded. More...
      "What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade. More...
      Mrs. McKenna, 58, of Red Bank, died June 3, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was the office manager at McKenna, Dupont, Higgins and Stone Law Firm, Red Bank. She was a graduate of St. Vincent's Nursing School, New York City. She was a member of the Red Bank Planning Board, and active in several charitable activities. More...
      For the second straight year, a New Jersey man crossed the finish line first in the George Sheehan Classic in Red Bank. Nick Pelligrino came down the stretch run on Broad Street on Saturday comfortably ahead to finish in a 24:55.55. More...
      Previously owned, marginalized, underprivileged, specially abled, significant other, mentally challenged, indigenous peoples, ethnocentric, nontraditional, transgender, nonviable tissue mass, gender-biased, multicultural, homophobic. These and many more euphemisms have gradually worked their way into our common parlance. More...
      Fiber Art X 7, a group of seven fiber artists, is presenting their third group show "Fiber Form and Function III" at the Middletown Public Library. The show will run through June 29. More...