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      July 9, 2009  RSS feed
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      ERIC SUCAR staff Red Bank's 23rd annual KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink display illuminates the night sky and is reflected in the waters of the river on July 3. More photos, page 3. More...
      Skudera team takes office in Tinton Falls
      Law director, engineer appointments challenged
      BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

      An overflow crowd filled the Tinton Falls Borough Council chambers July 1 to witness the swearing in of a new mayor and two council members who won election in an upset victory over the previous administration. Spectators cheered when Michael Skudera took the oath as mayor and NancyAnne Fama and Scott Larkin were sworn to seats on the council. More...

      N.J. eliminates S.B. school district
      District, which has no school, merged with Oceanport
      BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

      State Education Commissioner Lucille E. Davy announced on July 1 that the state has eliminated 13 school districts, including Sea Bright's, that were operating without any schools and with relatively few students. The only Monmouth County district affected is the borough of Sea Bright. More...


      KaBoom!

      PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Spectators fill the boatyard at the Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank to watch the 23rd annual KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink display, a Red Bank tradition held this year on July 3. The fireworks show is orchestrated by Garden State Fireworks and is staged from a barge on the Navesink River. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Register for Kortney's Challenge by Aug. 21
      The Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF) will host the fourth annual Kortney's Challenge Two-Mile Fun Walk/Run on Aug. 30 at Monmouth Park, Oceanport. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m., and the race will start at 10 a.m. Individuals may preregister by Aug. 21 or register on the day of the race. More...
      • Holiday Express golf classic July 20
      • Skin cancer screenings at beaches July 25
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Legislation would help some returning veterans
      This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. More...
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       Obituaries
      • John Clemens Arlinghaus
      Mr. Arlinghaus, 58, of Maple Glen, Pa., died June 20, 2009, at Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pa. He resided in Rumson prior to relocating to Maple Glen. He was a financial consultant to several corporations such as ICI, McNeil Labs, Enron, and Johnson & Johnson. He was predeceased by his parents, Roselie M. Sullivan and Frank H. Arlinghaus. More...
      • Elizabeth "Betty" Statler McCall
      • Theresa Juliano
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       Sports
      • Presious Passion, Custom For Carlos big winners at Monmouth
      Presious Passion was a dominant force in coming from way back to win the Monmouth Stakes at Monmouth Park on June 13. That, however, was just the warm-up for the fireworks the 6-year-old horse had planned for the July 4 weekend. More...
      • article has image Taking the shot
      • Sports Shorts
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       Letters
      • 2NDFLOOR is a place to reach out for help
      A preteen girl feels like her friends do not want her around anymore When a teenager discovers that her friend is being abused by her mother, she wants to know how she can help. Suicidal thoughts lead one caller to stand across the street from a hospital emergency room, without the courage to go inside. More...
      • Parents should use caution during summer months
      • To our readers
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       Arts / Zest
      • article has image 'Jersey Shore' reads like the cat's meow
      The 1920s roar to life in local author's new book
      Flappers, diving horses and, yes, ladies and gentlemen, even Al Capone can be found in the 100-plus-page coffee-table book spanning the Roaring '20s as chronicled by local author and historian Karen L. Schnitzspahn. "The Roaring '20s at the Jersey Shore," published by Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, Pa. More...
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