December 17, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Train station building will get needed repairs

NJ Transit says work will begin early in 2010

Long-awaited repairs and restoration to the historic Red Bank Train Station building are scheduled to take place early next year, following the Dec. More...

Parking meter changes still in play

RiverCenter says extending hours will hurt the downtown

Acontroversial proposal to extend parking meter hours in Red Bank's downtown was tabled at the Dec. 8 Borough Council meeting while conversations continue between the borough and Red Bank RiverCenter. At the previous council meeting on Nov. More...

T.F. council adopts 5-min. rule for public comment

Measure aims to cut length of council session

TINTON FALLS — Borough Council members took a step toward shortening their meetings by adopting an ordinance that will limit public comment to five minutes per individual during all public hearings. More...

Foundation grants benefit local nonprofits

Two local organizations are among the 20 recipients of grants from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. The foundation announced its third round of grants for 2009. Since January 2009, the foundation has awarded $987,250 in grants. More...

N.J. bill seeks analysis of housing conversion

COLTS NECK — Legislation that would require a cost benefit analysis and security report to be conducted on the pending conversion of military housing to civilian housing at Naval Weapons Station Earle has been moved out of its state Assembly More...

Notes

Amiri Baraka, poet, scholar, activist, professor and founder of the 1960's Black Arts Movement, will kick off the 2nd Annual Kwanzaa Celebration at Frank Talk Art Bistro & Books in Red Bank, 1-3 p.m. on Dec. 27. More...

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Columns

Global warming is just a 'dash' of hot sauce away

Coda • GREG BEAN

The office holiday party was last week, and to everyone's pleasure, it was potluck. Attendees were encouraged to bring their favorite dishes and, man, did they come through. There was a whole cubicle filled with hot, maincourse dishes. More...

Sports

Brookdale cagers 7-0, nationally ranked

The Brookdale Community College women's basketball team skipped the appetizers and went straight to the main course. More...

Fan becomes Giants photographer for a day

Contest entry has big payoff for Will Lamb of Howell

WILL LAMB Everyone who bleeds New York Giants blue knows how difficult it is to get a ticket to a game at Giants Stadium. More...

Markham Place champs

The Little Silver Warriors boys soccer team from Markham Place School pose with their championship trophy after winning the Monmouth County Middle School League Championship. A No. More...

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Beck faults state oversight of caretakers of disabled

Legislator calls on AG to investigate Division of Developmental Disabilities

Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12th District) is calling on the state attorney general to investigate the state Division of Developmental Disabilities' oversight of disabled individuals who are placed with caretakers in the community. More...

Stuffing Stockings for Our Troops

PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Red Bank Regional High School's International Club once again sent a little bit of home to soldiers serving in Iraq this holiday season. More...

Fort bill referred to budget committee

Move avoids vote during Senate lame duck session

Local officials are breathing a collective sign of relief after learning that a bill that will guide the redevelopment of Fort Monmouth will not be acted on during the state Senate's lame duck session. More...

'A Christmas Carol'

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Bookkeeper indicted for theft from employer

AMonmouth County grand jury returned an indictment Dec. 7, charging Rebecca Leavitt Cirillo, 32, of Atlantic Highlands, with second-degree theft by deception and multiple third-degree tax-related crimes. More...

Santa Fun Run set for Dec. 19 at BCC

Join the festivities and fun at the second annual Santa Fun Run and Community Day set for Dec. 19 at Brookdale Community College. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More...

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The first Shrewsbury Borough Tree Lighting drew a large crowd to the gazebo at the municipal complex on Sycamore Avenue on Dec. 6. Santa arrived via fire truck for the festivities, which included performances by the school band and chorus. More...

Trains, crafts at Monmouth Museum

MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth Museum's annual holiday exhibition explores a culinary theme this year with trees and trimmings decorated by local garden clubs and the Friends of the Museum. More...

Bulletin Board

Auditions

Main Stage Productions will hold auditions for a performance of "Guys and Dolls" 7-10 p.m. Dec. 17 at the MiddletownArts Center, located on Church Street, next to the train station in Middletown. Callbacks will be 7-9 p.m. Dec. 21. More...

Obituaries

Rocco "Ricky" A. Borghetti

Mr. Borghetti, 45, of Tinton Falls, died Nov. 26, 2009. He was a business manager at Siemens Water Technology, East Rutherford, for the past five years. Mr. Borghetti is survived by his wife of 20 years, Cynthia A. More...

Margaret Virginia Fabiano

Mrs. Fabiano, 95, of Keansburg, died Dec. 1, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. More...

Patrick S. Mason

Mr. Mason, 80, of Little Silver, and formerly Rumson, died Nov. 26, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was an attorney and partner at Madnick, Milstein and Mason, Asbury Park, retiring in 1991. More...

Letters

Beck urged to rethink vote on marriage issue

(Letter to state Sen. Jennifer Beck, R-12th District) Ihave been asked to write to you about your decision to vote "no" on the marriage equality vote. More...

Donate to Army's Red Kettle during holiday season

In the next two weeks, you may pass a Salvation Army Red Kettle while holiday shopping at your local retail store or shopping mall. You may hear the ringing of a Salvation Army bell. More...

Why is Rush Holt silent on global warming?

(Letter to Rep. Rush Holt, D-12th District) President Barack Obama vowed to restore science to its rightful place in American society. More...