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July 9, 2009
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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 ... 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 ... More...


Beachfront plan still a work in progress
Sea Bright council refines vision for beach complex
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG

SEA BRIGHT — Council members discussed the evolving plans for the borough's beachfront revitalization at the latest Smart Growth workshop meeting on June 25. Councilman Brian Kelly presented a revised architectural design titled "Peninsula Beach" created by Design Ideas Group architects and... 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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 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... More...
•Parents should use caution during summer months
•To our readers
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 Greg Bean's Column
•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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 Arts / Zest
•'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,... 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 p... 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...
•Taking the shot
•Sports Shorts
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