March 4, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Council tables ordinance curtailing longevity pay

Employees urge boro not to end payment
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

Borough employees packed the council chambers at last week’s Red Bank Borough Council meeting in a show of solidarity aimed at convincing the mayor and council not to cap or eliminate longevity pay to certain municipal employees. More...

Tinton Falls loses bid for open space funds

Boro will revise application for county grant funding
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS — Borough officials learned earlier this month that their pursuit of county open space funding for improvements at Liberty Park II has been rejected. More...

Students to perform in a children’s opera

BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

LITTLE SILVER — Members of the school community at the Vincent S. Mastro Montessori Academy have spent the past few months immersed in learning about a foreign culture and preparing to tell a folk tale in the form of a children’s opera. More...

The Arc hosts Job Shadow Day for students

BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

The Work Opportunity Center (WOC) in Long Branch hosted a group of high school students for a day of exploring career options recently. More...

‘Jump Rope for Heart’

Ryan Hoplock (center) jumps rope during the “Jump Rope for Heart” event held at Mahala F. Atchinson School in Tinton Falls Feb. 9. More...

Red Bank Library March programs focus on health

The Red Bank Public Library will offer new and continuing programs in March presented in partnership with local, regional and national organizations offering reliable health education programs free to the community. More...

Toys from Vietnam era coming to Holmdel

HOLMDEL — The Vietnam Era Educational Center will host “Growing Up in the 1960s-’70s: A Flashback in Time.” The exhibit is a collection of more than 50 toys from the 1960s and 1970s from the Doll and Toy Museum in New York More...

Columns

Banks are worried overdraft cash stream will dry up

Coda • GREG BEAN

A young man of my acquaintance is fortunate to still be employed in this dismal economy, but like many young people on his own, he lives paycheck to paycheck. More...

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Obituaries

Michele “Mikki” P. Damen

Ms. Damen, 61, of Shrewsbury, died March 1, 2010, at home. For 27 years, she was a financial analyst for Robert A. Stanger & Co. in Shrewsbury. Ms. Damen was predeceased by her father, William McCormick, in November 2009. More...

Joanne S. Bennett

Mrs. Bennett, 82, of Red Bank, died Feb. 15, 2010. She most recently worked at MCOSS in Red Bank. Mrs. More...

Joseph A. Laroski

Mr. Laroski, 63, of the Middletown/Red Bank area, died Feb. 23, 2010, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Born in Red Bank, he had resided in Union Beach and moved to Middletown in 1976. For the past 10 years, Mr. More...

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Letters

Legislators should advocate for R.B. residents

(Response to letter from 12th District legislators Sen. Jennifer A. Beck and Assembly members Declan J. O’Scanlon Jr. and Caroline Casagrande.) More...

Cooperation need to resolve state’s fiscal crisis

While I can understand the frustration that the mayor and council of Red Bank Borough feel, given the budget restraints they and all other government officials throughout the state are facing during this budget crisis, I take issue with being accused More...

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Photo

Eric Sibrian, Red Bank, competes in the 2010 Two River Erg Challenge held Feb. 28 at the Shrewsbury Borough School gymnasium. More...

Red Bank hikes parking meter, permit fees

Increases projected to raise $203K in revenues
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

The Red Bank Borough Council approved an ordinance during the meeting on Feb. 22 that will double the hourly rate for on-street parking meters and increase the cost of parking permits by 33 percent. More...

Project Paul a beacon of hope for at-risk residents

New scholarship will fund studies in health care field
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer

On a typical Friday morning the thrift shop at 211 Carr Ave., the location of Project Paul, is bustling with volunteers. More...

R.B. council proposes zoning change for YMCA expansion

Appeal made after Zoning Board denied application
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

RED BANK — The Borough Council has introduced a zoning change that would make it possible for the Community YMCA to expand its facility on Maple Avenue. The ordinance introduced at the Feb. More...

Free trees available to celebrate Arbor Day

The New Jersey Tree Foundation is offering free 2-year-old trees (1 to 2 feet tall) to celebrate Arbor Day 2010 in New Jersey. More...

Donated shoes will help Haitian earthquake victims

BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

RED BANK — Borough officials, schools and businesses are working in tandem to help the people of Haiti by collecting much-needed gently used shoes More...

‘Gypsy’

Abbey Reinhardt rehearses the role of June for The Shore Players production of the musical “Gypsy,” which will be performed at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch March 4-6. More...

Slocum murder trial topic of meeting

SHREWSBURY — Questions persist about an infamous murder that occurred in what is now West Long Branch in 1863. More...

Firefighters March part of Belmar St. Patrick’s Day parade

Firefighters from Monmouth and Ocean counties and throughout the state are being invited to join the Firefighters March in the Belmar St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, March 7. More...

Garden club launches Rumson Tree Celebration

The Rumson Garden Club is launching the Rumson Tree Celebration, a tree sale that will benefit the community. More...

Bulletin Board

American Heart Assoc. collecting stories

The American Heart Association is seeking letters, pictures or drawings that depict stories of heart health. The Go Red for Women “Our Hearts. Our Choice. More...

Brookdale Art Show to accept works May 17

The 24th annual Juried Art Show sponsored by the Brookdale Community College Alumni Association will accept mixed media entries May 17 between noon and 8 p.m. at the Center for the Visual Arts (CVA). More...

‘Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘L’il Mermaid’ slated

“Sleeping Beauty” will be presented by the Performing Arts Ensemble at 2 p.m. March 7 at the Two River Theater, 21 Bridge Ave., Red Bank. The production will feature professional scenery and costumes. More...

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Sports

CBA remains atop SCT basketball

Colts beat Mid. South Eagles in final
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer

Heading into Saturday night’s Shore Conference Tournament final, the Middletown High School South boys basketball team had every reason to believe it was ready to beat top-seeded Christian Brothers Academy, and end the Colts’ 41-game winn More...

Brookdale cagers named to All-Region XIX Team

Undefeated women’s team places three on team

Three members of Brookdale Community College’s undefeated women’s basketball team have been named to the All-Region XIX Team Vicky DeTata (Brick Township) and Brielle Martinez (Hamilton West) were All-Region First Team picks while Ria Z More...

Shuler-Foster, Byrne win MOC track races

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

They were the fastest all year and they were the swiftest at Saturday’s NJSIAA Indoor Track and Field Meet of Champions. More...

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