May 13, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Generations unite to support pre-K programs

Advocates urge lawmakers to fund early childhood education
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

Elder adults reached across generations recently to take a stand for early childhood education and highlight the importance of preschool programs that they say benefit children as well as people of all ages. More...

Sending towns trim defeated MRHS budget by $50K

BY KENNY WALTER and ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writers

TINTON FALLS — Two of the three municipalities that send students to the Monmouth Regional School District have recommended that cuts be made to the district’s defeated $25.6 million budget. More...

Sea Bright parking rules aim to help businesses

Ordinance calls for permits, employee parking spaces
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council passed an ordinance establishing an annual business parking permit program in the downtown district during the council’s April 20 meeting. More...

Ranney School alumna awarded peace prize

Language resource center will further education of South African students

TINTON FALLS — Ranney School alumna Erin Wilkus, class of 2006, has been recognized for developing a program that will advance the education of disadvantaged students in a village in South Africa. More...

Women of Distinction honored

Five community volunteers, mentors and role models were honored as Women of Distinction for their personal, community and professional achievements by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore on April 13. More...

Board may act on deer management

The Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners released the Monmouth County Park System’s “Deer Management Program Annual Report” on April 29. More...

Nominations sought for planning awards

The Monmouth County Planning Board is accepting nominations for its 2010 planning awards. More...

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Attendees are reflected in the memorial wall prior to the start of the 15th anniversary Remembrance Day ceremony held at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel on May 7. The N.J. More...

Running for a good cause

Above: Michael Foggia (765), of Rumson, races to the finish line May 9 during the Rumson-Fair Haven Run which raises scholarship money for high school students at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High Schoo More...

Columns

In my day, sonny, we got numbers in a book

CODA  GREG BEAN

If the phone company stops printing and delivering residential white pages, as Verizon has asked regulators permission to do in New York and New Jersey, what am I going to use as a doorstop, or to raise my computer monitor an extra 3 or 4 inches? More...

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Sports

RBC girls win county track championship

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Red Bank Catholic High School put its full range of talent on display at the two-day Monmouth County Track and Field Championships. More...

BCC men’s lacrosse team captures Region XIX title

Program only in second season
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Brookdale Community College’s athletic program has another Region XIX-winning program. The men’s lacrosse team joined the expanding group of teams that are garnering championships. More...

Historic win for RBC baseball team in MCT

Playoffs loom for area teams
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent

As the local high school baseball teams prepare for the postseason, there are a handful of squads with legitimate reason to be optimistic about their chances. More...

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Business

Scaduto named president of supermarket chain

MIDDLETOWN — Louis J. Scaduto Jr. has been named president of Food Circus Super Markets Inc., t/a Super Foodtown. The company is owned and operated by the Azzolina and Scaduto families. More...

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United Teletech Financial (UTF), Tinton Falls, has named Leon Maganza outside mortgage team leader. More...

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Young musicians in the Red Bank Primary School Pre-K Orchestra perform on cello and violin during an Intergenerational program coordinated by New Jersey Seniors4Kids on April 30 to advocate for fundin More...

Tara’s Law will protect disabled from abuse

Sen. Beck’s advocacy leads to safeguards for developmentally disabled
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

Alocal family’s quest for justice after the death of their young relative has resulted in landmark legislation signed into law that will protect developmentally disabled people who are in the care of the state. More...

T.F. police chief segues to boro administrator

Retired in April, Turning takes on new role
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS — Just a month into his retirement, former Tinton Falls Police Chief Gerry Turning Sr. has been appointed to a new position with the borough. More...

Suicide prevention bill tribute to N.J. veteran

Holt says government failed Army sergeant from East Brunswick
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

After two combat tours in Iraq, Coleman Bean of East Brunswick sought treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but he did not receive the support that is in place for many returning veterans. More...

Sheriff Youth Week seeks applicants

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden has announced that applications are being accepted from Monmouth County high school aged students for participation in the 18th annual Sheriff Youth Week program. The deadline for applications is June 15. More...

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Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following local births: March 27, a boy to Jessica M. Griggs and James Panzella of Red Bank, May 1, a boy to Anjia Lane and Arthur Mitchell of Red Bank. More...

School librarians integrate three library systems

RUMSON — When students arrive at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School from the Rumson and Fair Haven sending school districts, they have to learn a new system for the media center. More...

Committee advances legislation that seeks to hike racing purses

The Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee has unanimously approved a plan that would permit the Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, and Monmouth Park, Oceanport, to run fewer races, which would increase the amount of purses and reviv More...

Handlin: Proposed water rate hike ‘unconscionable’

N.J. American may institute tiered-pricing structure in Monmouth
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer

New Jersey American Water (NJAW) attracted the attention of Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R–District 13) when it proposed to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) a nearly 14 percent rate increase and tiered pricing. More...

Bulletin Board

Nursing honor society to meet May 15

The general membership, including all past presidents, of Lambda Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), Monmouth University, is invited to its 20th Chapter Anniversary, which will be held from noon to 3 p.m. More...

Locals join trustees of Ron. McDonald House

Two local business people were recently installed as new members of the board of trustees for the Ronald McDonald House of Long Branch & New Brunswick. More...

Baptist Church hosts revival May 14-16

The First Baptist Church of Red Bank’s will hold a revival at 7 p.m. May 14 and 15 and 10:30 a.m. May 16 at the church, Oakland and Maple avenues. More...

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Obituaries

Catherine L. Christoph Colmorgen

Mrs. Colmorgen, 92, of Red Bank, died May 7, 2010. She had been a nurse at Riverview Medical Center, the John L. Montgomery Medical Home and Monmouth Medical Center. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Mrs. More...

Mary Elizabeth McEnroe Ryan

Mrs. Ryan, 81, of Little Silver and Ponte Vedra, Fla., died May 7, 2010, at McGraw Hospice Center, Ponte Vedra, after a brief illness. Formerly of Middletown, she was active in St. More...

Barry J. Goldberg

Mr. Goldberg, 74, of Toms River, died May 6, 2010, at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank. He was a mechanical engineer for the first half of his career and worked in the health care industry for the second half. Mr. More...

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Letters

Wildlife rehabilitator says TNR doesn’t work

Trap-Neuter-Return does not result in a significant reduction of the feral cat population as noted by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Any cat that evades capture is fed and better able to breed. More...

EMT volunteer numbers are on the decline

The volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) community’s financial fears are becoming reality. In December 2009, then-Gov. More...

Marathons should not be allowed to disrupt entire cities

It is time to apply some common sense to marathons. If a marathon raises awareness or money to help find a solution for a situation, I’m all for it. But why is it necessary to disrupt the business and normal operation of entire cities? More...

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