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Riverfest returns to Red Bank

After a hiatus, the food and music festival returns June 3-5, 2011

The festival that opens the summer season in Red Bank is going back to its roots. More...

LunchMusic

Kati Beddow Brower sings the blues while Bo Pezzullo plays guitar on June 16 during Lunch- Music, a concert series that takes place in Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank from noon to 2 p.m. More...

Fish & Wildlife Service opposes feral cat program

Sea Bright Council delays vote on TNR ordinance
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council at its meeting on June 15 delayed voting on an ordinance that would have set up a trapneuter return (TNR) program to deal with its feral cat population. More...

Career planning series among library programs for July

The Red Bank Public Library will host a three-part career planning series presented by Nancy Anderson of Blackbird Learning Associates. More...

Practitioners trained in needs of returning vets

BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer

WEST LONG BRANCH — The School of Social Work at Monmouth University is expanding efforts to improve the mental health treatment of New Jersey’s returning veterans through its Coming Home Project. More...

Murder mystery benefits Red Bank UMC

RED BANK — A production of Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” will be presented at Red Bank United Methodist Church, 247 Broad St., on July 24 and 25. More...

Area youth studying oil spill recovery in Alaska

Local sites part of Hands Across the Sand event June 26 protesting offshore drilling
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

Jake Calvitti has been lobbying against drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska since the age of 10. More...

in service •••

Army Spec. Robert N. Chislett, the son of Mary L. Chislett and stepson of Edward Porter of Red Bank, has graduated from the U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., with authorization to wear the distinctive Ranger Tab. More...

Columns

Practical advice for grads: once more into the breach

CODA  GREG BEAN

As happens every year at this time, we’ve heard a lot of graduation addresses filled with uplifting exhortations that basically come down to “be the best that you can be.” More...

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Opinion

Gov. Christie’s property tax reform agenda: Cap 2.5

GUEST COLUMN  LORI GRIFA

The people of New Jersey elected Gov. Chris Christie to get government under control and begin to ease the property tax burden that so many households in this state face. More...

Cartoon

Full Story

June – Make things happen!

GREEN SCENE  GOTTI KELLEY

“Green fingers are the exterior of a verdant heart.” — Russell Page Aperfect twist of silk scarf can catapult an ordinary outfit into a fashion achievement. Joy prevails in such moments. More...

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Letters

Gov. urged to not delay medical marijuana law

My name is Charles Kwiatkowski. I live in Hazlet. I’m a father, a former computer programmer and a permanently disabled multiple sclerosis (MS) patient. M edical marijuana is the only medicine More...

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Arts / Zest

‘Summer Exposures’

An exhibit of photography by Stephan Lowy, Oceanport, and Eric Sambol, Brick, will open in Red Bank on June 25. “Summer Exposures, A Photographic Journey of Two Friends” will run through July 13 at the gallery space at 33 Monmouth St. More...

Art Hits the Streets in Long Branch June 26

LONG BRANCH — A group of dynamic artists and musicians has been working to transform the block between Second Avenue and Liberty Street into a destination attraction, and they will provide a glimpse of what’s to come this weekend when Ar More...

SICA accepting entries for annual exhibition

The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA), Long Branch, is accepting entries for its seventh annual international juried exhibition. More...

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Photos

Scout Victor Davidson (center), of Boy Scout Troop 124, prepares to add a worn U.S. More...

With unions on board, boro adopts 2010 budget

Furloughs for employees scaled back to three days
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer

The Red Bank Borough Council has reduced unpaid furloughs from 10 days to three days for all municipal employees under an amended $19.22 million spending plan for 2010. More...

Skaters lead charge for Tinton Falls skate park

Proposed for site of former municipal complex
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS — Joined by a small army of skateboard enthusiasts, a Tinton Falls man made his case for the Borough Council to pursue the building of a skate park on borough property. More...

Neighbors oppose senior housing proposal

Traffic, safety of school children cited as concerns
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

FAIR HAVEN — The Borough Council and Mayor Michael Halfacre were told loudly and clearly that many of the neighbors of the proposed age-restricted housing in the Hance Road/River Road area are against the plan. More...

Craft workshops offered in Ocean Grove

OCEAN GROVE — This summer the Historical Society will offer six craft workshops, and the setting is the serene garden of Centennial Cottage on Central and McClintock avenues. More...

Monmouth Reform Temple welcomes new rabbi

TINTON FALLS — Rabbi Michelle Pearlman will assume the pulpit of the Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave. in Tinton Falls, on July 1. More...

Support needed to keep Kaboom Fireworks lighting up the sky

RED BANK — Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink delights more than 150,000 people from throughout the region every July 3. This 50-year-old tradition is carried on through sponsors and private donations large and small. More...

HABcore hosts Jazz by the River Festival

RUMSON — HABcore, a nonprofit that provides permanent and temporary housing for at risk residents of Monmouth and Ocean counties, will host the fifth annual Jazz by the River Festival June 26. More...

stork •••

Vanessa and Jeremy Briggs of Tinton Falls announce the birth of their daughter, Samantha Michelle, Oct. 25, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. More...

Bulletin Board

Local man honored for outstanding work

The New Jersey Marine Education Association (NJMEA) recently recognized New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/ New Jersey Sea Grant’s (NJMSC/NJSG) Lee Rossbach at its “Teach at the Beach” annual meeting and teacher workshop held at More...

SICA accepting entries for annual exhibition

The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA), Long Branch, is accepting entries for its seventh annual international juried exhibition. More...

Brookdale CC offers eclectic summer fun

Local residents and visitors are invited to attend a variety of free Brookdale Community College-sponsored open-air musical and theatrical summer performances. More...

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Obituaries

Nils Matthew Thompson

Mr. Thompson, 52, of Barnegat, died June 11, 2010, at Barnegat Health and Rehabilitation, Barnegat. He was predeceased by his son, Army Pfc. Nils Thompson, who lost his life in the Iraq War on Aug. 3, 2005. Surviving are his parents, Clifford F. More...

Thomas F. Smith

Mr. Smith, 77, of Red Bank, died at his home on June 15, 2010. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Smith was a florist in the family business of Smith’s Flowers and Gifts, Matawan. More...

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Sports

Gathoga, Brock win Sheehan Classic race

Four straight for Brock
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent

Noel Brock of Toms River crossed the finish line first for the fourth straight year in the women’s division, and Kenyan runner James Gathoga won the men’s division on Saturday at the 17th annual George Sheehan Classic in Red Bank. More...

Shuler-Foster, Jackson are track All-Americans

BY TIM MORRIS

Long Branch’s Miles Shuler-Foster and Raritan’s Bennett Jackson proved themselves on the biggest stage in New Jersey. More...

AVP beach volleyball coming to Jersey Shore

For Belmar Open

The best professional beach volleyball players are coming to Belmar Beach and the Jersey Shore this weekend. More...

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Schools

on campus •••

Brian V. Marron of Tinton Falls earned a spot on the dean’s list for the spring semester at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C. McDaniel College, Westminster, Md., recently named Katherine M. Goeddel of Fair Haven and Keith S. More...

Rumson school honors 50 years of service

RUMSON — Rumson Country Day School is celebrating the retirement of its business manager, Linda Schottland, who dedicated her career to the private school for 50 years. More...

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