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Libraries evolve, expand services and programs

Programs respond to recession, Internet, changing communities
BY ANDREW DAVISON

The role of local libraries in Eastern Monmouth County is evolving to accommodate residents in need of social and community services amid a difficult economic period. More...

Trap-neuter-release for feral cats approved in Sea Bright

Volunteers will monitor boro’s cat population
BY DAN HOWLEY

SEA BRIGHT— After three major revisions and intervention by the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service, the Borough Council has finally adopted an ordinance to help control the borough’s feral cat colonies. More...

Navy Seabee returns to his BMS Dolphins

Students welcome teacher’s return from tour in Iraq
BYANDREWDAVISON Staff Writer

Bayshore Middle School celebrated the return of physical education teacher Justin Mayer from his deployment to Iraq with the U.S. Navy Reserve on Dec. 6. More...

Local inventors recognized for telecommunications patent work

ThomasY. Woo, Red Bank, anAlcatel- Lucent inventor, along with colleague inventors Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Tirunell V. Lakshman, Krishan K. More...

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Jersey Shore UniversityMedical Center, Neptune, announced the birth of a boy on Aug. 2 to Kristen and Andrew Mautner of Tinton Falls. Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announces the following births: Nov. More...

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Here’s our whole ‘kitten caboodle’ of goofs and gaffes for 2010

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ADELE YOUNG

Every year we like to look back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it into some of GreaterMedia Newspapers’ 10 weekly publications. More...

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Sports

Holiday Classic

Left to right: Monmouth University’s Abby Martin (r) and Brown’s Hannah Passafuime (l) skirmish for a rebound during the first half of their first-round game in the Hawk Holiday Classic h More...

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Cannon Sport & Social Club’s co-ed dodgeball is back and will be played 8-10 p.m. Tuesday nights beginning this week at the Red Bank Middle School. The league will be capped at eight teams on a first-come, first-served basis. More...

Injuries aside, RFH boys remain optimistic

BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent

Optimism is high for the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School boys basketball team, despite a few injuries and a loss to Raritan in its first game. More...

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Arts / Zest

‘Four Women/Insight Out’

The Middletown Arts Center (MAC) is hosting “Four Women/InsightOut,” an art exhibition of recent paintings showcasing the talent and vision of four friends: Rosalie Bennett, Nina Douglas, Jacquelyn Kirczow-Smith and CynthiaYurcisin. More...

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Oceanport reviewing snow cleanup response

Mayor praises public works, emergency services efforts
BY DANIEL HOWLEY
Staff Writer

Borough officials are taking stock of the after effects of last week’s blizzard to help improve the municipality’s response to future emergencies. More...

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A pedestrian is reflected in a storefront as he makes his way along Broad Street in downtown Red Bank on a sunny afternoon following the Dec. 26 blizzard that blanketed the region. More...

Top stories of 2010

Controversy over gaming industry report More...

Snow business

Top to bottom: Josh Corris builds a snowman on Broad Street during a sunny afternoon in downtown Red Bank on Dec. 29. More...

Tinton Falls defers school tax payment

Finance director warns of possible $2M revenue shortfall
BY KENNYWALTER

TINTON FALLS — Borough attorney Brian Nelson assured the Borough Council last month that all the school taxes will be paid on time despite a resolution deferring a payment to the school district. More...

Rumson, F.H. agree on shared athletic fields

Rumson to add five travel soccer teams
BYANDREWDAVISON Staff Writer

RUMSON — An agreement between Rumson and Fair Haven would balance field use between the municipalities’ shared recreation programs, according to Rumson Mayor John Ekdahl. More...

Freeholders will reorganize Jan. 6

The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will hold a Sine Die meeting at 11 a.m. Jan. 6 in the Monmouth County Hall of Records, Main Street, Freehold. More...

New Jersey Marathon to expand south

BY KENNYWALTER

LONG BRANCH— Art Castellano’s favorite quote is: “The only thing constant in staging a marathon is change.” Castellano, the director of the New Jersey Marathon, said recently that the May 1 race will expand south in 2011. More...

Bulletin Board

Scholarship program casts net for applicants

SANDY HOOK — The Stew Tweed Fisheries andAquaculture Scholarship Program is seeking applications from graduating high school seniors and undergraduate or graduate students pursuing studies or a career in fisheries or aquaculture. More...

Hospice volunteers sought to help others

All it takes is compassion and a little time to become a hospice volunteer for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of New Jersey Shore, Eatontown. There is a need for volunteers in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. More...

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Obituaries

Neva Malissa Houghtaling Brown

Mrs. Brown, 81, a resident of Tinton Falls for more than 50 years, died Dec. 18, 2010. She was a teacher for the Tinton Falls School District. More...

Edna Behr Doucha

Mrs. Doucha, 101, died Dec. 17, 2010, at the Atrium at Navesink Harbor in Red Bank. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Union Beach when she was 7 years old. More...

George E. Brush Jr.

Mr. Brush, 93, ofMiddletown, died Dec. 29, 2010, at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. A veteran of the Army Air Corps during WorldWar II, he was an electronic engineer for 30 years at NASAand later Fort Monmouth, retiring in 1981. Mr. More...

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Letters

Suggested New Year’s resolution: Respect all

I t’s aWestern tradition to make New Year’s resolutions at this time of year on the calendar. But ourWestern culture’s New Year is not the only one to celebrate. More...

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but Florida’s so delightful, And since Chris had time to go, N.J. knows if it snows he’ll still go. Man it doesn’t show signs of stopping, and Kim is in Mexico shopping. More...

A letter to Michael J. Mahon, mayor of Oceanport

I t is the responsibility of every elected official to serve and protect the citizens that you represent. You have admirably done just that for many of those interests such as Fort Monmouth and Monmouth Park. More...

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