Author: KELLY GIULIANO, Staff Writer

  • Red Bank officials unveil emergency access route to primary school

    Red Bank officials unveil emergency access route to primary school

    RED BANK – A new emergency access route that leads to and from the Red Bank Primary School has been unveiled. For decades, officials considered paving an alternate access route to and from the primary school, which until recently only had one road leading to and from the school on River Street. Borough officials agreed…

  • Middletown parents in full revolt over board’s vote to consolidate schools

    Middletown parents in full revolt over board’s vote to consolidate schools

    A decision to consolidate the Port Monmouth and New Monmouth elementary schools in Middletown infuriated hundreds of residents during a meeting on March 11. The decision caused some people to verbally threaten Superintendent of Schools William George III. George was accompanied to his vehicle by a police officer following a meeting at Middletown High School…

  • YMCA of Greater Monmouth County rolls out ‘Togetherhood’ program

    YMCA of Greater Monmouth County rolls out ‘Togetherhood’ program

    RED BANK – The YMCA of Greater Monmouth County is using 2020 to “embrace all of the virtues” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once embodied. The YMCA of Greater Monmouth County has launched its ‘Togetherhood’ program that connects people from all backgrounds to carry out volunteer projects in the community. This program is a national…

  • Coronavirus case in Little Silver leads to shut down of Red Bank High

    Coronavirus case in Little Silver leads to shut down of Red Bank High

    LITTLE SILVER – Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver will remain shut down on March 11 after a 27-year-old from Little Silver tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The individual, whose identity was not revealed, has a sibling who attends Red Bank Regional High School, according to an update posted on the school…

  • Nurse: Vaping not a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes

    Nurse: Vaping not a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes

    A school community wants to make certain that students and their parents are aware of the severe health problems medical professionals have said could arise from the “pop-culture phenomenon” of vaping electronic cigarettes. Vaping is the inhaling and exhaling of an aerosol, which is often referred to as vapor, and is produced by an electronic…

  • Community honors youngster by displaying acts of kindness

    Community honors youngster by displaying acts of kindness

    A community has come together to ensure that one young girl’s legacy to “Liv like a Unicorn” is encompassed in kind acts toward others. Olivia “Liv” Lipnicky, 8, of Freehold Township, the daughter of Emma Lipnicky, passed away in November 2019 after a courageous battle with cancer. The youngster had an aggressive stage IV tumor…

  • Peninsula Ice Cream War brings communities together

    Peninsula Ice Cream War brings communities together

    Ice cream lovers in Monmouth County are uniting – and dividing – in a tasty quest to reign as the champion of the Peninsula Ice Cream War at Nicolas Creamery in Atlantic Highlands and Fair Haven. During March, pupils from schools in Little Silver, Rumson, Red Bank, Fair Haven, Shrewsbury Borough, Highlands and Middletown are…

  • Tinton Falls officials will apply for $217,500 library grant

    Tinton Falls officials will apply for $217,500 library grant

    The Tinton Falls Borough Council has agreed to submit a grant application seeking $217,500 under the New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act. If the borough’s application is approved, the money from the grant would be used to renovate and repair the Tinton Falls Public Library. The library, which is located at 664 Tinton Ave., has…

  • Artist creates drawings ‘in dialogue’ with musician friends

    Artist creates drawings ‘in dialogue’ with musician friends

    Haley Potter of Marlboro does not remember a time when she was not an artist. “I never really had any question about doing anything else,” Potter, 24, said in an interview. Potter is a live music artist, which means she sketches portraits of musicians while they are performing. In 2017, Potter earned a Bachelor of…