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  • Borough is set to repave more than a dozen streets

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON RED BANK — The Borough Council has approved an ordinance to award a bid for street repaving. At a special meeting Aug. 2, the borough awarded a $626,217.50 contract to Star of The Sea Concrete Corp., Old Bridge, for the work. The streets scheduled to be paved include Brown Place;…

  • Recreation director job may be full time

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE FAIR HAVEN — To better serve a growing youth population, members of the borough’s Recreation Commission are asking the Borough Council to consider hiring a full-time parks and recreation director. "With the population increase, a tremendous strain has been put on the [recreation] program and services," according to Linda…

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    farrah maffai Andrew Altomare, 9, of Oceanport stopped by Monmouth Music, Monmouth Street, Red Bank, with his dad, Lenny, and mom, Susan, to pick up the guitar he won in the Greater Media Newspapers contest at Riverfest in June. Store owner Nick Trocchia (r) presented Andrew with the guitar.

  • RR crossing project set; traffic woes expected

    RR crossing project set; traffic woes expected Beginning Sept. 28, drivers are going to have to take roads less traveled while NJ Transit makes grade-crossing improvements where the railroad meets Route 35 in Red Bank. A contingent of NJ Transit, neighboring municipality, and Garden State Parkway officials met at the Red Bank Borough Hall Aug.…

  • Young People’s Company performs ‘Twelfth Night’ ‘I

    Young People’s Company performs ‘Twelfth Night’ ‘I Dan Peterson, West Long Branch, as Festi; Gloria Frimmel as Cesario; Taylor White, Little Silver, as Orsino; Bryan Cralley, Union Beach, as Curio. would be loath to cast away my speech for besides that it is excellently well penned, I have taken great pains to con* it." Olivia…

  • Youngsters win contest

    FARRAH MAFFAI Shawn Reu, 12, of Oakhurst, announces the starting lineup of the Lakewood BlueClaws on Aug. 15 with a little help from Captain Jack. Shawn was one of the winners in a contest sponsored by Greater Media Newspapers. A back-to-school baseball promotion turned out to be a hit for a pair of youngsters who…

  • Surfrider cabana plan approved

    Correspondent By sherry conohan SEA BRIGHT — The borough Planning Board and the Surfrider Beach Club have worked out their differences on the addition of 15 cabanas, clearing the way for construction to begin and ending litigation on the subject. The Planning Board, at its meeting Aug. 14, approved a needed variance for the sideline…

  • New member joins parking task force

    Staff Writer By john burton RED BANK — The parking task force established by the mayor to study the borough’s parking situation was intended to be a somewhat amorphous loose-knit group of diverse residents, business owners and others who will look at various options. That group will have another member when it holds its second…

  • Sun, sand, surf and paperwork

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli CHRIS KELLY Michael Fowler hit the beach back in 1964 (left), and he’s been there ever since (right, standing). What started as a summer job during college has become an endless summer of lifeguarding for Michael Fowler, lifeguard supervisor at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. Fowler, known as…