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  • $11.9M Valentin estate goes up for auction

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff The luxurious Middletown estate of baseball celebrity John Valentin sits vacant on Navesink River Road. It will go up for auction in February. MIDDLETOWN — The old adage "Build it and they will come" does not apply to the grandiose Navesink…

  • Assistant superintendent taking reins at Sandy Hook

    Current superintendent moving to fill spot at park in California BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer GLORIA STRAVELLI Richard Wells, currently deputy superintendent at the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, will take over as acting superintendent Jan. 11. The National Park Service announced changes at the Sandy Hook Unit…

  • Zest

    Bengali art finds a home in Monmouth CountyCultural center working to preserve the traditions of Southern Asia BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Zest Bengali art finds a home in Monmouth County Cultural center working to preserve the traditions of Southern Asia BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Bengali art finds a home in Monmouth County Cultural center…

  • Former teacher moves from rabble-rouser to poet

    BY ALISON GRANITOStaff Writer BY ALISON GRANITO Staff Writer RED BANK — T.C. Murray has come a long way for a kid from Hell’s Kitchen. Although his story starts in what was then a rough and tumble neighborhood in New York City, Murray, 69, is now a retired Catholic school history teacher who now pursues…

  • Fitting farewell for a favorite son

    More than 1,500 turn out for funeral of Rumson BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff More than 1,500 mourners created an overflow crowd at Rumson’s Holy Cross Church for services remembering John Mulheren. At left, Pudgie Conroy walks Mulheren’s horse to the ceremony on Friday. John Mulheren’s funeral could…

  • Students learn of man’s struggle with AIDS

    World AIDS Dayrecognized at localhigh school BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer World AIDS Day recognized at local high school BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RED BANK — If Glenn Williams could do it over again, he’d do it differently. Before a crowd of Red Bank Regional High School students, Williams, 42, who tested HIV positive 12…

  • County police academy graduates new officers

    Twenty-three new police officers were recently sworn in as part of the 66th graduation exercises of the Basic Course for Law Enforcement Officers at the Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township. The ceremony was attended by the families and friends of the graduates as well as dignitaries, including Monmouth County Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick; Robert…

  • District charged with violating student’s rights

    Student punishedfor Web site critical of schooland its administrators BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Student punished for Web site critical of school and its administrators BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer CHRISTINE VARNO Ryan Dwyer, 15, Oceanport, sits at his computer in his home on Trinity Place, where the Web site about Maple Place School was created.…

  • Students seek donations to help homeless animals

    Rumson-Fair Haven club raises funds for Jersey Shore Animal Shelter BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer On the top of each kitten’s Christmas list is a bowl of Purina Cat Chow. That’s why Rumson Fair Haven Animal Aid Club –– a 35-member student group that offers financial and emotional support to homeless…