• Summer festival to offer gourmet food, beverages

    RED BANK — The Red Bank Flavour culinary alliance will host the first Sippin’ on the River event June 29-30 along the riverfront at Marine Park. The event will offer culinary samplings from the borough’s eateries, as well as wine, beer, live music and more. A portion of proceeds from the all-day festival will benefit…

  • Anchorage site may become open space

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer The site of the Anchorage apartments on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright, which sustained heavy damage during the superstorm, could become open space if the state pursues acquisition of the property. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR SEA BRIGHT — The Anchorage apartment property on the Shrewsbury River could become open space…

  • ‘Images of Christ Church Shrewsbury’

    Christ Church Shrewsbury, 2013 JEFF VEIL This year marks the 275th anniversary of the charter issued to Christ Church in Shrewsbury, incorporating the parish as a member of the Anglican Communion. To celebrate this anniversary, the parish, together with Dorn’s Classic Images, is mounting an exhibit entitled “Images of Christ Church Shrewsbury: Then and Now.”…

  • Grants pay unemployed workers for storm-related jobs

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Municipalities still recovering from the superstorm are taking advantage of a federal grant program that pays the salaries of unemployed workers hired for Sandy-related work. Eileen Higgins, executive director of the Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board, said in a June 20 interview that the National Emergency Grant, which is funded…

  • Softball is all about the play

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Russ Banasiak tosses a pitch to a hitter during a softball game played at Veterans Park in Old Bridge on June 16. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI When Jack Donahue co-founded the Woodpeckers men’s softball team in 1976, he did not imagine that he would one day play alongside his sons and son-in-law.…

  • Battle over natural gas port proposal resurfaces

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The latest proposal to build an East Coast deepwater natural gas port is once again drawing the ire of area activists, who contend that the project will significantly impact New Jersey residents despite its new location. Liberty Natural Gas (LNG) officials, however, say the port — dubbed Port Ambrose —…

  • Fatal distractions

    Don’t blame the phone or fast food; it seems we’re our own worst enemies when it comes to inattentive driving. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features One in 10 of the more than 65,000 car crash-related fatalities that occurred during 2010 and 2011 were caused by distracted driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…

  • Q&A

    Jaguar sighting? with Sharon Peters Q: We were passed on the highway by a Jaguar that was a very un-Jaguar-like garish shade of blue. We immediately assumed it must be a custom paint job, and a quick search of the website showed no such color. Can you confirm? A: You gave up a little too…

  • Mortgage rates are going up but it’s not all bad news

    Mortgage rates have been at historic lows for nearly a year. While they are going up, they should still remain at what was historic lows prior to the most recent rates, says Ann Marie Burke, president of Amity Mortgage. The HARP refinance still offers mortgages at low rates, expanded approvals, and the opportunity for homeowners…

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