• By late May, there will be red-eyed love in the air

    CODA GREG BEAN It was our first summer in Massachusetts after moving to a wooded community from one of the dry, prairie states, and we were completely unprepared for how green the place was and how so much stuff just grew there without human intervention. We didn’t know what any of it was, of course.…

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  • Two River Theater receives grant

    Two River Theater Company in Red Bank was awarded $10,000 from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey to support its theater access for seniors and individuals with disabilities programs. The programs offer large print playbills, sign interpretation, open captioning, audio description, assistive listening, wheelchair accessibility and bus transportation for selected group field trips to performances.…

  • Lunch Break seeks to stock up for summer

    RED BANK — Lunch Break will hold its second annual Foodstock on May 18, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Red Bank Middle School at 101 Harding Road. A soup kitchen located in Red Bank, Lunch Break is calling on its surrounding communities to help stock the pantry shelves for the summer, which is…

  • Monmouth Park prospects upbeat

    Track operators cite plans to make racetrack family-friendly destination BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Dennis Drazin OCEANPORT — Stakeholders in Monmouth Park are optimistic about the future of the racetrack, with plans for new amenities including a hotel and investors willing to buy into their vision of the park as a family destination. “Some of…

  • In Red Bank, art is around every corner

    After three successful art walks in 2012, the Red Bank Art Walk returns 6-10 p.m. May 17 at more than 15 venues, including galleries and nontraditional arts spaces. To organize and promote the 2013 Red Bank Art Walk, a small group of art professionals was formed, including Robert Langdon of Gallery U; Gerda Liebmann of…

  • Protection extended in drug overdoses

    Gov. Chris Christie signed the bipartisan Overdose Protection Act into law at a drug rehabilitation center in Paterson on May 2. The legislation takes a two-pronged approach to help prevent drug-overdose deaths in New Jersey. First, it provides legal protection to people who are in violation of the law while they are attempting to help…

  • Young man a ray of hope in cloud of opiate addiction

    BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Scott Kaboski talks about his history of drug addiction, along with the hope he has gained during his rehabilitation process at the Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Growing up, Scott Kaboski didn’t seem at risk for heroin addiction. The 23-year-old was brought up in an…

  • A ‘grim’ trend in central N.J.

    Law enforcement wrestles with heroin abuse BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Heroin has become the most popular drug in Monmouth and Middlesex counties, reaching a much wider audience than ever before, according to law enforcement authorities. “Monmouth County has one of the highest concentrations of the purest heroin in the tri-state area. We’re really only…

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