• Tax preparation help at Eastern Branch library

    Tax preparation assistance by AARP Tax Aide program volunteers is being offered at the Eastern Branch Library in Shrewsbury. AARP volunteers will be on hand for this service, which is available for low- and middle income taxpayers with simple returns. The schedule for AARP Tax Assistance at the Eastern Branch, 1001 Route 35, through April…

  • March: Can you dig it?

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “There is no gardening withouthumility. Nature is constantly sending evenits oldest scholars to the bottom of the classfor some egregious blunder.”— Alfred Austin A garden myth: Lawns are beautiful, vegetable gardens are ugly. Not true. Vegetable gardens in a front yard (a hot trend) can create an inviting focal point. Defy…

  • Newtown superintendent: Security should be priority

    BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer The news of the school shooting in Newton, Conn., stunned the country on Dec. 14. But before word traveled to the national level, the shock was felt closer to home. Newtown Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson didn’t believe it at first when she heard about the shooting from her secretary…

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    Shrewsbury Mayor Donald Burden reads to kindergartners at Shrewsbury Borough School on March 1 during a celebration of Read Across America Day. Children dressed as their favorite Dr. Seuss characters — Thing 1 and Thing 2, the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax and even little Sally from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Festivities on…

  • NOTES

    The latest installment of the Social Action film series, “I Am,” will be presented at 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 at the Unitarian Meetinghouse, 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft. “I Am” documents Hollywood filmmaker Tom Shadyac’s quest for enlightenment, asking how humans can better live with each other and fellow creatures. This event is…

  • Shrewsbury chapter of NJDAR holds meeting

    The Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter of the New Jersey Daughters of the American Revolution (NJDAR) will havea7p.m.meetingonApril8atthe Shrewsbury Historical Society, 419 Sycamore Ave., Shrewsbury. During the meeting, the Chapter’s first-place winners of the American Essay Contest will read their essays. Secondand third-place winners will receive their certificates and medals as well. There will also be a…

  • Discord in Sea Bright over prioritizing flood projects

    Businesses and residents want bulkheads, council opts for elevating homes BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Businesses owners hard hit by the superstorm continue to be impacted by recurrent flooding and want the borough to make flood mitigation a priority. FILE PHOTO SEA BRIGHT — Four priority projects being submitted by the borough for federal funding…

  • Health care costs drive Tinton Falls BOE budget

    $29.7M budget calls for 3.6 percent increase in tax levy BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Tinton Falls School District Board of Education is moving forward with a $29.7 million budget that calls for a 3.6 percent tax levy increase attributable to the escalating cost of health benefits. District Business Administrator Tamar…

  • Red Bank introduces $21.2 million budget

    2013 spending plan calls for 3.8-cent increase in tax rate BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer RED BANK — The borough may have averted a fiscal crunch by negotiating an increase in employee contributions for health care benefits. According to Councilman Michael DuPont, health care costs for borough employees are increasing by 6.4 percent — a…

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