• NAMI NJ celebrates heroes

    NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NJ has launched its 2012 Celebrating Our Heroes campaign to acknowledge and celebrate the heroes who serve our country, who battle mental illness and who fight for their loved one’s recovery. The public is invited to submit the names and/or pictures of heroes to be featured on its website…

  • Songwriters in the Park concert series

    RED BANK — The eighth annual “Songwriters in the Park” free concert series is back as a Jersey Shore summer tradition. Sponsored by Brookdale Public Radio, the series run for seven Fridays beginning at 7 p.m. at Riverside Gardens Park on W. Front Street in Red Bank. This will be the eighth season for the…

  • Oceanport officials: Racinos vital to future of horse racing

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Borough officials continue to advocate for bringing gaming to the state’s horse racing venues, including Monmouth Park. Mayor Michael Mahon and Councilman Joseph Irace spoke at the Borough Council meeting last week about their appearance in front of the New Jersey Assembly Regulatory Oversight Gaming Committee on July…

  • Arts council honors art therapy, creative healing

    Celebration of Excellence finds ‘art at the heart of healing’ BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer A visitor looks at a display of art created by children in the art therapy program at Riverview Medical Center. RED BANK — A seemingly simple drawing of a tiny stick figure engulfed in a huge black hole proved to…

  • Borough to expand program for seniors living alone

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — The borough is planning to extend its Well Being Check Program to include residents living alone who have disabilities or special needs. Presently it serves seniors who live alone. Last week, Mayor Benjamin Lucarelli said that after discussing the program with Police Chief Darryl Breckenridge Sr., the decision…

  • Paddle-boarders stand up for autism in race around NYC

    Oceanport resident raises funds, awareness for autism, clean oceans BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Chris Macioch trains on a paddleboard for the upcoming SEA PaddleNYC to be held Aug. 17, a 26.5-mile paddle around Manhattan to raise funds for the Surfer’s Environmental Alliance and several autism nonprofits. ERIC SUCAR staff Chris Macioch wakes up with…

  • Lunch Break plans to tear down walls to open doors

    Additional space to provide more room for programs, administration BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Two boarded-up houses adjacent to Lunch Break on Drs. James Parker Blvd. are on the site of a planned 18,300 square-foot expansion. KRISTEN DALTON Lunch Break is well on its way to becoming much more than a soup kitchen, fulfilling one…

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    The Keigwin+Company troupe perform “Caffeinated,” a modern dance piece choreographed by Larry Keigwin, as a prelude to “Red Bank Bolero,” a dance performance by members of the Red Bank community at the Two River Theater on July 21. FRANK GALIPO

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