• Bias hotline available to county residents

    TheMonmouth County Human Relations Commission operates a hotline for victims of bias incidents throughout Monmouth County. The 24-hour hotline is staffed with trained personnel from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and is answered by a machine at other hours. The public is urged to use the hotline to report hate or bias incidents relating…

  • Oceanport BOE approves $9.9M tentative budget

    Tax levy will remain flat in Oceanport, Sea Bright BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — If all goes according to plan, Oceanport and Sea Bright property owners will not see an increase in the school district portion of their tax bills. The Oceanport Board of Education at its March 5 meeting approved a tentative $9.9…

  • Little Silver residents approve full-day kindergarten

    Two-classroom expansion to Point Road School to break ground in March 2013 BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Rendering of the classroom addition to Point Road School by Netta Architects approved by voters on March 13. LITTLE SILVER — A little more than 56 percent of the total 1,118 voters approved the Little Silver School District’s…

  • Health care costs continue to impact local budgets

    Mild winter a bonus for Red Bank’s, Rumson’s 2012 municipal budgets BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council introduced the 2012 municipal budget, up $841,000 from last year, at its March 14 meeting. The $20.7 million proposed budget increased 4.2 percent, with 2.7 percent of the increase due to an increase in…

  • Teen Arts

    From top: Sarah Bertekap, a junior at Communications High School, studies an art book included in “Identity,” an exhibit of student art at the Center for Visual Arts at Brookdale Community College during the Teen Arts Festival on March 15. The Monmouth County Arts Council presents the festival in collaboration with Brookdale, which hosted the…

  • Beck: Something stinks about gas regulators

    NJNG takes Red Bank, RiverCenter to court over above-ground regulators BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Plans to replace underground gas regulators in Red Bank with this above-ground equipment are opposed by local officials.Despite protests by local officials, New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) filed suit last week to force Red Bank to approve a plan to…

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    Students rehearse a scene in “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical,” which will be presented by the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Drama Club at the Rumson school March 23-25. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Fate of Fair Haven tree to be decided Thursday

    At special meeting, Planning Board to vote on developer’s appeal of permit denial BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN — A special meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 22, at 7:15 p.m. in Borough Hall, when the Planning Board will decide for the third time whether or not a mature specimen tree can be…

  • St. Paddy’s 10-mile run requires a lot of planning & volunteers

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer For a runner who is competing in a road race, the logistics are easy. Show up on race day, register, and go out and run. For those who are putting on the event, the task is not that simple. When the Freehold Area Running Club (FARC) presents its 23rd annual…

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