• Man charged with swindling senior citizen

    A Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment against James J. Demitro, akaAnthony Tatalia, for second degree theft by deception after he allegedly posed as a nephew of a Red Bank senior citizen diagnosed with dementia and stole more than $750,000 from her, Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. announced. The indictment follows a…

  • NOTES

    Spectators are dressed in pink for a “Pink Out” basketball game between the Rumson-Fair Haven High School and Red Bank Regional High School basketball teams on Feb. 2. The game was held in conjunction with the “Shoot for a Cure” breast cancer fundraiser that benefited the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center at Monmouth Medical…

  • Pallone: Sports betting would be windfall for N.J.

    Bill would exempt state from federal ban on sports wagering BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Rep. Frank Pallone OCEANPORT — Rep. Frank Pallone (D- 6th District) is hoping New Jersey will become the fifth state to allow legalized sports betting, something he said would bring in huge revenues. Pallone said in an interview last week that…

  • Casting call Feb. 10 at Woodbridge Mall

    The American Heart Association is inviting New Jersey women from all walks of life to share their story at a free Go Red For Women Connect Casting Call on Friday, Feb. 10, from10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Macy’s wing at the Woodbridge Center Mall. The HeartAssociation is looking for those whomake it their…

  • Shore Regional H.S. marks 50 years

    BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Shore Regional High School alumni from throughout the country have returned home to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their alma mater. Andrew Ker, Shore Regional School District public information officer, explained that the 50th anniversary celebration started in 2011 and will conclude next October. “The idea of…

  • A bag of ganja may have cost a young man his life

    CODA GREG BEAN Here’s a story that made my blood boil, and I’m guessing it’ll do the same to yours. According to the stories from several news sources, police in Wakefield, a suburb of the Bronx, thought they saw an 18- year-old man named Ramarley Graham on the street buying drugs. They tried to arrest…

  • Gingrich misrepresented by letter writer

    I n a recent letter, “Resident sees racism in candidate’s remarks” (Feb. 2), Avery Grant accused Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich of “rednecked racism” for comments made by Gingrich proposing “urban poor kids be hired as janitor aides in schools.” What Gingrich actually said, as quoted by The New York Times, is: “You say to…

  • Animal registry safeguards the community

    A s someone who deals with dozens of cruelty-toanimals cases every week, I applaud those working to establish an online animal abuser registry in New York. Exposing and remembering people who hurt animals will better guarantee our communities’ safety. Mental-health and law-enforcement experts know that the bullies and cowards who abuse animals will often cross…

  • Writer’s swipe at custodial work is misguided

    (Response to Avery Grant’s remarks in the Feb. 2 issue) R egarding your criticism of Newt Gingrich’s comments on hiring urban youths as janitors, what is so wrong with being a janitor? Why is there automatically a negative connotation attached to custodial work, manual labor or working with ones hands? Many fathers and mothers put…

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