• Arc’s Friends spread cheer all season long

    TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth’s Circle of Friends, a club of approximately 65 individuals with mild intellectual and developmental disabilities, spent the month of December spreading holiday cheer. The club, a program that operates through the agency’s recreation department, participated in the holiday Adopt-a- Family program, which offers support to families through donations…

  • Chorus of the Atlantic offers singing valentines

    The Chorus of the Atlantic, the Red Bank Area Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, has for the past two decades sent quartets out into nearby communities to deliver singing valentines with a lasting message of love and appreciation. The songs are delivered by a quartet, nattily attired in chorus dress uniforms. The men also…

  • Cold dip

     Seconds after plunging into the cold water, several chilled participants head back to dry land at the 2012 Polar Plunge in Sea Bright on Jan. 8.

  • Bishops address poverty in New Jersey

    Catholic bishops call for community, govt., interfaith response to increasing poverty BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent Eighteen Catholic bishops, who represent seven dioceses in New Jersey, a state often ranked as second or third richest in the nation, have pledged to tackle the issue of the growing number of people living in poverty in the state, which…

  • Photographers pick best of 2011

    Luca Montana balances on a rock along the shoreline at Bayshore Waterfront Park in Middletown. JEFF GRANIT staff The Middletown South High School baseball squad runs through their pregame routine. ERIC SUCAR staff Children of all ages participate in the various activities held at the 85th anniversary celebration of Seashore Day Camp in Long Branch.…

  • Menna calls on nonprofits to share tax burden

    Mayor: Tax-exempt status of nonprofits hiking taxes for most vulnerable residents BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Not-for-profit organizations looking to expand their presence within Red Bank are being called upon to pay their fair share to the borough, which has a disproportionate number of such organizations serving the region, according to Mayor Pasquale Menna. “There…

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    Jim Shaw of the Ancient Order of Hibernians leads the 2012 polar plunge in Sea Bright. Mike Hannigan and John Ward accompany the group on the bagpipes. More than 500 people took part in the event, which raised funds to benefit area Catholic schools. CLAIRE SHEPROW

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    South Brunswick High School’s team of Nicolette Mateescu, Taiyana Madden, Nicole Sendner and Cayla Del Piano won the distance medley at the Jan. 6 Greater Middlesex Relays in 13:00.68. The meet was held at the Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • RU’s Sanu entering NFL draft

    Mohamed Sanu has caught his last pass for Rutgers University. The record-setting wide receiver is taking his talents to the National Football League. Although a junior with another year of eligibility, Sanu declared himself for the NFL draft. It was not an easy decision for the South Brunswick High School graduate. “It was a tough…

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