• Sidewalk Sale

    Above: Shoppers peruse the sale tables outside Funk and Standard on Broad Street during the 57th Red Bank Sidewalk Sale on July 30. Below: Shoppers look for a bargain outside DoubleTake on Broad Street. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Red Bank looks at ways to keep residents cool

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — Borough Councilwoman Sharon Lee wants to investigate some aquatic options to help the borough’s residents weather the heat. “We just had a week of 100-degree days and we don’t really have much respite for the community,” she said at the July 27 council meeting. She suggested that…

  • Shrewsbury celebrates local centenarian

    Margaret Cosentino LORRAINE KELLEHER Five generations of the Cosentino family attended the July 18 meeting of the Shrewsbury Borough Council on July 18 to witness their matriarch, Margaret, receive a proclamation in honor of her 100th birthday. She was born in New York City on July 9, 1911, and 100 years later, Monmouth County celebrated…

  • YMCA to host Zumba class for cancer survivors

    RED BANK — The Community YMCAis teaming with Zumba instructor Colleen Zieser to present a Master Zumba Class designed to raise money to create and implement a fitness program tailored to cancer survivors. The class will be held noon-1:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Red Bank YMCA, 166 Maple Ave. All are invited. Tickets are…

  • SEARCH Day adds career and life-skills center

    New classrooms provide simulated bank branch, supermarket, living space BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — SEARCH Day Program, a nonprofit school that serves individuals with autism, celebrated the opening of its new career and lifeskills center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 12. The center was made possible when SEARCH Day decided to expand…

  • At the Fair

    Left: Jayne Hornich, 4, enjoys a ride at the Monmouth County Fair on July 30. The fair was held at the East Freehold Showgrounds in Freehold Township, July 27-31. Above: Johnny Rocket teams up with Jason Dimmingus for a ride in the Thunderdome. Thunderdome was one of the many types of entertainment that was presented…

  • Survey of Raritan Bay aims to restore oysters

    Baykeeper, Rutgers scientist map conditions in bay BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Dr. Beth Ravit (r), instructor of environmental science at Rutgers University, along with volunteers, prepares to collect data along the Raritan Bay near the Leonardo Public Marina on July 29. A team of citizen-scientist volunteers, led by NY/NJ Baykeeper and Ravit, completed data…

  • Red Bank landlords ask Borough Council for rent increase

    Council backs full cost-of-living increase BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer A t the request of landlords, the Red Bank Borough Council recommended amending the borough’s rent control ordinance at its July 27 meeting. The changes being considered would allow landlords to increase rent by the costof living increase at the expiration of a lease; the…

  • Photo

    Jockey Martin Garcia rides Coil in a come-from-behind win in the $1 million Resorts Haskell Invitational held at Monmouth Park on Sunday. It was the second straight Haskell win for Garcia, and for Coil trainer Bob Baffert it was a record fifth win in the race. See story, page 31. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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