• The Arc marks Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

    TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth along with a network of more than 700 chapters of The Arc across the nation, including self-advocates, families and volunteers, mark Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in March. The month will commemorate the progress toward improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and also highlight…

  • in the service 

    Navy Seaman Recruit Ryan M. Eberhardt, son of Lorraine and Ronald M. Eberhardt of Ocean, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Eberhardt completed a variety of training, which included classroom study and practical instruction on Navy customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival…

  • Local students move on in VFW contest

    Does patriotism still matter? This question was the 2010-11 theme of the National Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Patriot’s Pen program offers sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders the opportunity to express their opinions on a patriotic theme and to improve their writing skills by composing a 300- to 400-…

  • LADACIN’s gala slated for March 12

    LADACIN Network will hold its 30th annual “Rosebud Gala” dinner-dance on March 12 at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel. The gala is the agency’s premier annual fundraising event and will feature dinner and dancing, an awards ceremony, gift auction, raffles and a floral centerpiece contest. Carl Craft and Marty Martinez, co-hosts of 95.9 WRAT’s “Morning RAT…

  • T.F. councilman resigns his post

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Tinton Falls Borough Council has until the end of the month to fill a seat left open by the resignation of Councilman Duane Morrill on March 1. The council has 30 days to come up with a replacement and must reach a majority decision on their…

  • Cheese lovers gain a local lair

    Cheese Cave in Red Bank specializes in artisan cheeses BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Clockwise from top: The shelves at the Cheese Cave on Monmouth Street in Red Bank are stocked with provisions that complement and enhance artisan cheeses. One of the artisan cheeses available at the newly opened shop. Owner Stephen Catania plans to…

  • NOTES

    Eatontown residents are invited to the first of planned periodic meetings that deal with the impending closing of Fort Monmouth. The meeting will be held 7 p.m. March 10 in the Eatontown Municipal Building’s second floor council chambers. Eatontown Mayor Gerry Tarantolo will review the plan that has been developed for the reuse of Fort…

  • business briefs 

    MichaelA. Goldfarb, MD, FACS, of Long Branch, was recently elected vice president of the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons at the chapter’s annual meeting. Founded in 1913, theAmerican College of Surgeons is an educational and scientific organization that was established to raise the standards of surgical practice and to improve the…

  • Freeholder calls on trustees to resign

    Curley: Abuse of expenses by college president under investigation BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Freeholder Deputy Director John Curley said Monday he would be calling for the resignation of the Board of Trustees and board attorney forBrookdaleCommunityCollege in Middletown over excessive expenditures associated with the college President’s Office. “At the very bottom, there was a…

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