• So. Amboy council sets agenda for 2011

    Henry sworn in as mayor; council members elect Connors to serve as president BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent For the first time in nearly two decades, Mayor Fred Henry was only an invited guest at a South Amboy City Council meeting. “It really felt different not being able to vote on anything,” Henry said following the…

  • sports short 

    Cannon Sport & Social Club’s co-ed dodgeball is back and will be played 8-10 p.m. Tuesday nights beginning Jan. 4 at the Red BankMiddle School. The league will be capped at eight teams on a first-come, first-served basis. Twelve players are recommended, but 10-14 players are acceptable. The fee is $750 per team, which includes…

  • RFH swimmers chasing division crown, state tourney

    BYMATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent When the season first began, Meghan Jones, head coach of the Rumson-Fair Haven High School girls swim team, was focused on a division title (Shore Conference A Central). After the team placed third in the Monmouth County Championships last week, the Bulldogs are even more optimistic that a state tournament birth is…

  • Kates drives Lancers to comeback victory

    Defeating Rumson in overtime BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s Ellie Wilbur dives on a loose ball while teammate Ashley Cooper (14) gets out of the way during the Bulldogs’ A Central Division game against St. John Vianney in Holmdel on Jan. 6. The Lancers rallied late and handed the Bulldogs their…

  • From Pucci to Prada, consignment goes couture

    Doubletake boutique puts designer fashion within reach BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Doubletake consignment boutique features top runway names in designer apparel, handbags, shoe, accessories and jewelry at a fraction of original retail prices. The Red Bank location is the third opened by boutique owner Marci Kessler. RED BANK — As value-conscious fashionistas continue to…

  • ‘Visions of Wilson Hall’

    “Pompeii Room” by Scott NickersonMonmouth University’s Wilson Hall is one of the landmark structures of the Jersey Shore. The property has served as the summer White House for President Woodrow Wilson, the home of Daddy Warbucks in the film version of “Annie,” and currently as administrative offices and classroom and lecture space for the university,…

  • Art spurs good works

    Recent work by Molly Gaston Johnson Artist Molly Gaston Johnson, the featured artist at Joel McFadden’s jewelry design studio in Red Bank this month, is taking her art exhibit to a new level of community involvement. Gaston Johnson is the third artist to be featured during Second Saturdays at the Studio, monthly art openings featuring…

  • Vietnam Veterans’ foundation hosts screening

    HOLMDEL — The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host a film screening of “Don’t Burn It” at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15. The film is based on the diary of North Vietnamese female medic Dang Thuy Tram. Actor and Vietnam veteran Michael Jarmus will introduce the film and lead a discussion after…

  • Nancy Tucker Stout

    Mrs. Stout, 88, of Shrewsbury, wife of the late state Sen. Richard R. Stout, died Jan. 4, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. During World War II, Mrs. Stout worked in Washington, D.C., at the Korean desk for the Office of Strategic Services and was a representative of the State Department for the United…

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