• RBC hockey team has talent and experience

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Red Bank Catholic High School’s ice hockey season got off to an impressive enough start. After opening the season with a 1-1 tie with Princeton Day School, the Caseys ripped off six consecutive wins, allowing just two goals in those games. Since then, however, RBC has been shut out by both…

  • Battling for possession

    Left to right: Monmouth University’s Jordan Davis (r) and Villanova University’s James Bell battle for a rebound during the second half of the game played in Monmouth University’s Multipurpose Activity Center on Dec. 22. Monmouth University’s R.J. Rutledge (r) tries to drive past Villanova’s Dominic Cheek. The Hawks fell to the nationally ranked Wildcats, 76-36,…

  • Lena Spangenberg

    Mrs. Spangenberg, 84, of Red Bank, died Dec. 18, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. She was born in Jersey City and lived in the Leonardo section of Middletown for more than 50 years. Lena was preceded in death by her first husband, Peter Tactikos; her second husband, John Spangenberg; her life partner,…

  • Albert Menna

    Mr. Menna, 94, a lifelong resident of Red Bank, died Dec. 17, 2010. A veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II, he was the owner/butcher of West Bergen Market for 62 years. In 1980, Mr. Menna retired from the market and went to work at the Johnny Jazz Market in Red Bank. He…

  • Government’s ruling could have far-reaching consequences

    The Congress has now put its imprimatur on redefining morality. It has said it is OK to be homosexual. By inference, it has also said it is wrong to be against this chosen lifestyle. In the name of some ostensible integrity, they have chosen to deny the moral beliefs of a very large number of…

  • Charter schools need help securing facilities

    Creation of a charter school in New Jersey is no easy task, evident from the stories told over the years by founders of the 73 charter schools now open in the state, as well as the many other organizers whose proposed schools never got off the ground. Many would be surprised to know the paramount…

  • Readers surprised that many of us are criminals in N.J.

    CODA GREG BEAN Apparently, I wasn’t the only one surprised, and outraged, by the fact that it’s basically illegal to carry a pocketknife in New Jersey — and that doing so might get you charged with a felony or a misdemeanor fine of nearly $1,000, if the local prosecutor is in a good mood. Two…

  • Lion’s Den Café opens at Eastern Branch Library

    SHREWSBURY — Monmouth County Library commissioners and ballet dancers mingled at the Eastern Branch Library for the grand opening of the Lion’s Den Café on Dec. 11. Café manager Debbie Disakias served patrons slices of her creation, a cake shaped like a giant red and white “Nutcracker” soldier. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, more than 130…

  • Sea Bright Boro Hall in need of emergency repair

    Engineer: Building’s eastern wall poses safety risk BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council has approved an emergency measure to perform repairs on borough hall. Approved during the council’s Dec. 21 meeting, the measure calls for repairs to be made to the building’s eastern wall, which Borough Engineer Jaclyn Flor believes…

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