• RFH girls are looking for experience to carry them

    All five senior starters are committed to colleges BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent After losing early in the 2010 NJSIAA state tournament, the 2010-11 Rumson-Fair Haven girls basketball team is more experienced than last season’s squad. The Bulldogs have five senior starters this season, which gives them an instant advantage over teams with younger players. However,…

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    Red Bank Catholic’s Ryan Coolahan (bottom) tries to escape from the hold of Monmouth Regional’s Julio Hernandez (top) during their 125-pound match at the Matawan Icebreaker Wrestling Tournament that started the wrestling season on Dec. 18. Hernandez won this match and went on to place third in his weight class. ERIC SUCAR staff Monmouth Regional’s…

  • F.H. council goes back to school to hear from students

    Boro ups engineer’s salary to $107K BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — The Borough Council went back to school on Dec. 13 and found out that the students know what is going on in the town. For the second year, at the suggestion of Councilman Robert Marchese, the council held a regular meeting at…

  • Mary O. (O’Brien) Sauickie

    Mrs. Sauickie, 87, of Union Beach, died Dec. 16, 2010, at Bayshore Health Care, Holmdel. She worked as an operator with Bell Telephone, Keyport, then as a licensed practical nurse with Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, and then as a switchboard operator with the hospital, retiring at the age of 63. Mrs. Sauickie was past…

  • James M. McGivney

    Mr. McGivney, 86, of Shrewsbury, died Dec. 12, 2010, at home. A veteran of the Seabees of the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korea War, he was a systems analyst for Caltex Petroleum Corp., New York City. He was a member of the Middletown Elks Lodge, the Knights of Columbus in Keansburg…

  • Kettle donations help Salvation Army year-round

    The year is quickly drawing to a close. And as the year ends, so does the opportunity to make a tax-deductible donation to The Salvation Army for this year. More than simply receiving a tax deduction, you can still help to fill our kettles, which aren’t full. In turn, you’ll also help your neighbors in…

  • Ft. bldgs. deteriorated under stalled redevelopment

    It was a bleak, rainy day as I wandered Fort Hancock to find the former headquarters of the man once consecrated by the National Park Service to rehabilitate the fort. The consecrate, James Wassel, occupied Building 26 rent- free for several years while scrambling to raise a promised $72 to $90 million — the numbers…

  • Red Bank-area Kiwanis ‘Santas’ call 300+ kids

    Kiwanis Club members, students and members of the community filled in for Santa, calling more than 300 children on Dec. 14. RED BANK — More than 300 children received phone calls from Santa thanks to volunteerswith the Red Bank-area Kiwanis Club. The annual “Phone Calls From Santa” event took place Dec. 14 and was hosted…

  • Cancer survivor shares inspirational story

    Battle with stage 4 cancer prompts call for early detection, treatment BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent John McMahon, a resident of Red Bank, is not asking Santa Claus for anything this Christmas; instead, he is giving a great big “thank you” to all who helped him become a cancer survivor of stage 4 rectal cancer, which…

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