• Red Kettle Classic Basketball Tournament to be held Dec. 3-4

    RED BANK — United Teletech Financial (UTF) will sponsor the sixth annual Red Kettle Classic Basketball Tournament on Friday, Dec. 3, and Saturday, Dec. 4. The event takes place each year at the Salvation Army Jane H. Booker Community Center at 180 Newman Springs Road. Friday night, Dec. 3, will feature a girls and boys…

  • Lunch Break struggles to keep pace with need

    Adopt-a-Family program needs more supporters BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Combating hunger during the holidays has become a community wide effort for soup kitchen/food pantry Lunch Break. Volunteers pack grocery bags with provisions for Thanksgiving meals at Lunch Break in Red Bank on Nov. 16. Peter Garofolo helps out in the food pantry at Lunch…

  • New legislation offsets impact of retirements

    BY ANDREW DAVISON & KENNY WALTER Staff Writers Local municipalities are taking advantage of recent legislation to help defer the cost of severance liabilities. Both Red Bank and Tinton Falls boroughs will use bond ordinances to fund larger-than-expected payouts. The Red Bank Borough Council on Nov. 8 introduced a special emergency appropriation not to exceed…

  • Beck: Racing changes would have drastic impact

    Hanson panel recommends fewer meets, sale of tracks BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local officials last week rejected new recommendations by a state panel that they said could endanger horse racing, horse farms and open space in the county. Released on Nov. 15 by the governor’s Advisory Commission on Gaming, Sports and Entertainment, the supplemental…

  • Photo

    Red Bank Catholic’s Mackenzie Cowley celebrates after scoring a goal past Immaculate Heart goalkeeper Kassandra Nunez during the second half of the NJSIAA Non-Public Championship game held at The College of New Jersey in Ewing on Nov. 18. The Caseys tied Immaculate Heart 1-1. Story and more photos, page 54 and at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR…

  • business brief •••

    George Bogan, president and CEO of Main Steel Polishing Company Inc. in Tinton Falls was appointed as an associate director to the board of directors of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA) at the group’s recent annual meeting. He will serve a one-year term on the 15-member board. Main Steel Polishing Company Inc. is…

  • Sea Bright postpones action on feral cat policy

    Mayor recovering from mild stroke BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent SEA BRIGHT — The final passage of an ordinance that would establish a program to manage the care of feral cats was postponed at the Borough Council’s Nov. 15 meeting by Councilwoman Dina Long, who said that there were issues concerning insurance that had to be…

  • Assisted living residence wins 4th Best Practice Award

    Monmouth Crossing, CentraState Healthcare System’s senior assisted living community in Freehold Township, has won the Assisted Living Best PracticeAward from the New JerseyDepartment of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) for the fourth time. Monmouth Crossing assisted living residence The state’s Best Practices program supports the sharing of model programs and services and recognizes assisted living…

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