• First Count Basie Cup tourney Nov. 5

    RED BANK — The first Count Basie Cup soccer tournament for borough schools will be held on Friday, Nov. 5, under the lights and on the new turf field at Count Basie Park. The tournament will feature teams representing the Red Bank Charter School and Red Bank Middle School, with the girls playing first at…

  • Red Bank railroad crossing to be closed for repairs

    RED BANK — Beginning on or about Thursday, Nov. 11, and continuing through Friday, Nov. 19, NJ Transit will make improvements to the West Bergen Place railroad crossing. The work, which includes renewal of the track bed and road surface as well as drainage improvements, will result in a smoother ride for motorists traveling over…

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    Youngster Nico Marmorato of Tinton Falls participated in the third-annual New Jersey Zombie Walk held on the Asbury Park Boardwalk on Oct. 30. The walk aimed to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the “World’s Largest Gathering of Zombies.” JACQUELINE HLAVENKA

  • Run for Excellence

    From above: Youngsters sprint at the start of the fifth annual Tinton Falls Foundation for Excellence in Education Run for Excellence 5K Run/Walk held at Mahala F. Atchison School in Tinton Falls on Oct. 31. Harrison Chen, Shrewsbury, awaits his turn to race. Kari Denton, Tinton Falls, pins a number on son Aiden prior to…

  • T.F. clerk attends final council meeting

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Tinton Falls Clerk Karen Mount-Taylor, surrounded by the mayor and council, is honored at the Oct. 19 Borough Council meeting. Mount-Taylor retired as clerk after 23 years with the borough. KENNY WALTER TINTON FALLS — For the final time in her 23-year career, Borough Clerk Karen Mount-Taylor presided over a…

  • NYC Marathon team to run for homeless kids

    A first-time marathon runner, Covenant House President Kevin Ryan, will have trained over 500 miles by the time he runs the NYC Marathon on Nov. 7. A lifelong child advocate, Ryan, a resident of Fair Haven, is running for the 51,000 homeless youths Covenant House helps get off the streets each year, including shelters in…

  • RFH Key Club collecting food for FoodBank

    RUMSON — The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School community is taking part in the Holiday Hunger Drive for the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. This competition is open to all local high schools with separate categories for schools of different sizes. Schools have been asked to collect food in specific categories to help the…

  • Legislators promote support for gov.’s tool kit

    O’Scanlon: Each of 33 bills would save money BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Borough Council hosted three District 12 legislators to explain the reforms proposed in Gov. Chris Christie’s “tool kit” for municipalities. Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, all Republicans, addressed the Borough Council at the…

  • Meter’s up on taxi ordinance

    Fares, number of licenses unchanged BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — An ordinance that would have added five taxi licenses died on the dais at the Borough Council’s Oct. 25 meeting. The ordinance, which Mayor Pasquale Menna said was originally proposed two years ago, would have changed several aspects of the taxi code,…

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