• Robert “Bob” H. Doherty

    Mr. Doherty, 84, formerly of Bradley Beach, died Sept. 1, 2010, in Wall. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a mutuel clerk at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, retiring in 2000. Mr. Doherty was predeceased by several brothers and sisters. Surviving are three daughters, Roberta Cleary and husband, Michael, of Ponta…

  • Thanks to Island Nights supporters

    On behalf of the children from Red Bank, Asbury Park and Long Branch who are served by Aslan Youth Ministries, I’d like to thank the community for supporting our Island Nights fundraiser so wholeheartedly. Thanks to the contributions of sponsors and attendees, Island Nights was very successful — generating more than $20,000 for children in…

  • Reader continues discussion on multiculturalism

    Epluribus unum: Out of many, one. It’s on our money. It is a fundamental precept in the founding of our representative republic. Until recently it served as a uniting principle for our country. My challenge to readers to examine multiculturalism and question if it is not antithetical to our founding philosophy provoked an interesting response…

  • Call her anything but don’t call her ma’am

    CODA GREG BEAN Odds and ends as I pack for the Labor Day weekend. Should we go with flipflops and board shorts, or the rubber Wellies, raincoat and water wings? It’s unfortunate that all the rain expected as I write this will come too late to save my grass and all my expensive decorative plants,…

  • Plan calls for trained staff to assist Monmouth veterans

    Freeholder Amy A. Mallet has initiated a plan to bring services already being provided to Monmouth County veterans under one umbrella and train personnel in the Division of Aging, Disabilities and Veterans’ Interment to assist veterans in obtaining their benefits. As a result, the county has begun gathering details about what services are currently being…

  • Fireman’s Fair

    The Fair Haven Fireman’s Fair, a borough tradition sponsored by the Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Company, draws a crowd on opening night, Aug. 27. Cotton candy devotees line up for a stick of the sweet treat. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • ‘Kittenpalooza’ offers half-price adoptions

    Danny With more 300 felines available, the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) hopes to find good homes for most of these cats and kittens through “Kittenpalooza,” a monthlong adoption project. Once again, summer ends with an overpopulation of cats and kittens, said Francesca Alexander, MCSPCA community cat coordinator. Anyone…

  • And they’re off! Steeplechase returns to Monmouth Park

    OCEANPORT — A unique day of racing is set for Sept. 25 at Monmouth Park with the return of the Monmouth Park-Meridian Health Steeplechase, the only steeplechase event in the region. Otherwise known as jump racing, steeplechase racing features a series of jumps and obstacles, and is most often held at official race meetings held…

  • Alzheimer’s is topic of science lecture

    TINTON FALLS — The 2010 Norman J Field Lecture in Science, “Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease by 2020?,” will be presented by Dr. Zaven S. Khachaturian Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will take place at the Performing Arts Center Auditorium of Monmouth Regional High School, 1 Norman J Field Way in Tinton Falls. An…

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