• Support needed to keep Kaboom Fireworks lighting up the sky

    RED BANK — Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink delights more than 150,000 people from throughout the region every July 3. This 50-year-old tradition is carried on through sponsors and private donations large and small. Organizers acknowledge that the annual appeal for donations to support the fireworks display comes amid economic challenges including tight municipal budgets.…

  • Practitioners trained in needs of returning vets

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Henry Acosta (l-r), from the Governor’s Council on Mental Health, stands with Robin Mama, dean of the School of Social Work at Monmouth University, and Robert Lowry, Carolyn Bradley, and Ellen Foley, members of the school’s Coming Home Project, after they were presented with the N.J. Governor’s Council Ambassador Award…

  • Career planning series among library programs for July

    The Red Bank Public Library will host a three-part career planning series presented by Nancy Anderson of Blackbird Learning Associates. The series will begin Wednesday, July 28, with “Job Search Skills for the Age 40+ Worker.” The series will continue on Wednesday, Sept. 29, with “Career Assessment and Resume Preparation”; and on Wednesday, Oct. 27,…

  • Monmouth Reform Temple welcomes new rabbi

    Rabbi Michelle Pearlman TINTON FALLS — Rabbi Michelle Pearlman will assume the pulpit of the Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave. in Tinton Falls, on July 1. She succeeds Rabbi Jonathan Roos, who is leaving Monmouth Reform Temple after four years to accept a position at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. Rabbi Roos’ predecessor, Rabbi…

  • Fish & Wildlife Service opposes feral cat program

    Sea Bright Council delays vote on TNR ordinance BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council at its meeting on June 15 delayed voting on an ordinance that would have set up a trapneuter return (TNR) program to deal with its feral cat population. Councilwoman Dina Long asked that the vote be carried…

  • Craft workshops offered in Ocean Grove

    OCEAN GROVE — This summer the Historical Society will offer six craft workshops, and the setting is the serene garden of Centennial Cottage on Central and McClintock avenues. The workshops, which run from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., are: Large Paper Flowers/ Decoupage Vase, Monday, July 12, Laura McHugh, instructor; Vintage Hand Sewing Techniques, Monday,…

  • Neighbors oppose senior housing proposal

    Traffic, safety of school children cited as concerns BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — The Borough Council and Mayor Michael Halfacre were told loudly and clearly that many of the neighbors of the proposed age-restricted housing in the Hance Road/River Road area are against the plan. Residents who opposed the proposal crowded the Youth…

  • LunchMusic

    Kati Beddow Brower sings the blues while Bo Pezzullo plays guitar on June 16 during Lunch- Music, a concert series that takes place in Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank from noon to 2 p.m. on summer Wednesdays. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Skaters lead charge for Tinton Falls skate park

    Proposed for site of former municipal complex BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Joined by a small army of skateboard enthusiasts, a Tinton Falls man made his case for the Borough Council to pursue the building of a skate park on borough property. Resident Michael Nesci presented the council with a petition with…

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