• StreetLife: Music on the streets in Red Bank

    RED BANK — The sidewalks of Red Bank will be alive with music and entertainment on Saturday nights throughout the summer as Red Bank RiverCenter presents StreetLife. The series of free, outdoor summer performances is now in its 10th year. StreetLife takes place throughout the downtown every Saturday night beginning June 5 and running through…

  • Fair Haven hears plan for small-scale senior homes

    Boro Council will hire planner to study proposal BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — After hearing a proposal to create an overlay zone in the borough that would permit construction of age-restricted homes in the area of the borough located between Hance Road and Colonial Court, the Borough Council decided at its May 24…

  • Environmental groups oppose power plant

    PurGen official says plant would be clean, safe BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local environmental groups are trying to block a proposal for a power plant that would include a 100-mile-long underwater pipeline transporting pressurized liquid carbon dioxide around Sandy Hook, through Raritan Bay and along the coast of New Jersey. Led by the New…

  • Red Bank community to join together for Night Out Against Crime

    Police aim to foster community outreach BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Superintendent Laura C. Morana, Mayor Pasquale Menna, Sen. Jennifer Beck and Police Chief Steven McCarthy announce a series of community events planned for Red Bank’s Night Out Against Crime. KIMBERLY STEINBERG RED BANK — Borough officials last week announced collaborative plans for a series…

  • Jersey Shore Partnership Celebration June 7

    RED BANK — The Jersey Shore Partnership Summer Celebration is scheduled for June 7 at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook. The Summer Celebration attracts more than 400 shore-loving people for an evening of seafood provided by New Jersey fisheries and prepared by area chefs. The evening includes an awards program and music by Pat Guadagno, local…

  • Tinton Falls elections will be moved to fall

    Boro cites cost savings, higher voter turnout BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — In a move that is expected to eventually save close to $100,000 and boost voter turnout, the Tinton Falls Borough Council agreed to move the municipal election date to coincide with the fall general election. By a 4-1 vote at…

  • Holocaust stories told to empower students

    Survivors and liberator tell of hatred, racism BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The story of the relationship between Abe Chapnick, Robbie Waisman and Leon Bass is one of tragedy and hope, reunion and activism. Holocaust survivor Robbie Waisman speaks about being imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp during the 29th annual colloquium “65 Years of Bearing…

  • Red Bank PBA agrees to furloughs

    Measure aimed at avoiding layoffs of four officers BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Following more than an hour of closed-session talks over negotiations, the Red Bank Borough Council voted unanimously for an amended contract with police that will require officers to take three unpaid furlough days in 2010. During the May 24 meeting, council also…

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    Red Bank Catholic shortstop Joe Kissinger (top) leaps over Bishop Ahr’s sliding Tim Hagerty who was trying to keep Kissinger from turning a double play during their NJSIAA Non-Public A state sectional game played at Red Bank’s Count Basie Park. The host Caseys advanced in the tournament with a 5-3 victory. ERIC SUCAR staff

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