• ‘Imagine’ at SWAG

    Red Bank artist Medy Quiroz is the featured artist for May at SWAG (Shore Women’s Abstract Gallery) in Asbury Park. “City Life” Quiroz’s whimsical line art, fun sculptures and paintings will be on display and all have a story to tell. It’s up to the viewer to discover it. A talk on abstract art appreciation…

  • NOTES

    A flea market to benefit the eighth-grade graduating class of 2010 will be held at Red Bank Middle School, 101 Harding Road, Red Bank, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 15. Rain date is May 16. Space rental is $10, tables are not provided — vendors must bring their own. Details: Sue at 732-688-0121…

  • Master gardeners’ plant sale May 14, 15

    The Master Gardeners of Monmouth County will hold a Spring Garden Days Plant Sale 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. May 14 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 15, rain or shine, at the Monmouth County Agricultural Building, 4000 Kozloski Road, Freehold Township. The plant sale will include perennials, annuals, flowering trees and shrubs, hanging baskets, vegetables, herbs, gardening…

  • YMCA youth delegates take on NJ Statehouse

    The Community YMCA’s youth delegation attended a trip to the Youth & Government Conference on April 16-18 at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton. The Youth & Government program is part of the YMCA’s civic engagement initiative to introduce young people to politics and to encourage community involvement. In order to participate, students must research,…

  • Fair Haven to host yard sale, sidewalk sale

    Fair Haven is gearing up to host the borough’s first annual townwide sale on May 15, with more than 100 residential yard sales and 50-plus local businesses having sidewalk sales at the same time. Shoppers will discover thousands of treasures in Fair Haven — books, furniture, collectibles, tools, clothes, toys, knickknacks, gems and more. An…

  • Real questions need answers from political candidates

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN Newspaper editors and reporters who cover local politics sometimes get a little loopy writing about the people who are running for public office. How many more times can we ask a candidate, “Why are you running for office?” How many more times should we subject readers to a pandering answer…

  • Photo

    Members of Little Silver Boy Scout Pack 3, Den 3 pose with New Jersey State Police Major Kevin Burke (l-r) and den leader Mike Gilson. The troop visited the state police headquarters in Holmdel, where Burke gave the boys a tour and they viewed a movie on state police practices and procedures. The Scouts had…

  • Monmouth budget adopted

    County freeholders trim $3 million from tax levy increase The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has adopted a $493 million budget for 2010, an increase of 1.21 percent over last year. The 4-1 vote came after the board adopted an amendment to reduce the proposed tax levy by $3 million. As a result of that…

  • ‘Imagine’

    Sheamus Harte, producer of The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, guides Red Bank Regional High School students through a rehearsal on April 29. The bus is a mobile musical recording and production studio whose mission is to encourage the creation, production and performing of music by young people. A team of RBR students in the…

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