• April 2010 — spring ahead!

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY ‘Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.” C.W. Earle, 1897. True words, and still valid today. Combing out the tangles of winter in your lawn, raking is an act of faith to awaken the grass to warmth and light. Now you must review the arsenal…

  • Follow us on Facebook, Twitter

    Our online Facebook and Twitter pages are up and running, and we invite our readers to check out this faster way of keeping up with what is going on in their region.   Let us assure anyone who is thinking “I don’t text and I don’t tweet” that we’ve made accessing these online sites very…

  • Vietnam Remembrance Day ceremony slated for May 7

    The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will hold its annual New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony on May 7 at 11 a.m. May 7 was created by legislation in 1991 as a unique day in New Jersey to honor all those who served in the military during the Vietnam Era from 1959 to…

  • In service •••

    Army Spc. Aljerome G. Bailey, a 2001 graduate of Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver, has returned to Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, after being deployed to Afghanistan for one year. The soldier is one of 3,500 members of the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division stationed at Fort Richardson. Airborne combat…

  • Libraries slate Jewish American Heritage Month events

    Join the Monmouth County Library System in celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month this May, a national month of recognition of the more than 350- year history of Jewish contributions to American culture. By congressional resolution and presidential proclamation, May is Jewish American Heritage Month. This month-long celebration aims to raise the national consciousness regarding contributions…

  • Church Women United to host May Friendship Day

    FAIR HAVEN — Church Women United (CWU) of the Greater Red Bank Area will hold its annual May Friendship Day at 6 p.m. May 7 at the Red Bank United Methodist Church. The celebration’s theme is “Living the Vision,” and the event will be open to the public and conclude with a potluck supper. May…

  • Beck: Fort bill balances state, local interests

    Locals want greater voice in future of Fort Monmouth property BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Residents queue up to pose questions to local legislators regarding Senate bill S-917, which would create the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority, at a public meeting held at Shore Regional High School April 21.WEST LONG BRANCH — Amendments to Senate…

  • Eight sites added to Weekend in Old Monmouth

    40 historic Monmouth sites to be open for visits on May 1 and May 2 The 18th-century Georgianstyle Burrowes Mansion in the heart of downtown Matawan will be one of the stops on the county’s third annual “Weekend in Old Monmouth,” a two-day historic-sites tour on Saturday, May 1, and from noon to 5 p.m.…

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