• Red Bank teachers agree to pay freeze

    Wage freeze in effect for 2010-2011 school year BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Red Bank Education Association (RBEA) and Board of Education agreed last week to a three-year contract that includes salary freezes. Anne Darrow, business administrator, explained that the approved contract covers the current school year, 2009-10, because the union’s previous contract expired…

  • YMCA expansion indefinitely on hold

    R.B. council votes 4-1 against zoning law change BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Following months of public hearings and debates, the Red Bank Borough Council voted against an ordinance that, if it had passed, would have enabled the Community YMCA to expand its Maple Avenue facility. The council voted 4-1 against the zoning changes, with…

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    Following a parade, a crowd gathered at Fair Haven Fields to take part in the Little League opening-day ceremonies on Saturday. The celebration included appearances by BlueClaws mascot Buster, Mayor Mike Halfacre and former Cincinnati Reds player Keith Glauber. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Libraries help residents during economic downturn

    New Jersey libraries are facing a large challenge as Gov. Christie’s budget calls for a 74 percent reduction in state tax dollars for statewide library services. A 74 percent reduction in funding will eliminate the core services and infrastructure that support a majority of New Jersey libraries, including the Internet, loaning and delivery of collections…

  • Wants to help Red Bank become ‘Green Bank’

    In honor of Earth Day, April 22, and the 25th anniversary of Clean Ocean Action’s (COA) Beach Sweeps, where over 70,000 volunteers have picked up nearly 4 million pieces of trash on the N.J. beaches, I conducted a “beach sweep” of my own on the streets of Red Bank. In only four blocks I collected…

  • NJSBA survey finds almost all school districts expect layoffs

    Nearly 93 percent of New Jersey’s school districts expect to lay off staff – with the large majority of those districts looking at teaching staff reductions – due to state aid cuts in the coming school year, according to a survey by the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA). According to a press release, NJSBA…

  • High school earns Energy Star rating

    A ceremony was held March 25 at the 10th Enviropalooza, the annual event of the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Environmental Club, to announce that RFHRHS has earned the Energy Star rating for 2009, a designation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy that identifies the school as one of the…

  • Monmouth Park excited about racing changes

    Adramatic shift in New Jersey racing will emerge in 2010 when Monmouth Park offers $1 million in average daily purses, by far the highest in North America. Monmouth’s million-dollar meet, which gets under way on May 22, will showcase 50 live racing dates running through Labor Day, Sept. 6. In total, New Jersey thoroughbred racing…

  • RFH lacrosse team seeking redemption

    BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent After suffering a heart-breaking defeat in last year’s Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) final, the Rumson Fair Haven (RFH) boys lacrosse team entered this season hungry for redemption. The Bulldogs returned 15 key players from the team to fall 7-6 in overtime to Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) in the SCT finale, and…

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