• Board hears plan to convert age-restricted development

    BOE officials: Conversion would burden schools BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Planning Board continued hearing an application on March 3 for the conversion of an approved, age-restricted housing development. If approved, the new housing development, to be located between Shafto Road and West Park Avenue and Tormee Drive, would consist of…

  • R.B. district to net $24K in state aid

    Some local school districts lose 100 percent of state funding BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG & JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writers With state aid figures released last week, Red Bank Public Schools Superintendent Laura C. Morana said she is reeling from the revelation that the cuts coming from Trenton are much deeper than anticipated. Morana explained that the…

  • Council delays vote on YMCA zoning change

    Menna cites need for Planning Board resolution BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council put off action Monday on a proposed ordinance that would allow the Community YMCA to expand its facility on Maple Avenue. Mayor Pasquale Menna told a packed council chamber that while the council would still entertain public comments,…

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    Lower School and Upper School Choral students perform a “Wizard of Oz” medley as part of Ranney School’s 50th anniversary celebration, “Ranney Voices, Past and Present,” at Panther Hall in Tinton Falls on March 19. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Find solutions that make sense for older Americans

    There is much to feel encouraged about regarding the president’s State of the Union address, but the president and Congress have their work cut out for them. Millions of older Americans face enormous challenges, many of whom work very hard to build nest eggs only to see them crack due to soaring health care costs.…

  • Benefits of a diet rich in plant-based foods are many

    Actress Farrah Fawcett, age 62, was one of the 50,000 people who die annually from colorectal cancer. Early stages present few, if any, symptoms. Advanced colorectal cancer may result in rectal bleeding, blood in the stool, change in stool appearance, bloating, diarrhea, constipation and/or a feeling of incomplete elimination. In 1990, scientists determined that eating…

  • Cost of wars, health care at root of financial woes

    Reference is made to the list of state aid cuts to municipalities and school districts across New Jersey as recommended by Gov. Christie. You don’t need a six-figure college diploma from any of our institutions of higher education to realize that taxpayers will undoubtedly be hit once again with elevated property taxes. It is how…

  • Public invited to presentation on fort plan

    Iam pleased to announce that I, along with my 12th District colleagues Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, will be hosting an informative public meeting regarding Senate bill S-917, which would create a nine-member authority to implement the Fort Monmouth revitalization plan submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense and Housing and Urban Development…

  • Patricia “Patty” FitzGerald Becker

    Mrs. Becker, 85, of Augusta, Ga., and formerly of Rumson, died March 16, 2010, at the Brandon Wilde Nursing Home where she was a resident for 2½ years. She lived in Monmouth County from 1960 until 2005. Mrs. Becker was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1999 and her progression led her to move in with her…

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