• Spending, staff cuts warranted in Fair Haven

    (Letter to 12th District legislators) In your Feb. 18 opinion letter (Hub, “An open letter to Red Bank’s mayor and council”) you bemoan the 3 percent raises for non-union employees resolution. Where was your vocal indignation when Mayor Michael Halfacre and the Fair Haven Council, in closed session decisions, gave the borough administrator a renewed…

  • N.J. must preserve fair and just housing policy

    Supreme Court decisions over the past 35 years have affirmed and reaffirmed the legal requirement of every community in New Jersey to provide housing that is affordable. As a matter of law, low-wage workers and people of limited means must be given an opportunity to live in any town. The court has been clear in…

  • Barbara Ann Murray

    Ms. Murray, 70, of Holmdel, died March 5, 2010, at CareOne at Holmdel.She was a member of the Women’s Army Corps, 1957-60, serving in Germany and the Pentagon. Ms. Murray was an administrative assistant at Fort Monmouth for 25 years and a volunteer at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law,…

  • Joseph Johnson

    Mr. Johnson, 49, of Howell, died March 5, 2010. He grew up in Little Silver and was a former merchant mariner. Mr. Johnson worked as a boat captain for the Circle Line’s Statue of Liberty Ferry for more than 25 years. Surviving are his wife of 23 years, Joanne Morgan Johnson; three sons, Brian J.…

  • Margaret Lang Blanchard

    Mrs. Blanchard, 92, of Tinton Falls, died Feb. 27, 2010, at Renaissance Gardens Nursing Home, Tinton Falls. She was a resident of East Brunswick for 50 years before moving to Tinton Falls. Prior to retiring to raise her family, Mrs. Blanchard worked for Bell Labs in Manhattan. She was a founding member of St. Bartholomew’s…

  • Irene K. Eldershaw

    Mrs. Eldershaw, 80, of Jackson, died March 6, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to her move to Jackson, she was a resident of Tinton Falls for 55 years. From 1972 to 1982, Mrs. Eldershaw was the hostess at the Lincroft Inn, Lincroft. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55…

  • Undefeated BCC women headed to NJCAA tourney

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It’s starting to become a habit for the Brookdale Community College women’s basketball team to spend March in Rochester, Minn. Rochester is the host town for the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III National Championship Tournament. For the fourth time in the last six years, co-coaches Marianne Campacci and…

  • MU basketball teams displayed their promise

    BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer The Monmouth University women’s and men’s basketball teams entered the Northeast Conference Tournament in a similar position. Both teams spent the majority of the regular season fighting to stay on the right side of the .500 mark and earn a chance to compete for a conference tournament title and a…

  • Green Wave wrestlers add to their legacy

    Festejo, Visicaro capture state titles; 2nd straight for Visicaro BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer After losing to Brick Memorial High School’s Mike Morales, 7-6, in the 135-pound finals of the Region VI tournament, Long Branch senior Scott Festejo was hoping for another shot at last year’s 130- pound state champion. Long Branch’s Nick Visicaro locks…

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