• Get out the vote for Middle School video

    A video created by Red Bank Middle School students is once again a finalist in an international competition. During the past two years, RBMS entries have made it to the finals in eInstruction’s Interactive Classroom Makeover contest. This year, Chris Ippolito’s students are competing for $30,000 in instructional technology from eInstruction. Middle school students wrote,…

  • Puppets, crafts at R.B. Library

    RED BANK — The Avice Noblett Children’s Room of the Red Bank Public Library will offer programs including a puppet show during December. Paper Moon Puppet Theatre will present “Punch & Judy & the Three Little Lambs” 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30. Come and meet clever characters Punch, Judy, Toby, their dog, three clever lambs…

  • Hands-on fun

    Clockwise from top: Kyqyam Martin does finger exercises during a drama and puppetry program at the Red Bank Primary School Nov. 19. Yaril Ortiz limbers up her arms and hands as part of the program, which was presented to students by the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank. Morgan Eckert, of the Two River…

  • Morana to Christie: Pre-K is closing achievement gap

    R.B. schools chief tries to head off potential budget cuts BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Red Bank School Superintendent Laura C. Morana isn’t waiting for Gov.-elect Chris Christie to take office and begin making funding cuts, possibly to programs like the school district’s highly successful preschool. With news surfacing of a larger-thananticipated state budget deficit,…

  • Culture, nature, transport focus of coastal plan

    County promotes regional perspective for development BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Aplan for the future of Monmouth County’s coastal region calls for building on the cultural, environmental and transportation resources already in place in coastal communities. The focus of the Coastal Monmouth Plan is to assist 30 of the county’s coastal communities, individually and from…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff Angel Pacheco takes a break from coloring during a drama and puppet show presented by the Two River Theater Company at the Red Bank Primary School on Nov. 19. More photos, page 3. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • William B. Crawford

    Mr. Crawford, 82, of Oceanport, died Nov. 12, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was employed with the Brotherhood of Ironworkers, Union Local 373, Perth Amboy, retiring in 1986. Mr. Crawford was predeceased by two brothers, Raymond and Robert; and a son-in-law, Alan Bennett. He is survived by his wife of 60 years,…

  • Judge William S. Throckmorton

    Judge Throckmorton, 88, of Oceanport, died Nov. 11, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was a lawyer for 60 years in Long Branch, most recently at Stokes and Throckmorton, and a municipal judge in Oceanport for 25 years. He was also a former judge in Shrewsbury Township and Eatontown. Prior to that, he…

  • Porsia D. Agresti Maiuro

    Mrs. Maiuro, 91, of Red Bank, died Nov. 10, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, Salvatore Maiuro, a son, Edward C. Maiuro; and a grandson; Salvatore R. Maiuro. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law Alfred F. and Jean Maiuro of St. Charles, Mo.; a daughter and…

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