• Math time is fun time in R.B. schools

    New curriculums stress real-life applications BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — Borough schoolchildren began this school year with a revised mathematics curriculum that utilizes creative and innovative methods, according to district officials. Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction John Bombardiere explained the new program titled Everyday Mathematics (EM) at the primary school at a…

  • Visit local green building sites Oct. 3

    The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) invites the public to visit local sustainable buildings across New Jersey to talk with energy-saving experts during the 2009 Green Buildings Open House on Saturday, Oct. 3. NESEA’s Green Buildings Open House, part of the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour, is an opportunity to learn first-hand how…

  • NPS, developer agree on choice of arbitrator

    Consultant will review decision to cancel Fort Hancock lease BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — Rumson developer James Wassel and the National Park Service (NPS) have agreed on an arbitrator to determine if the park service’s decision last month to cancel the 60-year lease awarded to Wassel to restore and commercially develop buildings in historic…

  • Effort under way to fund local residence for elderly

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A Red Bank resident who has been affiliated with the Workmen’s Circle since birth will lead the effort to raise money for the construction of a Jewish elder home in Freehold Township. According to a press release, Seena Stein, principal of Newmark Knight Frank’s office in New Jersey, said her lifetime commitment…

  • Walk to support efforts to Bring Sean Home

    LONG BRANCH — The Bring Sean Home community will hold a walkathon and fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pier Village in Long Branch to benefit The David & Sean Fund. The Bring Sean Home Walkathon and Fundraiser will help defray expenses related to the abduction of Sean Goldman to Brazil and his repatriation to…

  • Go for the goal

    CHRIS KELLY staff Jonathon Coehn (center) attempts to score against bigger defenders while participating in the Fair Haven Multi Sports Camp on Aug. 25.

  • Tour de Fair Haven

    Several hundred cyclists competed in the Tour de Fair Haven bicycle race over a 4.5-mile course Sept. 20. The race was sanctioned by USA Cycling and consisted of four races on a closed course through the Borough of Fair Haven along the Navesink River. The five categories of competition ranged from entry level for weekend…

  • Sea Bright will add cell tower

    Council debates temporary vs. permanent location BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — After much discussion at the Borough Council meeting on Sept. 15, the borough is on its way to beginning the process of adding a cell tower on municipal property. Councilman William Keeler told council that wireless communications company Verizon has expressed…

  • R.B. will go Bavarian at Oktoberfest Sept. 27

    RED BANK — Celebrate Oktoberfest in Red Bank with a Bavarian buffet, beer stein race, yodeling lesson live music and fun for kids beginning at noon on Sept. 27. The new event will benefit the German School of Monmouth County (www.ger manschoolmc.org). In keeping with the tradition of Munich’s Oktoberfest, Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna…

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