• Boro, Pop Warner at odds over funding

    Parents protest targeting of grant for soccer complex BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Pop Warner parents and children packed the Tinton Falls council room last week to discuss how potential open space grant money should be used. The meeting took place at the Sept. 15 Borough Council meeting and was kicked off…

  • R.B. schools plan for potential H1N1 outbreak

    Educators attend summit to coordinate planning BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Red Bank School District officials are preparing for a number of scenarios that may force school closures due to a potential outbreak of the H1NI virus. The Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) held a preparedness summit…

  • Blessing of the Animals

    Clockwise from top: The Rev. Rob Long (left), of First United Methodist Church, talks to Larry Giannechimi before blessing his dachshund Nicky during a Blessing of the Animals service held on the Sea Bright Municipal Beach Sept. 18. After a brief reading the Rev. Long went around to bless more than a dozen animals, including…

  • Middle school mourns teacher ‘who made a difference’

    Death of Jonelle Melton ruled a homicide BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Red Bank Middle School was closed on Monday in response to the overwhelming number of staff members who wanted to attend funeral services for popular middle school teacher Jonelle Melton. Jonelle Melton The middle school closed Sept. 21 to allow students and faculty…

  • State lends $22M to stem Branchport Creek pollution

    Improvements at Monmouth Park slated for completion in ’13 BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Branchport Creek may once again be a recreational waterway, thanks to a multimillion-dollar loan from the state that will fund improvements to eliminate storm-water runoff from Monmouth Park into the creek. Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon The $22 million loan from the…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff More than 250 cyclists took part in the USA Cycling-sanctioned Tour de Fair Haven 4.5-mile bike race through the picturesque borough on Sept. 20. More photos, page 13.

  • Charlie L. Dixon

    Mr. Dixon of Red Bank, died Sept. 6, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a deacon at Calvary Baptist Church, Red Bank, for several years. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Dixon; two children; four sisters; a brother; seven grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. A funeral service was at Calvary Baptist…

  • Fanny Di Misa

    Mrs. Di Misa, 92, of Red Bank, died Sept. 9, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, John Di Misa. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Frank and Jayni Di Misa of Boca Raton, Fla.; a daughter and son-in-law, Annette and Paul Laquidara of Whiting; a daughter-in-law,…

  • Marcia S. Greenberg

    Mrs. Greenberg, 92, of Red Bank, died Sept. 5, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Jesse J. Greenberg DDS; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Frances Greenberg and William Statter, Grace Ann Greenberg, and Susan Greenberg Uram and Martin Uram; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.…

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