• N.J. honors veterans

    Eighty-three military veterans were awarded various N.J. Service Medals during the May 7 N.J. Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day Ceremony held at the N.J. Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff DSM denotes the Distinguished Service Medal. DSM/C denotes Distinguished Service Medal with a cluster, meaning the service…

  • Door-to-door campaign cited in election win

    Skudera team sweeps Tinton Falls election BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Knocking on doors and mobilizing a cadre of volunteers were the keys to success in the recent Tinton Falls municipal election, according to members of the team that swept to victory on May 12. Michael Skudera (l-r), Nancy Anne Fama and Scott Larkin “Nancy,…

  • Visual and Performing Arts Academy marks 25 years

    Little Silver — On Friday, May 29, professional artist alumni of the Red Bank Regional (RBR) Visual and Performing Arts Academy (VPA) return to celebrate the program’s 25th anniversary by performing in an evening of song, dance, drama and poetry. The walls of the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank will also be adorned with…

  • New plan targets pollution of Branchport Creek

    Racetrack upgrades will stem storm water runoff BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Anew plan to end the pollution of Branchport Creek outlined last week calls for measures including detention basins, vegetative fields and a pumping station at Monmouth Park in Oceanport. Detailed renderings of the proposed Elkwood storm water detention basin to be located near…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Students at Rumson County Day School and The Harbor School in Eatontown sing ‘Here Comes the Sun,’ one of the Beatles songs included in a May 13 joint concert titled “Imagine: a Magical Musical Revue” based on the music and poetry of the Fab Four.

  • W. Edward Hill

    Mr. Hill, 89, of Tinton Falls, and formerly Colts Neck, died May 13, 2009, at home. He was a retired captain and first officer for Eastern Airlines, where he was employed more than 33 years. He was predeceased by a sister, Elinor. He is survived by his wife, Jane; three children; a sister, Betty; seven…

  • Mary Isabel Smith

    Mrs. Smith, 92, of Middletown, died May 8, 2009. She was preceded by her husband, Doyle Smith, in 1999. Mrs. Smith is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Charles Harris of Fair Haven; a half-brother, Charles Toes of Memphis, Tenn.; and a grandson. A funeral liturgy was celebrated at St. Mary’s Chapel, New…

  • Leola Ann Barry

    Mrs. Barry, 86, of Middletown, died May 16, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by two brothers, John and Alfred Gillespie; and a sister, Marion Cardwell. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Richard Andrew Barry Jr.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard A. and Peggy Barry III of Missouri,…

  • Randi Louise La Fountain

    Mrs. La Fountain, 57, of Gallatin, Tenn., died May 8, 2009, at home. She had resided in Oceanport before relocating to Tennessee three years ago. She was the former co-owner of the Middletown Swim and Tennis Club and the Bayshore Mobile Manor, Hazlet, and co-owner of Circle Trailer Sales Inc., Eatontown. Mrs. La Fountain is…

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