• Property taxes, not mortgages, choking many homeowners

    We need to cut property taxes substantially for all; we don’t need meager tax breaks here and there. Many people could afford their home when they bought it. It’s not the mortgages that are strangling many of our homeowners, it is the property taxes. Many homeowners can afford their mortgage payments; they just can’t keep…

  • Raritan Bay converts to tobacco-free campus

    In February, Raritan Bay Medical Center became a completely tobacco-free campus. As a result, smoking and all tobacco products are prohibited on all hospital grounds including parking lots and garages. The decision to convert to a tobacco free campus is part of our ongoing commitment to provide the best health care for our communities. The…

  • Don’t cheat children in budget decisions

    It saddened me to read the letter to the editor titled “Cut School Budget, Not Trash Services” (Sentinel, Feb. 12) that implied there is some tradeoff between money spent on garbage pickup and education. I believe it is possible to offer great services at good prices if we are careful about the decisions we make,…

  • Auto industry column struck positive chord with readers

    Coda • GREG BEAN Iget a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. That was the case…

  • Pallone secures $475K for Sandy Hook bike path

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 omnibus bill that includes his request of $475,000 for the Sandy Hook multiuse pathway. The House approved a $410 billion spending bill Feb. 25 that combines nine appropriations bills into one omnibus bill…

  • GOP Moms group holds first meeting

    RED BANK — Republican women from across the county gathered recently at Manhattan Bagel in Red Bank for the first meeting of the Association of Republican Moms. Some of the honored guests included Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini (R-11th District), Middletown Mayor Pamela Brightbill and Monmouth Surrogate Rosemarie Peters. Guest speaker Monmouth County Sheriff Kimberly Guadagno…

  • Artisan at work

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Simon Grigsby prepares the opening where a stained-glass window will be installed. Left: Grigsby looks over the new stained-glass window, which marks the 50th anniversary of St. Benedict Church in Holmdel.

  • ‘Farmlands’

    Designed by Eileen Russell-Gerber The Laurel Tracey Gallery is hosting “Farmlands,” an exhibition featuring recent paintings by Red Bank native Scott Redden. “Barn Flower” The show runs through March 25, with an opening reception 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday March 7, at the gallery, located at 12 White St. Redden incorporates both figurative and abstract elements in…

  • IN THE ARTS

    Brookdale Community College will present the musical “The Secret Garden” in the Performing Arts Center, Lincroft main campus, 765 Newman Springs Road, Feb. 27-March 8. “The Secret Garden” is the story of young Mary Lennox, who is left orphaned by a cholera epidemic in India in 1907 and is taken to her Uncle Archibald’s gloomy…

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