• States with the highest and lowest car insurance rates

    While auto insurance premiums are largely based on a motorist’s driving record, two otherwise equivalent drivers will find they face drastically different insurance rates based solely on where they live. According to Insure.com in Foster City, Calif., those living in Maine ($805), Ohio ($843), Idaho ($877), Iowa ($886) and New Hampshire ($905) will pay the…

  • Two landmark Red Bank properties sold

    Neil Barone, of Barone Commercial Resources LLC, Red Bank, just announced the sale and closing of two significant commercial properties in Red Bank. First, 74 Broad St. is a 12,000- square-foot three-story mixed use building at the corner of Broad Street and Monmouth Street. This was one of the first buildings built in Red Bank…

  • Coldwell Banker Cares Days supports 50+ charitable causes in N.J. and N.Y.

    All 55 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offices in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. gave back to local communities throughout both states via charitable efforts as part of the company’s third annual Cares Day event. Each office selected a Cares Day project, which included park clean-ups, pet adoptions, food drives, document shredding events, quality time…

  • Saturday in the Park 5K benefits women’s and children’s services

    The Jersey Shore Running Club’s 22nd annual Saturday in the Park 5K “Women Taking Steps to Help Women” will be at Holmdel Park Sept. 5. The event features a Women’s 5K Run and Scenic 3-Mile Walk that start at 9 a.m. and Children’s Races at approximately 10 a.m. Close to 500 women runners and walkers…

  • Area hoops teams were hard at work this summer

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Shore Conference girls basketball programs have been hard at work this summer. St. John Vianney High School and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School — two of the usual preseason favorites — are no exception. Both schools participated in the seventh annual Maroon and White Team Camp at the end of July.…

  • Caseys’ girls soccer team hopeful for more goals in 2015

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s girls soccer team struggled last fall to score goals yet still managed a strong late-season push all the way to the finals of the NJSIAA Non-Public South Jersey A tournament. The Caseys sparkled on defense last year but still lost several games by a…

  • Deeper, talented Monmouth team ready for football season

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Wide receiver Devin Phelps (84) is on the receiving end of a passing-receiving drill as quarterback Devin Ray (15) and Mike Bimonte throw passes to him at a rapid-fire pace during the Aug. 20 practice held on Kessler Field in West Long Branch. Monmouth kicks the 2015 season off Sept.…

  • Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival

    TOP PICK The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Festival will be held noon to 10 p.m. Aug. 29 on The Great Lawn on the Boardwalk in Long Branch. The festival features live performances by jazz and blues musicians from the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation. Exotic and regional New Jersey food, crafter and sponsor…

  • Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair counting on ‘fair’ weather

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Games are a popular attraction for young and old at the annual Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair, a tradition in the borough for more than 100 years. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR FAIR HAVEN — In 1906, the Fair Haven Fire Company started holding fairs during the first week of August…

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