• Talk set on policies on ethnic cleansing

    Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) will host guest speaker Carole Basri at 7 p.m. March 10 at 171 Ridge Road, Rumson. Basri is a lawyer, filmmaker and expert on international relations, with a particular interest in Iraqi history. Basri will speak about the ethniccleansing policies of the Middle East, beginning with the Jews and including the…

  • Chorus group to perform in concert

    The Monmouth Civic Chorus will present the concert, “A Joyful Noise,” at 4 p.m. March 8 at First Presbyterian Church, 255 Harding Road, Red Bank. The chorus group will be directed by Ryan James Brandau and perform contemporary classical music in Hebrew and Latin, including Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” Zoltan Kodaly’s “Missa Brevis” and Eric…

  • Sea Bright to address problem of false alarms

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Residents and businesses may soon be required to register their alarm systems as the borough seeks to cut down on the emergency response to false alarms. “We have slightly over 125 alarms per year. Those alarms are burglar alarms, panic alarms or fire alarms. About a quarter,…

  • Diagonal parking, bike lanes to spice up downtown Sea Bright

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Borough officials are moving forward with plans for diagonal parking spaces in the downtown area and bike lanes along Ocean Avenue. The council voted to adopt the resolution allowing the diagonal parking spaces at its Feb. 17 meeting. According to Borough Administrator Joseph Verruni, the project, which…

  • NOTES

    The Ocean Grove Auditorium Choir welcomes all singers to participate in the 2015 summer choir season. Rehearsals will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean Grove Auditorium on Friday evenings in June, July and August; and Tuesday evenings in July and August. For more information, call 732- 775-0035 and ask to be placed on…

  • Oceanport to make decision on Borough Hall in April

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Borough officials will spend the next two months narrowing down their options for the rebuilding of Borough Hall. The Borough Council and administration are nearing the end of the site selection process, Mayor Michael Mahon said during the Feb. 19 Borough Council meeting. “The window for us to…

  • Students to compete in national youth cybersecurity competition

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Three teams from Red Bank Regional High School and Markham Place School will head to a national competition run by the U.S. Air Force that aims to inspire young people’s interest in cybersecurity. The central New Jersey group will compete in the finals of the seventh…

  • Changes needed in Common Core standards

    I believe the Common Core curriculum is a disaster. It telescopes learning far too quickly; forces teachers to move rapidly; teach to the test; and, worst of all, frustrates students to the extent that school is no longer a place children want to go. Math and science topics that were taught in grades 10-11 are…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Children of all ages take advantage of a recent snowstorm by bringing their sleds to the hill at Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, on Feb. 17.

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