• Student designs focus on resilient public spaces

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer NJIT graduate student Kristen Schindler designed a civic center for Sea Bright with three separate buildings that would create a center and entry point into the borough. A civic center overlooking the Sea Bright beachfront and municipal offices built beneath beach dunes are among the design concepts recently proposed…

  • Day of Healing to help end trauma, violence planned for Jan. 25

    Ode to the Moon and 180 Turning Lives Around (180) are sponsoring a Day of Healing Art from 3-6 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Renaissance Pilates studio at 8 E. Front St., Red Bank. The event will celebrate the New Year during the phase of the new moon with healing art and a yoga class.…

  • Time is running out for new county park

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Less than two months remain for funding to be committed before a proposal for a county park in Aberdeen will come undone. “Where we are right now is we have until the end of February. If we do not purchase the land, we could be looking at 250 houses built…

  • Red Bank will consider creation of dog park

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer RED BANK — Red Bank “is going to the dogs,” according to Councilman Michael DuPont. Or at least he and other residents and council members are hoping that will be the case. At the Jan. 14 Borough Council meeting, DuPont suggested that the council look into creating the borough’s first…

  • JCP&L spent $250M on upgrades last year

    Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) completed more than 160 infrastructure projects and other initiatives in 2014 to help enhance service reliability to its 1.1 million customers in northern and central New Jersey. Some of the key projects included the following:  Completing a $15 million expansion of a substation in Monmouth County, which included…

  • Church to host MLK celebration Jan. 29

    The Community Collaborative Coalition of Red Bank will host its third annual the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Commemorative Celebration at noon Jan. 29 at Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank, 172 Shrewsbury Ave., Red Bank. Doors open 11 a.m. All are welcome. Attendees are asked to bring new socks for Project Community…

  • Preschool accepting registrations now

    The Tinton Falls Cooperative Preschool at 1961 Wayside Road, Tinton Falls, is accepting applications for Summer Camp and enrollment in the 2015-16 school year. The nonprofit, nondenominational preschool offers programs such as Mommy and Me, Fun Fridays, Lunch Bunch/Extended Day and Kindergarten Enrichment classes. For more information or to schedule a visit, call the school…

  • $162K donation given to children’s hospital

    OCEANPORT — The Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF) recently presented a check of $162,000 to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for the 2014 fundraising year. This is KRF’s eighth annual donation in support of pediatric brain tumor research. To date, KRF has donated a total of $910,000 in support of pediatric brain tumor research. KRF was…

  • ‘Willy Wonka’ to be performed Jan. 23, 24

    Memorial School in Eatontown will present the musical, “Willy Wonka,” on Jan. 23 and 24 at the Monmouth Regional High School Performing Arts Center, 1 Norman J. Field Way, Tinton Falls. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 23, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 24. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at…

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