• Oceanport library slates August events

    The Oceanport Library will hold three events in August for children and their families at the Oceanport Community Center, 8 Iroquois Ave., Oceanport. “Weights and Balances” for children, with a parent or caregiver, will be at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Aug. 7. Enjoy stories and experiments. Please choose one session. “Summer Reading Club Celebration:…

  • Library has programs for kids and adults

    The Red Bank Public Library at 84 W. Front St. has programs for children and adults. Some programs require registration by visiting or calling the library at 732-842-0690, ext. 115.  “Storytime” for young children with a caregiver is held 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 1:30 p.m. Thursdays in the Avice Noblett Children’s Room. Enjoy quick…

  • Ocean environmentalists wary of wind energy leases

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Cindy Zipf Local environmental advocates say plans to auction leases for 344,000 acres off the Jersey Shore for development of commercial wind energy systems should consider impacts on marine life and maritime resources. The proposed lease areas announced July 21 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) are…

  • A suitable replacement for the flag pledge

    To whom or what we give our allegiance is a religious matter that does not belong on a government agenda, let alone a public school agenda. A suitable replacement of the flag pledge at a government meeting would be for the clerk of the meeting to read, with everyone seated, the three principles in the…

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    A group of young men make their way along the boardwalk in Ocean Grove on July 22.

  • Rumson receives grants to bolster flood defenses

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer RUMSON — For the second time since May, the borough is the recipient of a significant grant aimed at strengthening infrastructure in the event of another storm event like superstorm Sandy. Rumson Mayor John Ekdahl said in an interview last week the borough was recently awarded $100,000 through the Hazard…

  • Red Bank residents share recollections of iconic diner

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer The Broadway Diner on Monmouth Street abruptly shut its doors after 18 years of serving the Red Bank community. While most restaurants serve dinner, the Broadway Diner was the kind of restaurant that served “supper.” According to Red Bank resident Barbara Horl, the difference between supper and dinner was this:…

  • Immigrant children arriving

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Children who are fleeing Central American nations to escape crime, violence and poverty are finding their way to Freehold Borough. Reports in the national news media have indicated that thousands of unaccompanied minors from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have entered the United States through Mexico in recent months.…

  • Library deed sways vote on bulkhead

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer The Borough Council has opted to replace the deteriorating bulkhead at the Red Bank Public Library property rather than restore the natural shoreline. The Red Bank Borough Council has decided that a bulkhead at the Red Bank Public Library will be replaced, rather than turned into a living shoreline, based…

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