• ‘Sandy Bill of Rights’ should be law

    I t is always nice to see our beaches and boardwalks come to life after Memorial Day, but we cannot continue to ignore life beyond the sand. Far too many people are still struggling with the effects of superstorm Sandy, even a year-anda half after the storm. Drive a little further out from the beaches,…

  • Irish festival returns June 8 to racetrack

    The 44th annual New Jersey Irish Festival will be held from noon to 7 p.m. June 8 at the Monmouth Park Racetrack, 175 Oceanport Ave., Oceanport. Gates will open 10 a.m. The festival will include live thoroughbred racing action, a human horse race benefiting Autism New Jersey, food and craft vendors, a 50/50 raffle, pipe…

  • Red Bank church festival set for June 7

    The third annual Community Unity and Bike Blessing Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 7 at Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank, 172 Shrewsbury Ave., Red Bank. All are welcome. The festival, which is sponsored by the church’s S.W.A.T. and motorcycle ministries, will be held rain or shine. The event…

  • Strawberry fest features cookout, crafts, music

    An Old Fashioned Strawberry Festival will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 7 at the Presbyterian Church at Shrewsbury, 352 Sycamore Ave., Shrewsbury. The festival will feature strawberry desserts, homemade baked goods, booths with recycled fashion accessories, jewelry, home décor items, books and handcrafted items. Strawberries by the box and plants will…

  • Redevelopment study concerns Sea Bright board

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer An abandoned gas station and former post office on Ocean Avenue are among the properties that may be included in a redevelopment study. SEA BRIGHT — The Planning/Zoning Board began discussions about the redevelopment of deteriorated properties last week, with several members voicing concerns about the potential for the use…

  • Web of social services buoys adult with autism

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Kevin Petranich performs his tasks at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton. This is part six in an occasional series of stories about people with autism in New Jersey. The entire series can be found at www.gmnews.com/autism. K evin Petranich doesn’t hit the snooze button on his alarm clock…

  • Tennis players unhappy with delayed repairs

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Red Bank officials say they are weighing multiple options for the future of the borough’s historic clay tennis courts, which have stood in Marine Park since the 1930s. The four courts, which are owned by the borough and run by the Red Bank Clay Courts Tennis Association, have been closed since superstorm…

  • D-Day legacy of service and sacrifice lives on

    By JACK MURTHA Rudolph Schasney, a U.S. Navy gunner first mate who was involved in the D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944, participates in a Memorial Day ceremony on May 24 at Thorne Middle School in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. Seventy years after D-Day — the Allied troops’ invasion of Nazi-occupied…

  • Primary shakes up Sea Bright GOP

    By Greg Kennelty SEA BRIGHT – The unofficial results of the Sea Bright Borough Council primaries appear to display a fissure in the Republican Party. Newcomer John M. Lamia Jr. received 66 votes, or 41.51 percent, of the votes cast in the June 3 Republican primary, while GOP incumbents C. Read Murphy and James LoBiondo…

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