• CyberPatriot team makes semi-final cut

    Red Bank Regional High School’s (RBR) cyber security students recently performed well in the Air Force Association’s national premier CyberPatriot competition. This year’s team consists of ten students: Tucker Machard, Zach Carrano, Tyler Birn, Mark Eulner, Josh Even, Alex Dannecker, Ryan Terpak, Cris Sochacki, Louis DiOrio and Christian Bonomo. The team, which began preparations over…

  • Rumson seeks grant to plan for disasters

    By KENNY WALTER RUMSON — The borough is pursuing a $250,000 state grant to fund a planning study that would identify mitigation measures needed to be better prepared for future natural disasters. During the Jan. 28 meeting, the Borough Council authorized T&M Associates to submit an application to the state Department of Community Affairs Post-Sandy…

  • Bike nonprofit solicits funds to purchase current home

    Asbury Park-based Second Life Bikes is conducting a crowdfunding campaign to purchase the building in which it currently operates. The nonprofit organization, which offers affordable bicycle sales and repairs, as well as a bike-earning program for children, seeks to raise a minimum of $75,000 toward the $400,000 that is needed to close on a purchase…

  • JCP&L will spend $251M to strengthen infrastructure

    Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) plans to spend $251 million this year to further expand and strengthen its infrastructure to enhance and maintain service reliability throughout its 13-county service area. This is an increase of approximately $50 million over what the company spent last year on reliability infrastructure in the region. Major projects scheduled…

  • LeGrand still believes

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Eric LeGrand attends a gala for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation in 2012. Few stories of homegrown perseverance have gripped the Garden State like that of Eric LeGrand. Doctors thought the former Rutgers University football player would forever be a quadriplegic after he suffered a spinal cord injury in…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    The Provident Bank, New Jersey’s first and oldest community bank, will mark 175 years in business on Feb. 27. To celebrate its anniversary, the bank will offer refreshments to visitors at all branches during the day and host a gala event that evening at the Liberty House in Jersey City, where the bank has remained…

  • Albivi Brick Oven heats up in Millstone

    By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor Albivi Brick Oven offers traditional Italian fare and many specialty dishes at its location on Perrineville Road in Millstone Township. A lbivi Brick Oven offers much more than chicken parmesan. Albivi owner Vincenzo Castronovo, interviewed on a busy Valentine’s Day, said his favorite dish is the filet mignon. The restaurant’s…

  • Garden club to meet Feb. 27 in Oceanport

    The Oceanport Garden Club will hold a meeting at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 27 at the Oceanport United Methodist Church, 50 Main St., Oceanport. Lunch will follow the meeting. The artistic theme will be “A Perfect Cup of Tea,” showing a design in a teacup with the underlay and background to scale. For more information, contact…

  • Red Bank to solicit bids for privatized trash disposal

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer RED BANK — In an effort to reduce costs and improve operations, the Borough Council is considering outsourcing garbage collection and disposal services to a private contractor. On Feb. 12, the council authorized Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels to solicit bids for the work, which is currently performed by the Red…

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