• Prown’s annual calendar delivers year of nostalgia

    RED BANK — The experience of growing up in the Red Bank area is the theme of the fifth annual Olde Tyme Commemorative Calendar by Prown’s Home Improvement. The 2014 calendar showcases a collection of 14 Dorn’s Classic Images photos of Red Bank youth from the 1940s to the 1960s. Nostalgic scenes — from a…

  • Tolstoy’s book should be required reading

    “T he Kingdom of God is Within You” by Leo Tolstoy is a book relatively unknown by the vast majority of Americans. But here is what Mahatma Gandhi of India wrote about this book: “[When] I was passing through a severe crisis of skepticism and doubt … I came across Tolstoy’s book ‘The Kingdom of…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Gabby Anderson, 5, of Aberdeen, looks for the perfect tree on Dec. 7 at Coastal Evergreen Tree Farm, which was been located for 36 years at Brunswick Square Mall.

  • ‘Unforgiveness’ is toxic to the mind, body

    YOUR TURN RABBI BERNHARD H. ROSENBERG GUEST COLUMN What do you do when you are offended or hurt by other people’s words or actions? I believe we’ve all been hurt in some point of our life — maybe betrayed and disappointed by a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend or even a brother/sister. After any offense, you get…

  • Prown’s annual calendar delivers a year of nostalgia

    RED BANK — The experience of growing up in the Red Bank area is the theme of the fifth annual Olde Tyme Commemorative Calendar by Prown’s Home Improvement. The 2014 calendar showcases a collection of 14 Dorn’s Classic Images photos of Red Bank youth from the 1940s to the 1960s. Nostalgic scenes — from a…

  • Keyport salutes cops who won state award

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Keyport police officers Joseph Ruth (from left), Robert McCartin and Steven Dixon accept an official commendation from borough Police Commissioner Joy Michele-Tomczak on Dec. 11. The three officers received the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association’s Valor Award in November for their actions during a 2012 home invasion. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF…

  • New assessments in Keyport drop property values $91M

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A new Monmouth County assessment program has already uncovered significant disparities between the current taxed value of some residential properties and their true value on the open market. The program, which was rolled out this year to combat a growing wave of costly tax appeals, requires municipal assessors to revise…

  • Colts Neck native rises to final round of ‘The Voice’

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Jacquie Lee of Colts Neck performs “Cry Baby” and Christina Aguilera’s “The Voice Within” during the Live Top 6 Performances round of NBC’s “The Voice” on Dec. 2. PHOTOS COURTESY OF NBC UNIVERSAL Colts Neck native Jacquie Lee has quickly become a rising star on NBC’s “The Voice,” winning over…

  • Child care costs weigh heavily on families

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Cecilia Zalkind, executive director of Advocates for Children of New Jersey, announces the results of a new comprehensive child care study at the Brookdale Community College Children’s Learning Center in Lincroft on Dec. 11. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF Belford resident Jamie Holman is a young mother currently studying information technology and business…

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