June 15, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

Housing Alliance mulls buying mobile home park

Mayor: Borough would get COAH credit for 133 units
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

Residents of a mobile home park in Eatontown would be able stay put indefinitely if a local affordable housing advocacy agency purchases the land its 133 units occupy. More...

Judge OKs selling Dwek properties online

Lehrer says holdings must be sold at or above market value
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

FREEHOLD - Though it won't be eBay, something akin to an online auction to sell off properties owned solely or partially by troubled real estate investor Solomon Dwek is in the works. More...

Borough celebrates life, spirit of Jay Ross

BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

MONMOUTH BEACH - Family members, friends and neighbors of Jay Ross, who died earlier this month at the age of 91, gathered Monday evening at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center to honor him and share memories about him. More...

PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Above, Mia Ramos (l) and Laura Vaccaro, members of the Dance Club at Eatontown's Vetter Elementary School, perform a folk dance they have learned in the after-school program. More...

West Long Branch to DOT: Repave Route 71

Stretch between Rt. 36 and Norwood aves. needs repairs, council says
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

WEST LONG BRANCH - Urgent message from the Borough Council to Trenton: Repave Route 71, pronto. More...

Letters

Council can save homes from eminent domain

June 23, 2006, marks the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's now infamous decision in Kelo v. More...

Thanks go out to Art in the Park supporters

The eighth annual Art in the Park was held May 28 under warm, sunny skies. We thank all of the artists who took part and all who attended, making this year another huge success. More...

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Arts / Zest

The envelope please ...

Basie Awards recognize best of high school theater productions

RED BANK - The best high school drama and musical theater productions, and the actors, directors, musicians, choreographers and crews who created them, were celebrated at the first Basie Awards ceremony held May 24 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red B More...

In the Arts

The Monmouth County Park System will present the musical "Big River" at Thompson Park Summer Theatre, June 15-July 2 at 8 p.m. For tickets or information, call (732) 842-4000 or visit the Web site at www.monmouthcountyparks.com. More...

'Visual Experiments' at W.L.B. Public Library

An exhibit of work by Long Branch artist Kathleen E. Lo Pinto Vignolini will be at the West Long Branch Public Library through June 30. More...

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Sports

Blues third in nation at Jr. College World Series

Eight Brookdale players offered scholarships to four-year schools
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

By any measurement, the 2006 season was a huge success for the Brookdale Community College baseball team. More...

Grant defends MOC crown, Cox wins his first

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Tiffany Grant did not welcome the extra day off.It only gave the defending girls 400-meter champion more time to think about what was at stake last Thursday when the NJSIAA Meet of Champions finally went off at South Plainfield High School after bein More...

Running room only

PHOTOS BY PAT HICKEY Above, nearly 1,600 runners line up for the start of the George Sheehan Classic on Saturday on Broad Street in Red Bank. More...

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Photo

PAT HICKEY Diploma in hand, a member of the Holy Trinity School class of 2006 marches down the aisle, followed by other members of the Long Branch school's final graduating class. See story, page 3. More...

Rally marks anniversary of high court decision

Event calls attention to ongoing fight against eminent domain
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

One year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that eminent domain could be used to take homeowners' property for private redevelopment in Connecticut, the decision is still reverberating in Long Branch, where residents face a similar fate. More...

Lessons from life are basis for school project

Daisy Hoagland selected to attend leadership conference in D.C.
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - When a fifth-grade class was assigned to do an independent study on a subject of their choice, one student picked a topic that was close to her heart, and even closer to her home. More...

Notes

The First United Methodist Church, 103 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst, will hold its Vacation Bible School 2006. The free program will run Monday through Friday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. More...

Court hears arguments on motion in Hook suit

U.S. seeks dismissal of suit by Save Sandy Hook, Clearwater
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

TRENTON - Judge Mary Little Cooper of the United States District Court will determine if the suit brought by two Monmouth County groups seeking to nullify a lease for Fort Hancock buildings granted by the National Park Service to a private developer More...

Bulletin Board

Big Brothers/Sisters reunion picnic July 15

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Monmouth County Inc., Eatontown, will hold a Family Reunion Picnic to celebrate its 30th anniversary, July 15 at Wolcott Park, Eatontown. More...

National HIV Testing Day June 20

Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, will offer HIV testing as well as information about HIV and AIDS during National HIV Testing Day, June 20, at 7 p.m. at New Beginning Agape Center, 133 Throckmorton St., Freehold. Refreshments will be served. More...

Deep Cut Orchid Society to meet July 11

Deep Cut Orchid Society will hold its monthly meeting July 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave., Tinton Falls. More...

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Opinion

Greg Bean

Coda Self-service gas pumps: the horror, the horror! More...

'American Idle'

Ar leen M avorah Guest Column Working for the Alfie Lenkiewicz and New Wave Team campaign in the Long Branch mayoral election was an eye-opening experience. More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Marie Adele Malone MacGregor Mrs. MacGregor, 69, of Rumson, died May 24 at home. She resided in Short Hills, and Monmouth Beach, prior to moving to Rumson 25 years ago. More...

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Schools

Pomp and (dire) circumstance

Holy Trinity graduates last eighth-grade class before closing
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

Numerous graduations have been celebrated at Holy Trinity School in Long Branch over the past four decades, but this year's graduating class stands out among the rest. More...

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Business

A toy store that caters to the child in us all

The Art of Play is more than just a toy store
BY JULIE KIRSH Staff Writer

RED BANK - Mark Ginsberg had been toying with the idea of opening an emporium for children (and grownups) since childhood and has done just that with The Art of Play. More...

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