August 26, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Greater Media shows budding journalists the ropes

Park System campers get a look at how newspapers work

The future of journalism looks bright if the participants of the Monmouth County Park System’s Camp Correspondents are any indication. More...

FMERPA appoints reuse consulting group

EATONTOWN — The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) unanimously appointed Matrix Design Group as the planning, engineering, architectural and environmental services consultant for the redevelopment of the fort pro More...

Oceans of Rhythm Festival takes place Saturday

LONG BRANCH — Zebra’s 17th annual Oceans of Rhythm Festival will be held Saturday, Aug. 28, at Jerry Morgan Park and the Great Lawn in Long Branch. More...

New traffic pattern to begin near Wanamassa School

OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Township police are notifying residents of a change to traffic patterns on Bendermere Avenue near Wanamassa School, coinciding with the start of the new school year. More...

Walk With Joe welcomes all to remember Sept. 11

Annual event in Manalapan honors heroes of Flight 93 who fought terrorists

MANALAPAN — A group of dedicated individuals will not let Americans forget the heroism of the passengers who were on United Airlines Flight 93 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. More...

Holmdel weighs Lucent redevelopment study

HOLMDEL — The Holmdel Township Planning Board is considering whether to undertake a study to determine if the 472- acre Alcatel-Lucent property on Crawfords Corner Road qualifies as an area “in need of redevelopment.” More...

Letters

Resident sees benefits in Coastal Monmouth Plan

Encouraging new businesses and residents to locate in clusters needs to be a top goal of the Coastal Monmouth Plan for economic and environmental reasons. More...

Judith Stanley Coleman was county’s ‘guardian angel’

I first met Judith Stanley Coleman in the early 1980s when many Monmouth County residents were fighting to save 400 acres on the Holmdel banks of the Swimming River Reservoir from being developed as 410 housing units, a golf course and a sewage treat More...

Opinion

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Report puts county’s economy and open space in jeopardy

GUEST COLUMN  LILLIAN G. BURRY

Aproposal to shore up Atlantic City’s casinos at the expense of the horse racing industry will have a devastating effect on Monmouth County’s quality of life. More...

Sports

Pre-season practice

Ocean Township High School varsity football players go through a morning drill as they prepare for the team’s season opener on Sept. 11 at Middletown South. Kickoff in Middletown is at 1 p.m. More...

RBC, RFH well prepared for 2010-11 campaign

Girls basketball teams flourished at summer tourney

Some of the best girls basketball teams in the Shore Conference recently convened at Red Bank Regional High School for a round-robin tournament that lasted five days. More...

Jersey Shore Pop Warner kicks off 50th grid season

The Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League will celebrate a milestone this weekend. The league Twill kick off its 50th anniversary season with games on Aug. 28-29 throughout the shore area. More...

Photo

The varity football team practices a punt kick formation during a morning practice held at Ocean Township High School on Aug. 21. More...

Fort panel reflects on reuse mission

FMERPA meets for final time, assays past and future

Members of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) reflected on their challenges and experiences with the nearly half-decade planning process at the body’s final meeting in Eatontown on Aug. 18. More...

Freeholders salute open space projects

FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders at its July 8 meeting recognized local open space grant projects in 14 towns by presenting them with signs to commemorate completion of park acquisition and improvement projects. More...

Student honored for training puppies

Eilea Knotts, of West Long Branch, received a $1,000 scholarship Aug. 14 from The Seeing Eye for raising several puppies for the dog guide school. More...

Freeholders honor Judith Stanley Coleman

MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders honored the life, work and legacy of philanthropist Judith Hurley Stanley Coleman with an honorary proclamation at a regular meeting on Aug. 12. More...

Volunteers needed for Reading Buddies

LONG BRANCH — Family & Children’s Service (FCS), a nonprofit serving Monmouth County individuals and families in need for more than 100 years, is seeking dedicated adult volunteers to read aloud with children as part of the agency’ More...

Former GM of track pleads guilty to multiple charges

New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that Donald R. Codey Jr., the former president and general manager of Freehold Raceway, pleaded guilty on Aug. More...

Bulletin Board

MCAC to participate in national arts index

The Monmouth County Arts Council, Red Bank, has been selected by Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, to be one of 100 communities that will participate in the inaugural Local Arts Index. More...

Autumn offers plenty of fun at county parks

The Monmouth County Park System invites you and your family to visit your beautiful county parks to welcome the gorgeous beginnings of autumn. Planning ahead? More...

NOTES

At 3 p.m. Sept. 12 on the boardwalk at Pier Village in Long Branch, Prevention First will host the fourth annual Amanda Faith Reo Memorial Walk. More...

Columns

Readers say they feel the pain of no-service ‘service’

CODA  GREG BEAN

Sometimes, one of these columns really resonates with readers, and that was the case with my rant a couple of weeks ago about Sears and their dismal service department. More...

Arts / Zest

‘The Divine Paradox’ opens Sunday

The Guild of Creative Art is hosting an exhibit of work by Paul Hansen, “The Divine Paradox.” Also on view in the studio is work by James Kent, along with his students from the Lyrical Abstract Expressionism workshop. More...