December 1, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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Luke Pasick leads the charge into the Atlantic Ocean at the beach in West End, Long Branch, for the first Pilgrim’s Plunge on Nov. 26, a benefit for the IGA Nephropathy Foundation of America. More...

Teachers cook up funds for education

Throw down for charity raises money for new classroom technology
BY KRISTEN DALTON

Little Silver teachers Tim Russoniello and Kim Christman took school fundraising to a new level on Nov. 18 when they competed against a “top chef” to raise funds for education. More...

Arc of Monmouth gets UnitedWay grant

TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth has for a second year been awarded an Income Impact Funding Grant of $20,000 from the United Way of Monmouth County. More...

Eatontown PD achieves nat’l accreditation

BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer

EATONTOWN — After a lengthy process, the borough police department became an accredited law enforcement agency with the Commission onAccreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) on Nov. 10. More...

NPS: Sandy Hook beach fees based on area beach fees

MIDDLETOWN — The National Park Service’s proposal to double most parking fees at Sandy Hook is based on a market survey of the rates at beaches in the area near Sandy Hook, Raina Williams, public affairs officer at Gateway National Recrea More...

New places, CD for Holiday Express 19th season

Holiday Express is in its 19th season of delivering music, food, gifts, financial support and friendship to those in need and there are plenty of new things going on for the nonprofit group. More...

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Time for Main Street to ‘occupy’ Wall Street & D.C.

GUEST COLUMN
FREDRICK P. NIEMANN

A s a conservative Republican, I’ve been watching with interest the Occupy Wall Street movement. More...

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Arts / Zest

Local beauty by land and sea

A n exhibit of landscapes and nature photographs by Steve Scanlon is at McLoone’s Pier House, 1 Ocean Ave. in Pier Village, Long Branch. The exhibit will run through November and December. More...

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Sports

RFH harriers are state’s best after capturing MOC crown

BY TIM MORRIS

I f anything defined this Rumson-Fair Haven High School girls cross country team, it was the way they attacked races from the start. More...

Ocean Lightning win State Cup title

The Ocean Lightning U13, a boys travel soccer team that has been together for close to five years, captured the biggest prize in New Jersey when they won the State Cup. The Lightning defeated StrongholdDynamo, 3-2, in overtime. More...

Ranney School athletic teams had productive fall campaigns

This fall sports season was a memorable one for the Ranney School Panthers, whose Middle and Upper School athletic programs produced championships and perfect records. More...

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Breaking News - 12/6/2011 02:23 PM

Murdered tot’s father arraigned; bail kept at $10M

Arthur Morgan III, of Eatontown, charged in death of 2-yr-old
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI

The family of Tierra Morgan-Glover, the 2-year-old found dead Nov. 22, watched grief-stricken as her father, Arthur Morgan III, appeared for arraignment in New Jersey Superior Court in Freehold on Dec. 5. More...

Breaking News - 11/30/2011 03:29 PM

Father charged with murder of 2-year-old, caught in Calif.

By Nicole Antonucci
Staff Writer

Arthur E. Morgan III, the man charged last week with the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Tierra Morgan-Glover, was arrested Nov. 29 in San Diego, Calif., Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. announced in a press release. More...

State funds L.B. housing projects

LBHA awarded tax credits for Gregory School conversion, Woodrow Wilson redevelopment
BY KENNYWALTER
Staff Writer

The Long Branch Housing Authority (LBHA) willmove ahead with two housing projects after receiving nearly $30 million in state funding. More...

Operation Sleighbells: a century-old tradition

Family & Children’s Service provides toys and gifts for families, children in need
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI

More than a century ago a group of Long Branch residents began a holiday toy and gift drive to help local children in need. More...

FMERA at work on zoning fort property

Steadman: Parcels in Charles Wood Area will be first to be sold or leased
BY KENNYWALTER

Future development of the Fort Monmouth property requires rezoning the fort’s 1,127 acres, a cooperative effort between planners for the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) and local officials. More...

Tarantolo joins executive board of NJLM

EATONTOWN — For the past 12 years, Mayor Gerald Tarantolo has actively served in various capacities with the New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLM). During the annual conference on Nov. More...

Monmouth County privatizes drawbridges to save $572K

Twenty-eight bridge tenders to receive layoff notices
BY KRISTEN DALTON

The Sea Bright-Rumson Bridge and the Oceanic Bridge are two of four county drawbridges whose daily operations will be handed over to a private firm beginning in 2012. More...

Congregation B’nai Israel celebrates Jewish book month

RUMSON — In honor of Jewish Book Month, author/dancer Leanore Friedland Ickstadt will appear at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson 11:30 a.m. Dec. 6 at 11:30 a.m. More...

Bulletin Board

‘Season’s Greetings’ concert in Wilson Hall

WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University’s Department of Music and Theatre will present its annual holiday concert, “Season’s Greetings,” on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. More...

Brain tumor seminar slated for Dec. 5

The David S. Zocchi Brain Tumor Center at Monmouth Medical Center is hosting “Brainstorm: A Dialogue and Education Series,” a free community seminar, 5-7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in Monmouth Medical Center’s Borden Auditorium. More...

Holiday Lantern Tours at Historic Four Corners

SHREWSBURY — The annual Holiday Lantern Tours of Shrewsbury’s Historic Four Corners, will take place Friday, Dec. 2. More...

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Columns

Sometimes, it’s fair to blame the messenger

CODA
GREG BEAN

Here’s something you might not realize about the newspaper, or publication website, where you’re reading this column — the company that publishes the news and information for Greater Media Newspapers has more moral integrity than ma More...

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Obituaries

Alvin Colson

Mr. Colson, 76, of Middletown, died Nov. 23, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He worked as an auto mechanic for Circle Chevrolet in Shrewsbury for 54 years. Mr. More...

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