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Monmouth Headlines from The Hub
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Squeezebox serenade
FRANK GALIPO Eddie Zee entertains on the accordion during the Keyport International Food and Music Festival on June 28.
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Mayor: End of RCAs 'a disaster' for Mid'town
Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger reacted strongly this week to the passage of legislation that spells an end to the township's use of Regional Contribution Agreements (RCA) to help fulfill its affordable housing obligation.
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Historic Holmdel bldgs. slated for restoration
Residents may not notice the two small buildings that served big purposes in Holmdel Township way back when, but the Holmdel Historical Society keeps the structures under their purview. The St. Catharine's mother church and Dr. Cook's medical office are small in size, but large in value to the town's history buffs.
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Pallone wants hold on FEMA flood maps
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) introduced legislation on June 26 in the House of Representatives that would place a moratorium on the federal government's plans to expand flood zones.
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Board may tap critic as consultant on field
MIDDLETOWN - Meeting after meeting, Board of Education members have been hearing one voice talk about the problems with the football field at High School North and last Wednesday took a step to make that voice their own.
Monmouth Headlines from APP
- Pursuing life, liberty It's not every day one might see a lesbian and gay band, a church drill team, city officials, a man in drag and a 15-foot-tall Uncle Sam marching to the beat of the same drummer.
- Junkyard expansion plans halted The relatives of a recently deceased local businessman will have to go back before the Zoning Board of Adjustment if they want to expand business at three junkyards the family has owned since the 1950s.
- Candidates to shun campaign signs Like many other politicians these days, the two challengers seeking seats on the Township Committee are running on an environ-mentally friendly platform. But you won't read about it on any green signs on your neighbor's front lawn or as you're driving on Route 9.
- Lack of field volunteers criticized Borough officials have long championed the level of volunteerism in this community but are now expressing frustration because when they needed help recently, no one showed up. Borough Councilman John Hegarty said he attended a meeting of the Recreation Commission to reach out to local sports groups, some of which have criticized the quality of some of the borough sports fields. One of the fields was damaged last year by the field hockey team from the Frank Antonides School, and this year, a soccer team from the same school complained about that damage. Hegarty said he was frustrated by that attitude. Hegarty said he wanted to open lines of communications with those organizations that use the fields so that at the end of each season, the borough and the organizations can work together to recondition the fields. Mayor Janet W. Tucci said as the mother of three sons ? now grown ? no one spent more time on the local fields than she did. She said she was always impressed by the level of volunteerism she witnessed in the sports programs and elsewhere in town. So she was disturbed after local officials dispatched the borough road department to the fields ? with the stipulation that volunteer workers also would participate in the work ? and found no one else showed up. Tucci said the borough should investigate whether to charge a fee to nonresidents and nonresident teams that use the local fields. But Hegarty said the borough lacks a mechanism to document users who live in town and those who live elsewhere. Hegarty said local sports representatives attending the recent Recreation Commission meeting said they were more than willing to help. They didn't show up because no one told them they were needed, he said.
- Subdivision approved for tract in Middletown The days of munching grass on a field on Chapel Hill may be numbered for some township cows. Last week, the township Planning Board unanimously approved a 19-unit subdivision of a scenic 64-acre property that is currently home to woods, several streams, open fields and cows.
Local News
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Red Bank Elks plan tropical fundraiser
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Traffic, Parking, Kaboom, and Worse Traffic: a redbankgreen Survival Guide
Counter TRAFFIC, PARKING, KABOOM, AND WORSE TRAFFIC: A redbankgreen SURVIVAL GUIDE In the zone: arrive early, or forget about it.
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Red Bank honors photo studio
RED BANK - The Dorn family, renowned for their photos of the borough and Monmouth County, have been officially honored by the borough at a site where their photo studio was located.
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Readying Red Bank
Click teeth to read "comments on comments" file. Click GIF file to enlarge. 07.03 Front row KaBoom seats & eats Red Bank Elks Lodge 233's annual fireworks festival, offering a primo view of the annual ...
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Red Bank streets to be closed for fireworks display
The KaBoom fireworks display over the Navesink River tonight will mean road closures beginning this afternoon.
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Dolphins can stay in N.J. river despite July 4th celebrations
A group of 15 dolphins who have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stay there through the July 4th weekend, even though a nearby fireworks display draws heavy boat ...
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Discrimination suit against Toms River Fire Company 2 may proceed in July
A schedule may be set next month for proceeding with a federal lawsuit brought by a South Toms River man who contends he lost his bid to be named second lieutenant of Toms River Fire Company 2 because he is ...
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Red Bank Elks plan fundraiser for Marine
Elks Lodge 233 will hold a fundraiser barbecue to benefit Marine Cpl. Kamal Bowen, who was wounded, at 3 p.m. July 26 at the lodge at 40 W. Front St.
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Kaboom Returns to Red Bank
Move over, dolphins: You're about to be upstaged. While all eyes have been on the water to catch a glimpse of the frisky sea mammals in the Shrewsbury River during the last 2 1/2 weeks, on Thursday, eyes will ...
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Newark guidance counselor charged in second car insurance scheme
A Newark guidance counselor, already facing charges he helped a Red Bank principal torch his car in an insurance scheme, was indicted today on charges he set his own car ablaze to collect insurance money.
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Spring benefits spun of glamour and good causes
The spring social season swept to a sparkling finale with two glamorous events - Runway on the River and the Chance to Grow Gala - that raised megabucks for excellent causes.
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Red Bankers Hope To Encourage Adoption Of Reuseable Bags
The borough school system, the town governing body and a number of community groups are banding together to help the environment.
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Red Bank moves cautiously on riverfront plan
Borough Council members are cautiously moving toward preservation of waterfront land at the end of Maple Avenue by making sure they don't run afoul of state environmental regulations in making it usable for ...
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TRT: Ansorge Wins on Appeal
Counter TRT: ANSORGE WINS ON APPEAL The Two River Times reports this week that publisher and advertising executive Claudia Ansorge has won a reversal of her DWI conviction.
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New Bridge: Wider, Higher and Paid for
Counter NEW BRIDGE: WIDER, HIGHER AND PAID FOR The leading candidate for a replacement bridge - seen above in red - could be built with minimal shutdowns of the existing structure, proponents say.
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Red Bank to decide Grandview's fate
Plans to convert the 91-unit Grandview Towers apartment building off West Front Street to 96 condominiums will be heard by Zoning Board of Adjustment members for the first time Thursday night.
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Mattia finds an abundance of wealth in life experience
Laura H. Mattia of Mountain Lakes is a wealth management principal at the Baron Financial Group, an independent fee-only wealth management firm in Fair Lawn.
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County fires lawyer in benefits dispute
The director of the Monmouth County freeholder board said she fired an assistant county counsel after the lawyer did not resolve a dispute over $165,000 in health and pension benefits he received to which he ...
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Man, 22, fatally shoots himself in Red Bank
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Howell man killed in crash with produce truck in Wall
A Howell man was killed Tuesday morning after a produce truck registered to a business in Middlesex Borough smashed into the rear of his car and then pushed the crushed vehicle into another car on Route 138 ...
