Monthly Archives: May 2007

The Associated Press, via the Asbury Park Press, reports that graphic pornography was aired on cable television in Middletown Tuesday morning instead of a children's cartoon called "Handy Manny." A spokesman for Comcast confirmed that the smut appeared on the...

By LINDA G. RASTELLI Everywhere you look on Monmouth Street, it seems, change is underway. Businesses coming and going. Major alterations. The vendor churn can sometimes seem as bustling as the foot traffic. Red Bank News, the newsstand that’s been...

Overriding the preference of the borough's finance chief, the Tinton Falls Borough Council last night shot down a budget proposed by Mayor Peter Maclearie in favor of one with no increase in the property tax rate, today's Asbury Park Press...

A three-hour standoff between Middletown police and a shotgun-holding man in a pickup truck ended peacefully last night, the Asbury Park Press reports today. The tense episode, which triggered police backups from Holmdel and Belmar, centered on a vehicle parked...

A move to restrict the ability of homeowners and builders to take down trees on their properties is back in Fair Haven, uprooting some tensions that had been buried in recent months. Larry Higgs has a story in today's Asbury...

Former Red Bank Mayor and state Superior Court Judge Benedict R. Nicosia leads a roster of nine graduates of Red Bank High School (or its successor, Red Bank Regional) into the RBR Education Foundation's Hall of Fame Friday night. Slated...

The six candidates vying for three council seats in next week's election in Tinton Falls assembled last night for what turned out to be a "congenial" debate, according to today's Asbury Park Press. Among the points of agreement: the new...

Today's Asbury Park Press has a feature about Victor Conti and his Von Dutch freaky motorcycles shop on West Front Street. The year-old business sells custom bikes — excuse us, kustom bikes — that look like something out of a...

New Jersey Treasurer Bradley Abelow is scheduled to lead a forum at Red Bank Borough Hall Wednesday night in which he'll discuss the impact of the proposed $33.3 billion state budget for fiscal '08 on municipalities. In announcing the event...