Monthly Archives: February 2009

Jim Fitzmaurice leads an apparently coherent group of runners out of the Red Bank train station Saturday morning... Thirty years of weekly runs, and still they have no idea where the hell they're going. ...but just two blocks later, some...

View Larger Map The man was at the home of a non-resident relative on Ridge Road in Rumson, according to the Press. A 49-year-old Rumson man, said to be despondent over financial difficulties, was hospitalized after heavily armed police from...

Entries from the desk log at the Red Bank Police Department for the week of January 30 to February 6. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 2-2-09 at Broad St. parking lot. Victim reported that unknown person(s)...

The state says the middle school missed proficiency targets in language arts. Red Bank Superintendent Laura Morana says school performance data released this week by the state Department of Education obscures genuine academic progress being made at the borough's middle...

A 17-year-old Fair Haven boy was arrested on drug possession charges Wednesday evening in a raid on his family's home. Police used a battering ram to bust into the house after the youth barricaded himself inside, Lt. Joe McGovern tells...

A couple of River Street residents used trowels and other tools to assemble a rather imposing snowman yesterday. Will he survive Saturday and Sunday's temperatures? (Photo courtesy of Gary Morris) We're looking at a relatively warm weekend, with temperatures in...

Sorry, kids — no dynamite. A long disused smokestack behind Red Bank Catholic High School is coming down next week, weather and other conditions permitting. Jay Patock, president of Patock Construction in Eatontown, says demolition of the stack, which is...

By SUE MORGAN With none of the intra-party divisiveness seen last month in Wall Township over a similar vote, Sea Bright officials approved Monmouth County Republican Chairman and former Sheriff Joseph Oxley (left) as borough attorney Tuesday. On a snow-driven...

Last week's 'Where Have I Seen This?' featured three views from the site of Shrewsbury's Allen House, a history-drenched property that dates to the late 17th or early 18th century and functioned for many years as a tavern. Now maintained...

A Red Bank man has been indicted for a stopping a car, jumping on its hood, forcing its occupants out and crashing the vehicle into both a moving car and a house last year, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The...

Scenes from Tuesday's snowfall. (Click to enlarge) And now, the cleanup. Yesterday's snowfall left several inches of glistening white stuff to be removed from streets and sidewalks by conscientious citizens and their local governments. Though the mercury may rise to...

Rumson-Fair Haven girls basketball player Kate Miller bagged her 1,500th career point — a school record — and coach George Sourlis notched his 500th victory, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The dual milestones came in the Bulldogs' 58-32 Shore Conference...

Matthew Brown of the Red Bank public utilities lays down some magnesium-treated salt at the corner of Broad and Monmouth at lunchtime today. As forecast, the Coastal Monmouth area is getting hit with a persistent snow this afternoon. The National...

Attendees found seats wherever they could, even on the stairs of the restored former Anthony Reckless homestead, better known as the Woman's Club of Red Bank. By JoANN PILEGGI Money woes are putting the brakes on pet projects all over...

Entries from the desk log at the Red Bank Police Department for the week of January 23 to 30. Entries are published here unedited. Armed Robbery occurring 1-23-09 at Tilton Ave. and West Bergen Place. Victim reported that while making...

Red Bank's plows could get their second workout in less than a week today. The National Weather Service says snow starting this morning will leave 3 to 5 inches in Monmouth County (and perhaps an inch less in immediate coastal...

Red Bank Police expected to consult with officials from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office today about whether any charges should be brought in a case in which a middle school student brought a knife to school last month, Capt. Steve...

Getting ready to suit up? Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre is distancing himself from a report that he's mulling a run for Congress... while at the same time admitting that he's sorta kinda thinking about it. Wally Edge, the pseudonym...

An automobile accident at Tilton Avenue and River Street landed one vehicle on its side and sent three passengers to the hospital with minor injuries, Red Bank police say. Among the victims was a child who suffered a facial injury....

First-place finisher Michael Simone shows off his winning wheels. (Photos by JoAnn Pileggi) By JoANN PILEGGI Some were sleek and speedy. Others were boxy and a little slower. In the end, the designers, builders and racers of the annual Cub...