Category Archives: Children & Teens

A pregnant woman enroute to Riverview Medical Center from exit 109 of the Parkway gave birth to a son in her car yesterday afternoon. The Star-Ledger says the woman's husband, who was driving, called the Monmouth County 911 Communications Center...

As a teenaged immigrant from Ecuador, Laura C. Morana learned English the old-fashioned way. No English as Second Language classes, no bilingual ed, just grind-it-out translations of her biology and algebra lessons, watching TV and talking to fellow students at...

A new school year began for Red Bank public schools yesterday. Among the littlest students at the Primary School, there were some adjustment tears. For the most part, though, the kids seemed ready to unzip their tiny backpacks and get...

The Shrewsbury Borough School was one of five public school programs statewide recognized yesterday by the New Jersey School Boards Association for creative and innovative approaches to teaching. According to an NJSBA press release, the school was selected for the...

Linda Clark makes the case for a town center. The idea of creating a community center at a Red Bank-owned building on the West Side is one that "needs plenty more discussion," children's activist David Prown told a crowded Borough...