SEA BRIGHT: RUM RUNNER RESURRECTED

May 4, 2016

The bar in a glass-walled room one patron called “the aquarium” offers panoramic views of the Shrewsbury River. Below right, restaurant principal Tim McLoone with an opening-night guest. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Three and a half years after the original was damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Sandy, McLoone’s Rum Runner reopened Tuesday night in the form of dazzling behemoth of a “jewel box” beside the Shrewsbury River in Sea Bright.

Above the river, actually. Unlike its modest predecessor, which sat barely above high-tide, the new one is elevated to keep all but the lowest part of a stairwell dry even during the worst storm surge, and provide parking underneath at other times, said its designers.

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May 4, 2016 - 8:08 am |

SHREWSBURY: BURDEN OUTPOLLS WRITE-INS

Nov 2, 2010

Donald Burden, the sole candidate to replace Terel Cooperhouse as Shrewsbury Borough’s mayor, fended off 82 write-in votes nearly eight percent of the total for other candidates to secure the job, according to the Monmouth County Clerk’s office.

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November 2, 2010 - 9:35 pm |

SHREWSBURY MULLS BOW HUNT FOR DEER

Oct 19, 2010

Deer on the lawn of an Elm Lane residence earlier this month. (Click to enlarge)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Most mornings, Brian Hall wakes up to find the motion sensor outside his home flashing. He’s gotten accustomed to it, much as his wife, Suzanne, has gotten used to her flower garden doubling as a feeding trough.

In the year-and-a-half that the couple have lived off Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury, deer have been as much a part of their neighborhood as the people who live next door.

“There definitely is a lot of deer,” Brian Hall said.

Now, as the ubiquitous artiodactyls appear to be causing a larger threat to public health and safety, the borough council is looking to residents for input on how to bring the increasing deer population under control.

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October 19, 2010 - 11:15 am |

SHREWSBURY, LITTLE SILVER OK RBR BUDGET

May 18, 2010

Here’s lookin’ at you, Red Bank; Shrewsbury Mayor Terel Cooperhouse. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Red Bank Regional‘s fiscal fate is now in the hands of Red Bank’s governing body, which will be the last of the school’s three sending districts to vote on the high school’s failed $24 million budget.

Both Little Silver and Shrewsbury councils gave unanimous approval to $270,500 in cuts to RBR’s 2010-11 spending plan Monday night, capping off several weeks of discussions aimed at reducing the bottom line after voters rejected the budget.

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May 18, 2010 - 5:18 am |

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SEA BRIGHT: RUM RUNNER RESURRECTED

SHREWSBURY: BURDEN OUTPOLLS WRITE-INS

SHREWSBURY MULLS BOW HUNT FOR DEER

SHREWSBURY, LITTLE SILVER OK RBR BUDGET