Monthly Archives: December 2016

RED BANK: A man who was shot six times as he sat in a car parked here in 2014 was charged with an Eatontown murder that occurred a year later.

RED BANK: PieHole reveals its Top 10 lunches of 2016, re-savoring mouthwatering BBQ, burgers, soups, sandwiches and more.

SHREWSBURY: The CYMCA invites high schoolers to enter an Essay Contest, with winners awarded at at the annual MLK Memorial Breakfast.

LINCROFT, SANDY HOOK: Get your head on straight for the New Year with one of these free, contemplative walks.

RED BANK: Mayor Pasquale Menna has an IRS lien on his home and borrowed $75,000 to pay it from a "convicted car thief," the Asbury Park Press reports.

RED BANK: Firebrand Cindy Burnham, often the sole 'no' vote, ends her three-year term on the council with parting words and one last 'no.'

RED BANK: A reader's suggestion led us to a decadent French dessert of chocolate-covered profiteroles that we can't stop craving.

RED BANK: Menna says he now wants to see architecturally bold, "even shocking" plans with environment in mind for White Street garage.

LITTLE SILVER: Fifteen RBR students win gold, silver and bronze medals in the 2016 Family Career Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Fall Leadership Conference.

RED BANK: Where to say 'sayonara' to '16 and welcome the New Year in style here and in Fair Haven, Rumson and Sea Bright.

RED BANK: Payouts to three town employees for unused sick days and vacation time will deplete a rainy day fund, officials said.

RED BANK: Stanley Sickels, the borough's most powerful unelected official, plans to retire in a year. But first, he'll cash out his unused sick days.

RUMSON: Deane-Porter School announces a Preschool Open House registration event for February 1st.

FAIR HAVEN & LINCROFT: Two companies here have won National Science Foundation grants to develop technology to help kids learn.

LINCROFT: The Lincroft Inn, which closed after three centuries in September, has new owners, and a local restaurateur is planning something new.

RUMSON: A Snowflake Drive at RFH High School helps fight domestic and sexual violence, by contributing to the nonprofit 180 Turning Lives Around.

RED BANK: What's For Lunch checks out the new Taylor Sam's on Broad Street and swoons over the roast beef "samwich," fries and gravy.

SANDY HOOK: A plan to raise entry fees 33 percent next summer has been dropped by the National Park Service after objections, says Pallone.

FAIR HAVEN: As another tenant departs, the new owners of the Acme shopping center file renovation plans amid buzz about store turnover.

RED BANK: The latest in our 'What's Going On Here'?' series checks in on renovations to a Victorian structure in the historic district.