The Week of November 30 - December 7, 1999 (Visit our Archives)
- Photo by Scott Longfield
- Members of the West Point Crew Team take a splash at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink last Saturday, Sept. 25.
This Week's Top Stories
- Honors For A Jersey Boy
- Middletown's Brian Williams receives MACE award
- RB Clergy, Officials, Celebrate Start Of Affordable Housing Project
- RED BANK - There isn't much there now, just empty land, recently cleared, having remained vacant for more than three decades.
- Rough Waters - A Challenge For Rumson Boat Race
- RUMSON - It's not whether you win or lose, but try not to sink.
- Bill Banning LNG Construction Clears Senate Committee
- TRENTON - Legislation that would ban the construction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities off the coast of New Jersey cleared the Senate Environment and Energy Committee by a 4 to 1 vote last week.
- Father Presses For National Brain Injury Treatment Plan
- Proponent charges Pallone with stalling legislation
- It's The Attack of The Stink Bugs!
- This fall, coastal Monmouth County has been inundated with an unusual number of stinkbugs congregating on the walls of various structures and invading people's homes.
- Red Bank Council Divides Over Requiring Permits For Filmmakers
- RED BANK - An ordinance that would require those wishing to use borough public sites as a backdrop for any variety of commercial film or video works would have to pay for a permit, stalled this week as Borough Council members expressed a rare differing views on whether the regulation was even needed.
- Middletown Man Charged With Forgery, Theft By Deception
- MIDDLETOWN - Detectives for the Monmouth County Prosecutor last Wednesday arrested a township man charging him with orchestrating a bad check scheme that allegedly bilked a bank out of thousands of dollars.
- Former Ansorge Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
- RED BANK - A former part-time bookkeeper for Ansorge Unlimited, a local public relations, advertising and marketing firm, pleaded guilty last week to embezzling more than $400,000 in company funds and now faces the likelihood of prison time.
- Shrewsbury To Hold Hearing On Deer Hunt
- SHREWSBURY - A public hearing to give residents an opportunity to express their opinions on whether a hunt should be held to cull the deer flourishing in the borough will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28.
- FH Councilman's Seat To Remain Vacant Until Elections
- FAIR HAVEN - On Monday, the Fair Haven Borough Council opened its meeting with a moment of silence to honor fellow council member, John Lehnert, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound last Tuesday.
- SB Introduces Revised Ordinance On Feral Cat Control
- SEA BRIGHT - In a 4-1 vote last week, the Sea Bright Council introduced a revised ordinance that would permit the managed care of feral cats.
- Garden State Divided On Sale Of NJN
- Most support some public funding
- Red Bank To Host Triathlon This Weekend
- RED BANK - The 1st Annual Red Bank Triathlon is coming to Red Bank on Sunday, October 3 starting at 8 a.m.
- 70 Drivers Ticketed In Red Bank During Pedestrian Safety Initiative
- RED BANK - For many, Red Bank is a walking town, but with the amount of traffic in the borough, getting across the street safely isn't always easy.
- Crossing Guard Struck In Little Silver
- LITTLE SILVER - Police on Wednesday issued two summonses to a borough man who struck a crossing guard with his car.
