Articles Posted June 2012

  • A man in a straw boater purchases a copy of the Saturday Evening Post, sold by newsboys, at the corner of Broad Street and Mechanic Street, Red Bank. This 1900 photograph is courtesy of Dorn’s Classic Images in Fair Haven.

    Letters and Commentary

    by Two River TImes on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    Middletown Township Committee Moves to Abandon Strong Pay-to-Play Rules To the Editor: On May 21, the Middletown Township Committee introduced Ordinance 2012-3060, which loosens the township’s pay-to-play rules and reinstates the weaker state regulations that were…

    Posted in Letters & Commentary

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    Kids Run, Swim and Bike in Kelleher Triathlon

    by Two River TImes on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    RUMSON – Hundreds of children crossed the finish line Sunday, June 10, in the third annual Kids Triathlon for Bob Kelleher at Victory Park in Rumson. Children, ages 9-14, swam 150-yard swim, biked 4 miles…

    Posted in Front Page, News

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    Young Boat Builders

    by Two River TImes on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    Youngsters show off the vessels they built, called six-hour canoes, constructed during a session sponsored by Navesink Maritime Heritage Association on June 9-10. Teams of adults and teenagers built the wooden canoes behind the Fair…

    Posted in Front Page, News

  • Tuition drops 2.5 percent at Brookdale, Beginning Next Month

    Tuition drops 2.5 percent at Brookdale, Beginning Next Month

    by Two River TImes on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    LINCROFT – Effective next month, the Brook­dale Community College 2013 budget includes a 2.53 percent decrease in tuition rates. “In developing the budget for fiscal year 2013, we focused on one overarching principle – access…

    Posted in Front Page, News

  • Brothers Jeffrey (left) and Steven (right) Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands are competing against one another for a chance to represent the United States at the 2012 Olympics in London this summer.

    Gluckstein Brothers Battle For Final Olympic Spot

    by BDeakyne on Jun 15, 2012 | 2 Comments

    By Brian Deakyne MIDDLETOWN — Between brothers, competition is natural. For most brothers, the encounters regard higher grades in school, being more athletic or just beating their respective sibling at anything they can. For one pair of…

    Posted in Sports, Sports News

  • The Junior League of Monmouth County held it annual dinner June 12, celebrating achievements and inducting their new president. From left: Patsy Carter and her daughter, the league’s outgoing president, Amy Almasy, and new league President Lauren Porter and her mother, Gail Champlin.

    Junior League Honors Members For Service

    by Two River TImes on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    By Anastasia Millicker The Junior League of Monmouth County (JLMC) held its annual dinner Tuesday at the Rumson Country Club Boat House celebrating the club’s past initiatives and welcoming the new president Lauren Porter. The…

    Posted in Front Page, News

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    Borough OKs 2013 St. Pat’s Day Parade

    by Two River TImes on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    By John Burton RUMSON – Bagpipes, shamrocks and emerald green will be in order next March now that a small group of organizers has gotten permission to stage the borough’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade. The…

    Posted in Featured, Front Page, News

  • Wine Bar owner Courtney Rose.

    Visitors Get a Taste of Atlantic Highlands

    by Two River TImes on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    By Dexter Downey ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – Judging by the feedback from merchants and visitors alike, the June 10 event Taste of Atlantic Highlands was a huge success and is putting businesses on the comeback trail.…

    Posted in Featured, Front Page, News

  • John Luard with wife Tonu Gahn lead the fleet around the jibe mark in the second race of the Monmouth Boat Club Full Moon Regatta.

    John Luard Wins 21st MBC Flying Scot Full Moon Regatta

    by Art Petrosomelo on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    By Art Petrosemolo Red Bank – John Luard, sailing with wife Toni Gahn, won the 21st Flying Scot Full Moon Regatta at the Monmouth Boat Club over a field of 21 competitors. Light, variable winds,…

    Posted in Sports

  • Karley Corris and Lisa Bagwell from Erandson Organic Farm, Colts Neck, at the Red Bank Farmers Market, Sunday, June 10.

    Jersey Fresh

    by Two River TImes on Jun 15, 2012 | No Comments

    By Anastasia Millicker Farmers markets have become a summer staple in the Two River area ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – Kylie Read, 4, licked the powder from a doughnut off her mouth as she and her mother browsed…

    Posted in Featured, Front Page, News