Navesink News

Construction at the primary school thwarted plans of the fledging educational foundation to hold its first public event at the 17 acres of natural area there, but the Red Bank Borough Education Foundation's picnic helped further the drive to make the school an outdoor education center.

It's back, but bigger. Developers, who were granted approvals to build a six-story addition to a existing senior apartment building and convert it to a continuing care center for senior citizens, want to make it higher.

Ledger Live: Red Bank keeps fireworks with Kaboom! Ledger Live for Thursday July 2nd, 2009 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue.

Oscar Manco and his wife, Lina Sierra, of Hackensack, huddle under their umbrella together in the bright sunlight at Riverside Garden Park Friday as they wait for the fireworks to begin over the Navesink River in Red Bank.

Oh say can you see - four ways to celebrate the Fourth of July? Read on, patriotic friend, as we explore four ways across New Jersey to salute America - with fireworks, parades, historical sites and the movies.

Before the fireworks go 'Ka-Boom' on Friday night, roads will close as the borough swells to about 10 times the normal population.

Looking for ways to celebrate Independence Day? Search no further than the Shore this weekend as plenty of food, entertainment, and of course, fireworks are available to mark the day.

The organizers of two major events here - the annual jazz festival and fireworks - have been warned that they may have to change venue next summer if bulkhead repairs at Marine Park are not completed by then.

Phil Cardelfe was 19 when he took a job as a mason's assistant and spent the summer digging ditches, carrying blocks and mixing concrete.

The rocket's red glare costs a pretty penny these days. In some New Jersey communities, the night skies will be dark come Fourth of July weekend: Fireworks displays will be one more victim of the recession.

A west side residential street is likely soon to be renamed after a borough favorite son who recently passed away, according to the mayor.

The School district's administration on Wednesday will give a presentation on what they are calling their "final" full-day kindergarten expansion plan.

The state's largest fireworks show will go on as planned July 3, but spectators at the annual Ka-Boom extravaganza will be asked to donate to defray costs of the event which is about 25 percent shy of covering all its costs.

About 100 people gathered at Riverside Gardens Park on West Front Street Tuesday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of a Tinton Falls boy being abducted by his mother.

"It is a tough year," observed Peter Reinhart, chairman for Kaboom! Fireworks on the Navesink, the not-for-profit group that organizes and raises the money for the annual July 3 fireworks extravaganza on the river.

Watch your back, Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival. There's a Benny to your north, and he's looking to take a big-band bite out of New Jersey's jazz-festival business.

The Borough of Highlands Recreation Department is gearing up for a busy summer of programs, events, sports camps and special activities throughout the summer.

Down to the sea in little ships. For the 11th year in a row, young members of the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association's River Ranger program for youths are building by hand a small armada of wooden canoes that eventually will be launched in the Navesink and Swimming rivers to be used for river exploration this summer.

School superintendent Karen Bilbao said the district hopes to implement full-day, fully inclusive kindergarten for all students in all elementary schools by the 2010-11 school year, largely through the use of $2.6 million in federal stimulus funds.

Captain quips: "We're the slowest boat on the river" By Michael L. Diamond * BUSINESS WRITER * June 3, 2009 For a dozen years, Ed Pomianoski has guided the Great Ga-Zee Boat up and down the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers, past giant yachts and million-dollar mansions, past pristine coastline and even dolphins.