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New parish carries on long tradition

LAVALLETTE — What started as a small gift giving tree at St. Bonaventure Church, here, has blossomed into a combined, multitown effort to bring holiday joy to local families — and especially children — in need.

The gift-giving program began about 27 years ago at the hands of Deacon Howard Dalton of St. Bonaventure, and it started small, said Patricia Norman, who now heads the program with her husband, ...

Hit-or-miss season for holiday sales

JERSEY SHORE — With one dismal economic report after another, some local businesses felt the sting of the public’s loss of faith in the business world this holiday shopping season, while other local merchants said they have done surprisingly well despite the dark cloud that has camped out over the economy.

To help promote area businesses and keep residents interested in shopping locally, many area business owners and chambers ...

Point man charged with sexual assault of 16-year-old

POINT PLEASANT — A borough man — who works as a teacher at a North Jersey high school — was arrested late last week after he allegedly engaged in a months-long sexual relationship with an underage girl.

Gustavo Raul Bordenabe, 44, of Roberts Place, was arrested at the Point Pleasant Borough Police station on the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 27, in connection with the alleged relationship, said Ocean ...

Oxley tapped for township attorney post

WALL TOWNSHIP — The head of the Monmouth County Republican Party will be scooping up a leading position, here, come Jan. 7 — that of township attorney.

The three Republicans who will be controlling the township committee in 2009 say the decision is not politically motivated in any way — though others have strongly disputed this assertion.

Joseph W. Oxley, a partner at the Lyndhurst-based Scarinci Hollenbeck, will be ...

Community mourns Spring Lake teenager

SPRING LAKE — The community is sharing the shock and grief of a borough family and offering its condolences after a 19-year-old borough man died last weekend, the victim of an apparent suicide.

Andrew E. Kane, was found dead in the garage of his family’s Tuttle Avenue home early Sunday morning. The Monmouth County Medical Examiner’s Office has determined the young man died as a result of asphyxiation, according ...