The Coaster

By TOM CARDINALE
Vegetables, popcorn and even pizza get high marks at the Bradley Beach Elementary School. But dont let them eat cake.
Bradley Beach Elementary School is adjusting well to the new state wide regulations on school food, according to Superintendent Dr. Wayne Turner. He credits the school’s gradual move to the lower sugar foods, even [...]

Gannon Construction, general contractor in Neptune, has been named the construction company for the new Asbury Park Design Center, scheduled to open on Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park in May.
513 Cookman, LLC, the city real estate development company, awarded the construction of its new project to the commercial division of Gannon Construction.

We would [...]

Asbury Parks Grand Arcade in Convention Hall has been transformed into a Christmas Village from now until Dec. 31 complete with shops, eateries and a bar.
The centerpiece at the arcade is a 30-foot live tree festooned all in red ornaments. Another 60 smaller, live trees decorated with tiny white lights are situated in clusters [...]

By RICHARD VIRGILIO
Cheers to Asbury Park and its 110th holiday season – enthralling events (First Night), terrific theatre (Scrooge at the Paramount), dynamic decorations (homes on every street and avenue), rocking restaurants (new and established) and super shopping (Cookman Avenue to Main Street).
Check out Asbury Parks original and special retailers. Oprah revealed her Favorite Things [...]

By TOM CARDINALE
Monmouth Regional High School senior, and Tinton Falls resident, Gina Falcone (center) is joined by her batting and pitching coaches, Matt Passerelle and Jacelyn Peterson (standing) as well as her sister Christina, mom Donna, sister Maria, and guidance counselor Sharon Chunn (seated, left to right) as she signs her National Letter of Intent [...]

By TOM CARDINALE
The Asbury Park Pop Warner Pee Wee Blue Bishops defeated the Bergen Broncos from Rivervale, NJ 12-0 on Friday, November 23 to win the Pop Warner Eastern Region Championship. The eastern region is comprised of teams from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland and Washington, D.C.
The win earned the team [...]

What do you want for Christmas?

Jamie Ryan, Neptune
An Ipod to listen to music. I like all kinds of music.
The knex roller coaster and video games.

By BONNIE GRAHAM
Garrett Husveth, President of Latent Technology Group, presented an informative, hour-long talk on Internet predators/Data forensics A Parents Guide to the Internet at Saturdays meeting of the Ocean Grove Home Owners Association.
The meeting was held in the Camp Meeting Associations Community Room.