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A new champion was crowned in the Monmouth Mile Aug. 29 at Christian Brothers Academy’s new George Sheehan Stadium.

They come every summer, despite the heat, feasting on hot dogs and steaks, ice-cold beer and custom cocktails. But while the food is great, they are really here for one reason – to see the horses run. And this Saturday, Monmouth Park hosts the jewel of the racing season, the $1,000,000 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes.

The Atlantic Highlands Republicans held an election night vigil at the law office of Wendy Crowther on First Avenue, hosting a crowd of about 25 supporters, family members and friends who came to stand by their candidates – James Murphy for mayor, and Ellen O’Dwyer-Woods and Arthur “Vinnie” Whitehead for borough council.

Last October, 79-year-old Mary Nichols fell unconscious in her Rumson home. When Nichols didn’t show up to meet a friend, her husband, Robert Nichols, rushed home to find her passed out and called 911.

The history, legacy and challenges facing New Jersey’s indigenous population have been widely documented. In its latest installment of the Let’s Talk About Race series, the Red Bank Public Library invited leaders of the Ramapough Lenape nation – Michaeline Picaro and her husband, the Turtle Clan Chief Vincent Mann – for a first-person account of the challenges their community still faces.

Red Bank is turning over a new leaf this spring with its first nonpartisan election process being held in May and an even more competitive mayoral race is stirring with the announcement of Timothy J. Hogan, president and chief hospital executive of Riverview Medical Center, as a candidate.

In the most recent installment of the Red Bank Library's Let's Talk About Race program, speakers discussed the relationship between racism and religion.