Asbury Park Press Looking To Close Neptune Office

Office was considered state-of-the-art newspaper facility when it opened in 1985

The Asbury Park Press is putting its Neptune office building on the market and will begin to look for a new location, the newspaper reported Thursday. According to the newspaper's website, "The company's manufacturing facility moved to Neptune from Asbury Park in 1980, followed by its news and business office operations in 1985." The Route 66 office was considered state-of-the-art when the newspaper moved from its much smaller facility at Press Plaza in Asbury Park. The newspaper went beyond the warehouse look that was typical of media offices, and created a building with a glassy lobby, cafeteria, a nurse's office and a running trail. More information can be found here: http://www.app.com/article/20130110/NJNEWS/301100032/Asbury-Park-…

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FlyerzFan

5:24 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

Local coverage at most of the Gannett newspapers has suffered given the many editorial cuts the company has made. The Daily Record in Parsippany may be the worst.   more ›

Now and Then

Celebrating Women's History Month: Tribute to Journalist, Activist Doris Kulman

Kulman's work is now on display at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library, New Brunswick

Doris Kulman Raffolovich spoke softly, but had a big voice. As a journalist, she was fearless, precise and always seemed to know which question would get to the core of the issue. She was a strong voice for women’s rights, civil rights, and social justice. My friend and mentor, Doris Kulman (her byline) died last July at the age of 85, still speaking softy; and, still preparing to raise her pen in defense of those who do not have a platform from which to focus attention on an injustice.  As one of her friends said during a luncheon in her honor last month, Doris lived every day of her life with integrity and the joy of living. Doris’ work as a journalist committed to women’s rights and social justice has been recognized a number of times …

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Elaine Van Develde

5:05 pm on Sunday, July 3, 2011

I agree with you completely, Suzanne, as does Linda DeNicola (who wrote it), I'm certain. We strive to keep that tradition going. ;)   more ›

An artist who values colorful news

Middletown sculptor creates with newsprint, glue

Middletown sculptor Riccardo Berlingeri burst onto the local art scene only few years ago, a colorful, newsworthy man in his own right. He was ready to share a lifetime full of images that intertwined the nature he studied and worshipped with his passion for ecology and the printed word. And he created an unprecedented art medium to do so.   Raised on the Italian island of Capri, Berlingeri spent much of his life studying its natural wonders as well as the manmade art in the great cathedrals of Rome. The never-too-late blooming teacher-turned artist, who, for the most part, uses only newsprint and glue to craft his pieces, began his trek into the United States in 1997 and Monmouth County world of arts a decade later, in 2007.   It was then…

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