Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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Eagle Scout project honors late Shore Regional High student
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A local Eagle Scout project is paying homage to a former Shore Regional High School student who battled cancer for more than 18 months before passing away in November of 2014. On May 25, family, friends, students, faculty and local officials came out to support…
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Coldwell Banker honors award-winning sales agents with Broadway trip
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently hosted a two-day New York City Networking Event to honor approximately 365 award-winning real estate agents from New Jersey, Connecticut and Westchester and Rockland counties in New York. The affiliated agents were treated to a stay at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square and greeted with a networking…
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Sunset Avenue Bridge reopened
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — After being closed for more than a year, the Sunset Avenue Bridge, connecting Ocean Township and Asbury Park over Deal Lake, has officially reopened. Officials commemorated the opening of the new and improved bridge during a May 27 press conference. “This project, along with the nearby Main…
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Smart ways to use a reverse mortgage
Reverse mortgages are inching back as a possible option for careful borrowers. By Erik J. Martin Content That Works Heading into your retirement years and looking to delay tapping into Social Security, increase monthly cash flow, and diversify your retirement funds with an extra source of money? You may want to move your real estate…
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Townhouses rise in popularity as an affordable option
By Marilyn Kennedy Melia Content That Works When it comes to the roof over their heads, most people want the same thing: A house of their own. “Surveys clearly indicate a preference among all age groups for homeownership, and homeownership in single-family homes,” says Robert Dietz, chief economist at the National Association of Home Builders.…
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Veterans walking to Washington, D.C. for ‘Refuge’
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer HOLMDEL — After Mike Dowens was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2006, life went on. The veteran, who was a search-and-rescue swimmer with stints in the Middle East, Somalia, Liberia and Haiti, became a Holmdel police officer in 2008, and he and his wife, Christine, welcomed a baby boy.…
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Tribute will honor the late director of the Old Bridge Concert Band
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Joseph Kaschak poured his heart and soul into the Old Bridge Concert Band, as well as his students. It is only fitting the very music program that he began many years ago is holding a free memorial concert for Kaschak, who passed away last July at the…
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Large areas of Navesink River affected by contamination
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RED BANK — Portions of the Navesink River in Red Bank have been contaminated, rendering them unsuitable for public use. Those findings were announced by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). That triggered the Clean Ocean Action, a Highlands-based nonprofit dedicated to improving water quality along the New…
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Casey Wall was captain of the Lebanon Valley College’s baseball team in 2016. The junior who graduated from Colts Neck High School is a right-handed starting pitcher. Wall went 3-for-4 and was the team co-leader in appearances (10) and complete games (three) and was second in strikeouts (31). Lebanon Valley’s baseball team finished the season…
