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JEFF GRANIT staff Patricia Kilroy and nephew Kevin Barnett, Fair Haven, head for the ocean during the annual Polar Bear Plunge held on the beach in Sea Bright on New Year’s Day.
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Beck legacy: developers’ disclosure ordinance
Despite builders BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer By a vote of 3-1, the much-discussed developers’ disclosure ordinance was passed at a special meeting of the Red Bank Borough Council last week — with some prompting by departing Councilwoman Jennifer Beck. With both Councilwoman Sharon Lee and Councilman Robert J. Bifani absent…
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The Hub’s top stories of 2005
From stories with regional impact to the closing of longtime local businesses, these are the top stories of last year 1 1 Fort Monmouth targeted for closure by Pentagon The Pentagon announced on May 13 that Fort Monmouth, an 88-year-old U.S. Army base located in parts of Eatontown, Oceanport and Tinton Falls was recommended for…
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Future of fort tops list at Oceanport reorg mtg.
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent OCEANPORT — The Borough Council and Mayor Lucille Chaump honored former Mayor Maria Gatta, at the town’s reorganization meeting on New Year’s Day and discussed the challenges that the new year would bring to the borough. Before Chaump presented the 2005 Mayor’s Lifetime Achievement Award to members of…
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CECOM redevelopment one step closer to go
Site to be developed as age-restricted housing by PRC Group BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — The borough Planning Board adopted a resolution last week granting preliminary major subdivision and site plan approval for Heather Glen, a redevelopment project at the former Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) building. “Now…
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Valentin names first assistant prosecutor
Warshaw promoted; Pasterchick to be chief of county detectives BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer FREEHOLD — As 2006 begins, two longtime law enforcement officials take on new leadership posts with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Peter A. Warshaw Jr., a 19-year veteran of the Prosecutor’s Office, and Michael Pasterchick Jr., a…
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Parker’s Creek study model for region
Study will form basis for regional plan for stormwater mgmt. BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer The partners in the Parker’s Creek Stormwater Management Project, funded by a state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) grant, came together on Dec. 8 to report on their progress over the past four years. The meeting,…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Participants in the American Littoral Society’s 28th annual New Year’s Day Beach Walk on Sandy Hook walk past historic buildings at Fort Hancock as they head to the beach on Jan. 1.
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Returning beauty for acts of charity
Photographer founds Internet gallery to raise funds for hurricane victims BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer “Swan’s Desert Storm Dahlia” by Ree Slocum For fine art photographer Peter Cohen, the televised images of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina was an assault on his senses and compelled him to do something. “It…
