• Commercial, nonprofit uses sought for Fort Hancock

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Historic buildings stand on Officer’s Row at Fort Hancock eight months after they were damaged by flooding during superstorm Sandy. The National Park Service is soliciting interest from private entities to reuse and preserve the 120-year-old fort. KEITH HEUMILLER A s the rest of Sandy Hook has resumed operating as…

  • Celebrate the Freedom of Information Act

    This Independence Day marks 47 years since the landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was signed into federal law. Yet Americans are still distrustful of government. A 2013 Pew Research Center poll showed that only 26 percent of Americans surveyed say they can trust government in Washington “almost always or most of the time” —…

  • It’s no fun, but the life you save may well be your own

    CODA Greg Bean Here’s what I learned on my summer vacation: If you’re 50 years old and haven’t had your first colonoscopy, talk to your doctor, make an appointment and get ’er done. If you’re 60, and due for your 10- year checkup colonoscopy, don’t put it off. I did for almost a year, and…

  • Final parcel in Freneau acquisition in the works

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The township is in the process of negotiating the acquisition of an additional 88-acre parcel of open space in the Freneau section of Aberdeen for preservation. If acquired, the parcel would be the third and largest subsection of the 183.5 acres that will be preserved to create a…

  • Middletown district puts changes in place for 2013-14

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — With a long and sometimes difficult 2012-13 school year in the rearview mirror, the Middletown Township Board of Education is now focusing on renovations and other changes that will positively impact each of the district’s 17 schools. During the board’s June 25 agenda meeting, Superintendent of Schools William…

  • Keyport foodie throwdown kicks off summer of recovery

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer This text will be replaced Celebrity chef Bobby Flay (l) and Drew’s Bayshore Bistro owner Drew Araneo compete in a “Voodoo Shrimp Throwdown” on the Keyport waterfront June 27. Nearly 2,000 showed up to cheer the local chef on to victory. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR When an international celebrity like…

  • Summer jobs are salvation for some

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Sean Wilson mans the grill at Tony’s Sausage, Dogs & Cheese Steaks on the boardwalk in Asbury Park on June 28. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Summer in New Jersey typically means beach days, barbecues and time away from the office. But for many young people, the warm weather sparks a…

  • Mid-priced Mercedes

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: Our 29-year-old salesman son says that this fall he’s going to buy a new Mercedes. When we expressed concern that he wasn’t quite in a financial position yet to be strapping himself to payments for a $40,000 car, he assured us that he’s aware of that and that this car…

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