• Grants pay unemployed workers for storm-related jobs

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Municipalities still recovering from the superstorm are taking advantage of a federal grant program that pays the salaries of unemployed workers hired for Sandy-related work. Eileen Higgins, executive director of the Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board, said in a June 20 interview that the National Emergency Grant, which is funded…

  • Kids’ summer reading at Middletown library

    Young readers can explore all things underground and more this summer as Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, presents its summer library program, “Dig Into Reading.” The program is open to readers and those learning to read entering up to grade 6. Activities will include programs on dinosaurs, animals that live underground, pirates’…

  • Aberdeen prioritizing projects for hazard plan

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Possible buyouts and home elevations are among the projects that may be included in the township’s hazard mitigation plan. Aberdeen Police Chief John Powers, coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), said at the June 18 Township Council meeting that officials are considering the inclusion of post-Sandy…

  • Proposed bills help prevent violations of public trust

    I n New Jersey, we’re fortunate to have two fantastic tools to help maintain open government at all levels — the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), and the Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA). When enacted, these two laws were revolutionary concepts that redefined elected officials’ relationship to the people who elected them…

  • Press Assoc. urges support for bills

    This is an open letter to New Jersey’s state senators: With the passage of time and well-documented advances in technology, New Jersey’s “open government” legislation requires an upgrade. Doing so is essential to ensure our citizens have ready access to their government records and meetings, thereby affirming New Jersey’s policy of transparency in government. To…

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  • Battle over natural gas port proposal resurfaces

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The latest proposal to build an East Coast deepwater natural gas port is once again drawing the ire of area activists, who contend that the project will significantly impact New Jersey residents despite its new location. Liberty Natural Gas (LNG) officials, however, say the port — dubbed Port Ambrose —…

  • Holmdel Kiwanis Club holds golf fundraiser

    The Kiwanis Club of Holmdel will present the 18th annual Dominick J. Luccarelli Golf Outing at the Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune, on July 15, with a shotgun start at 12:45 p.m. Proceeds will benefit various charities the club supports. This year, the Holmdel Kiwanis Club will honor Paul J. Hooker,…

  • Engineer: Keyport sewer system ‘falling apart’

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Following five sewerrelated infrastructure failures in the last four months, borough officials are pursuing federal funding to finance a major overhaul of Keyport’s 110-year-old system. Contractors are already at work on a comprehensive project designed to retrofit the borough’s existing clay sewer lines, but more work will be…

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