• Hotel, assisted living, clinic to occupy former Bell Labs

    BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — A massive redevelopment project slated for the 472-acre Alcatel Lucent property on Crawfords Corner Road is slowly moving from concept to reality. On May 14, the Holmdel Township Planning Board unanimously granted developer Somerset Holmdel LLC a number of “completeness waivers” on the company’s official application, effectively enabling…

  • Keyport gardens bloom for GardenWalk 2013

    KEYPORT — Just six months after Sandy, Keyport’s popular GardenWalk will take place on June 8-9, with even more gardens than last year’s event that brought 1,600 visitors to the borough on the Raritan Bay. Keyport GardenWalk will take place on both days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free event is a self-guided…

  • Keansburg Amusement Park continues 108-year tradition

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Youngsters take a turn on the Tornado on May 18 during the reopening of the Keansburg Amusement Park. After sustaining heavy damage during superstorm Sandy, most boardwalk stands reopened in time for the summer season. PHOTOS BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI I n its 108-year history, Keansburg Amusement Park had its bouts…

  • Hook ready for summer

    All six beaches, most parking lots to be open for Memorial Day weekend BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Two cyclists walk their bikes past a beachside pavilion at Sandy Hook on May 18. The park reopened to the public on May 1, after being shuttered for six months following a massive tidal surge during Sandy.…

  • Shore towns scramble to open for Memorial Day

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer This text will be replaced Judy Fuhrer (l-r), Judy Loeffler and Melanie Goldstein bundle up and enjoy the new boardwalk in Belmar on a recent afternoon. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Many of the Shore boardwalks, beaches and businesses are ready to pick up where they left off before superstorm Sandy…

  • Movies under the stars in Hazlet

    Check out Hazlet Recreation’s free movies in the park.  Enjoy an evening with family and friends to see “Wreck-It-Ralph” (PG) on Monday, June 3. The movie will begin at 8:30 p.m./dusk. Bring a blanket or chair and enjoy an big screen cinema under the stars in Veterans Memorial Park, 1776 Union Ave. 

  • Refund rewards

    It’s spring! Here are 10 ways to roll your federal income tax refund into a cool used coupe or convertible for warm weather weekend excursions. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features A ccording to the Internal Revenue Service, the average federal income tax refund last year was about $2,700, and that number is likely to rise…

  • Brand loyalty, bright ideas

    By Sharon Peters CTW Features Q: This was a topic of conversation on a four-person road trip recently: All of our parents and grandparents were extremely loyal to a particular make of car (not to the same make, but all of them went back to their own manufacturer of choice again and again). That doesn’t…

  • Realtors host ‘Meet The Jersey Shore Mayors’

    The Monmouth County Association of Realtors (MCAR) recently hosted “Meet the Jersey Shore Mayors” at the Riverview Pavilion in Belmar. Approximately 70 Realtors from Monmouth and Ocean counties had the opportunity to listen to the mayors speak on how Superstorm Sandy impacted their particular communities and how they are restoring and rebuilding. MCAR was particularly…

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