• Hazlet business group names winners of contest

    HAZLET — Each year, the Hazlet Business Owners Association (HBOA) sponsors a window-decorating contest for students at Raritan High School. Students decorate the windows at the Airport Shopping Plaza with festive holiday displays, and one display is chosen as the winner. The HBOA has announced that this year’s winning window display was created by Dan…

  • Hazlet business administrator resigns

    Valentino, twp. cite ‘amicable’ split following election of new committee members BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer HAZLET — After two and a half years on the job, township Business Administrator Brian Valentino has officially parted ways with Hazlet. In what both sides called an “extremely amicable” split, the township accepted Valentino’s resignation on Jan. 22,…

  • Black history comes alive at BCC through February

    MIDDLETOWN — Black History Month events kick off at Brookdale Community College on Jan. 31 and continue through February. The Black History 101 Mobile Museum, containing a collection of more than 3,000 rare artifacts of black memorabilia, will be at the Lincroft main campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Memorabilia spanning from the time…

  • Town centers in plans for fort parcels

    FMERA seeks buyers for mixed-use development of Eatontown, Tinton Falls tracts BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority is seeking a developer for a 53-acre tract in the Eatontown portion of Fort Monmouth, the site of six WWII-era buildings. PHOTO COURTESY OF FMERA EATONTOWN — Bustling town centers with a mix…

  • Bayshore council to advise towns recovering from Sandy

    Environmentalist warns developers are poised to acquire vacated properties BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Residents survey damage to townhomes in Union Beach from the superstorm. The Bayshore Regional Watershed Council will advise local communities how to rebuild according to standards that will make towns safer and more sustainable. ERIC SUCAR staff KEYPORT — A local…

  • Holmdel rallies support for Keansburg

    Residents, officials collaborate on March 1 fundraiser for storm-rocked neighbor BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — As part of its continuing Sandy-aid partnership with the borough of Keansburg, Holmdel Township will be hosting a March 1 fundraiser with the goal of raising more than $100,000 for rebuilding and relief efforts in the Bayshore town.…

  • CODA

    With ban lifted, will women need to register for the draft? GREG BEAN The news last week that the Pentagon had lifted its ban on women in front-line combat roles was largely greeted as a positive step toward gender equality in our military. Over the course of our conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, women in…

  • Bone marrow donor sought for local youth

    RED BANK — Bone marrow donors are needed for a 14-year-old Red Bank Catholic High School student battling acute myeloid leukemia. Tommy Cleary was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in April 2012. With treatment, he achieved remission after six months, but the disease returned last month. Tommy now needs a bone marrow transplant and his…

  • Tighter criteria needed for housing project

    Somerset Development’s concept plan for the Alcatel-Lucent tract heavily emphasizes new construction of 225 houses with scant mention of this tract’s existing main building. Holmdel Township needs to introduce stronger motivation to increase developer focus on revitalizing this existing building as a viable ratable. This concept plan focuses on “skimming the cream” from this tract’s…

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