• Alston reinstated as police chief, retires

    Settlement with boro includes full benefits, pension BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer James Alston MATAWAN — Former Police Chief James Alston’s title has been restored and he has retired from the borough police department with $57,943 in back pay under terms of a settlement agreement between the borough of Matawan and Alston. The agreement, which…

  • Girls at home on fields of competition

    Title IX marks 40 years; opportunities for young women have multiplied BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Shore Regional High School vs. Freehold High School, 1977-78 season. There is a new normal in high school athletics as a result of Title IX. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark federal legislation that prohibited discrimination…

  • Taking recovery into their own hands

    Pt. Monmouth volunteers improvise vital relief project in wake of storm BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Donated food and clothing lined the garage bays and office spaces of the Port Monmouth firehouse as the building was transformed into a relief center following superstorm Sandy. The relief center established at the Port Monmouth firehouse in the…

  • Middletown waits for answers from FEMA

    Plans to rebuild stalled while agency prepares new flood-elevation maps BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Storm-related issues still dominate the conversation in Middletown, as residents and township officials try to navigate myriad logistical and bureaucratic hurdles in their efforts to recoup, regroup and rebuild. At the Dec. 3 Township Committee workshop meeting, residents such as…

  • Title IX marks 40 years

    This year marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX — federal legislation that prohibited discrimination based on an individual’s gender in schools and opened the door for female participation in sports at the high school and college levels. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Crreattiive carr tthefftts

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Criminals are finding new ways to victimize auto owners and car buyers. The good news for motorists is that the number of auto thefts dropped last year by 3.3 percent, according to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bad news is that still means a car is…

  • Q&A

    Blind-sided with Sharon Peters Q: My car has no blind spot detector. I’ve tried attaching one of those tiny mirrors to the side mirror, and it’s not very helpful. Are there other options? A: You might try the $60 Allview Mirror System, which, at 15 to 17 inches wide, is much bigger than standard in-cabin…

  • real estate briefs 

    Seven Monmouth County sales associates with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. are among the company’s Top 50 agents year-to-date for September 2012. The following agents from the company’s Monmouth County offices ranked in the Top 50 of more than 3,000 agents in the categories of sales production and units…

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