• ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’

    The Home Instead Senior Care in Eatontown is partnering with retailers and community organizations to help seniors receive gifts and companionship through the “Be a Santa to a Senior” program. Anyone interested in participating in this program by purchasing a requested gift for a senior can take an ornament from a “Be a Santa to…

  • Medicaid needs to be expanded

    The Affordable Care Act offers unique benefits for the uninsured and helps New Jersey take strides in mending our troubled economy. Expanding Medicaid will give over 300,000 uninsured New Jerseyans access to health coverage. Currently, one in four New Jersey adults without dependents does not have health coverage. Additionally, small businesses in New Jersey would…

  • Some holiday traditions are not for the faint of heart

    CODA GREG BEAN As I was grazing through the Greater Media Newspapers website last week, I came across a notice soliciting favorite family stories for their Holiday Traditions special section that will be published Dec. 19-20. “Does your family have a special holiday or festival tradition that helps mark the holiday and ties the generations…

  • Feasibility of plan for GSP Exit 105 questioned

    Turnpike Authority will accept public comment through Jan. 28 BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Residents and public officials raised concerns last week that plans to reconfigure the Garden State Parkway (GSP) Exit 105 interchange are a temporary solution to serious local traffic problems. During a presentation and public comment session at the…

  • ‘New Beginnings’ 2013 showcases lucky ‘tails’

    The heartwarming stories of 12 alumni of the Homeward Bound Adoption Center and their new beginnings are featured in the Monmouth County SPCA’s 2013 “New Beginnings” calendar. “New Beginnings” is available for $10 at the MCSPCA locations in Eatontown and Freehold Raceway Mall, online at www.monmouthcountyspca.org, and select retailers throughout Monmouth County. In the tradition…

  • Housing at fort being readied for Sandy evacuees

    FEMA renovating 45 units to house local residents displaced by superstorm BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer A rea residents displaced by superstorm Sandy will begin to be placed in temporary housing at Fort Monmouth this month, a spokeswoman for the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) said last week. A former U.S. Army lodging building, Building…

  • City ponders time frame for boardwalk rebuilding

    Long Branch City Council approves $5M note for storm costs BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Long Branch officials do not think the boardwalk, which was destroyed by superstorm Sandy, will be rebuilt in time for the upcoming beach season. KENNY WALTER Long Branch officials are considering how to rebuild the beachfront boardwalk to withstand future…

  • Towns give JCP&L storm wish list

    Resolution to be adopted by governing bodies asks for improved response BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer A capital plan for infrastructure upgrades and on-site support for municipalities during power outages are among the improvements locals mayors are asking Jersey Central Power & Light to adopt in response to severe weather events. Drawn up as a…

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