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MVS online fees reduced by 25 percent
Customers who go online to conduct certain motor vehicle transactions will save nearly $360,000 in fees over the next year with a new state agreement recently announced by Motor Vehicle Commission Chairman and Chief Administrator Raymond P. Martinez and State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff. Under the agreement, contracted vendor NICUSA Inc. will now process credit card…
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Many choices for voters on Nov. 6
School board candidates join political office-seekers on ballot in most towns BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer For the first time, voters who to go the polls in hundreds of towns in New Jersey on Nov. 6 will be asked to vote for local school board members in addition to casting a vote for president,…
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Cover story
State public questions State Public Question No. 1 Building our future bond act Do you approve the “Building Our Future Bond Act”? This bond act authorizes the State to issue bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $750 million to provide matching grants to New Jersey’s colleges and universities. Money from the grants will be…
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Aberdeen dedicates street in honor of fallen Marine
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A crowd gathered quietly and waited for the covering to be torn away from a new street sign in Cliffwood last week during a special dedication ceremony on Oct. 20. Roy and Georgette Frank, parents of fallen U.S. Marine LCpl. Phillip E. Frank, stood beneath the sign, with…
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Sixth District race reprises Pallone vs. Little contest
Incumbent Dem and GOP challenger cite jobs, healthcare as local and national issues BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. The race for the 6th District Congressional seat is a repeat of the 2010 challenge by Highlands Mayor Anna Little to 12-term incumbent Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. In the Nov. 6 election, Pallone,…
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Sandy leaves widespread destruction
Sandy has officially rolled away from the Garden State, leaving in her wake a mass of loss and devastation that may never fully be healed. As of Oct. 31, more than 260,000 Monmouth County residents were without power, accounting for 93 percent of JCP&L customers in the county. Traffic lights dangled lifeless in the breeze,…
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Ready to tally
Voting machines are ready to be rolled out from the Monmouth County Board of Elections office in Freehold. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Signs will direct voters to polling places
The Middletown Township Clerk’s Office announced Monday that signs will be posted at all polling locations within the township advising residents where to vote in the event their polling location has changed. For further information, call 732-615-2014.
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Mid’twn to celebrate Halloween Nov. 11
While Gov. Chris Christie has announced that Halloween will be celebrated on Monday Nov. 5, after assessing conditions throughout Middletown and consulting with the Middletown Township Police Department and township emergency management officials it has been determined that conditions throughout the township are still far too unsafe on many streets to risk the safety of…
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