• Library branches join in ‘One Book, One Community’

    The Monmouth County Library is once again participating in the “One Book, One Community” program. This year, activities in the program will center on Kenneth Grahame’s classic, “The Wind in the Willows.” The “One Book, One Community” program is designed to unite the Monmouth County community through discussion, literacy, education and local arts events centered…

  • November is Jazz Month at Monmouth County Library

    MANALAPAN — For more than 35 years, the Monmouth County Library has provided residents with quality jazz at the library’s free afternoon concerts. In 2012, November is Jazz Month with a series of concerts and lectures designed to entertain and educate the listener. November will feature Sunday concerts at library headquarters in Manalapan by the…

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    Jack Shanabrook, who is now a member of the Milltown American Legion, mans the gunline on board the USS Brush, a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam, in 1968. Shanabrook’s wife Kathy says he will always be a hero to the family, including their son and daughter, and five granddaughters. As…

  • Futures of students riding on Public Question No. 1

    Tuesday, Nov. 6, is an important day for our nation, state and future. In addition to casting our presidential vote, we have the opportunity to have a say on the future of New Jersey’s colleges and universities. Public Question No. 1, the Building Our Future Bond Act, would authorize the state to issue $750 million…

  • Ron Paul values life, freedom, Constitution

    A n element of the 1 percenters controls the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the mainstream media. An election play is about to take place, with the appointed contenders (Mitt Romney and Barack Obama). No matter what the vote count (is), the 1 percenters win and the people lose. The wasted vote is for…

  • Romney-Ryan plan would end two programs

    As an elder law attorney for several years and a former surrogate of Monmouth County, I am very concerned about the threat to Medicare and Medicaid, which the Republican candidates for president and vice president pose to the future of these programs. In both 2011 and 2012, Paul Ryan presented budgets to the Congress (which…

  • FMERA revises formula to benefit towns

    Weighted criteria will determine cost of acquiring properties at Fort Monmouth BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Criteria used to determine the price of properties at Fort Monmouth have been revised to make the land available at a lower cost to municipalities, other public entities and nonprofits. “We changed some of the points and the weighting…

  • LBHA oversight brings progress in Asbury housing

    Agency’s initiatives cut debt in half at Asbury Park Housing Authority BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — In the first four months of oversight, the Long Branch Housing Authority (LBHA) has decreased debt and increased resident satisfaction at Asbury Park public housing, according to the agency’s executive director. “One of our goals is…

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