• Keyport OKs police auxiliary

    Volunteer force will help with events, traffic, patrol and emergencies BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — After more than a year of discussion among police officials and Borough Council members, a police auxiliary is coming to Keyport. Having postponed the idea over budgetary concerns last August, the council unanimously approved a resolution formally establishing…

  • Online courses pursued by undergrads, grad students

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Think back to your college years. Heavy textbooks, in-depth lectures and grueling nights in the library might come to mind. Current scholars must overcome the same challenges. But for a growing number of students, the road to a college degree includes a drive through a promising, new frontier — the…

  • Mayor, Zucker have high hopes for Lucent property

    Developer vows to stick closely to township redevelopment plan BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The 2 million-square-foot former Bell Labs building on Crawfords Corner Road in Holmdel — once called “the biggest mirror ever” — has stood vacant since 2006. KEITH HEUMILLER HOLMDEL — Somerset Development President Ralph Zucker is pretty familiar with the Holmdel…

  • Residents should be on gourd for pumpkin patch

    Christ the King Lutheran Church is selling pumpkins as a fundraiser BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Volunteers help unload and organize thousands of pumpkins from a trailer on Oct. 13. The pumpkins are now on sale at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Kendall Park as part of a fundraiser. Christ the King Lutheran Church…

  • Candidates for Matawan council

    Councilwoman Toni Angelini (R) Deputy director of communications, MVC Q What is the main issue facing Matawan and how would you address it? Angelini: Our biggest challenges in the past three years have been changes at the state level, pertaining to the amount of funding made available to municipalities and the decreasing value of real…

  • Online instruction is still developing

    The ability to work on college courses regardless of where an individual finds himself during the day is one attractive aspect of online education. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Questions remain as to whether schools may collaborate at some time in future

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer From lectures transmitted via radio to residents of the remote Australian outback to mail-in quizzes based on televised economics lessons in the mid- 1900s, the roots of distance education grow deep. Now, the Internet is the prime tool used by universities to offer students the chance to earn a degree…

  • Superior Court rules for BRSA

    Judge: Union Beach cannot enforce turbine ordinance BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA) scored another victory in court today in its fight with the borough of Union Beach over a controversial wind turbine project. State Superior Court Judge Honora Kilgallen heard cross motions from both parties at the…

  • Costliest insurance states

    Michiganders pay the highest percentage of their average annual incomes for car insurance, according to data compiled by CarInsuranceQuotes.com. All else being equal, car insurance rates differ from state-to-state according to a number of variables, including state insurance regulations, costs for car repairs and medical care, insurance fraud taking place within the state, the number…

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