• Aberdeen rec offers winery/AC trip

    ABERDEEN — The township’s Recreation Department has scheduled a senior citizens trip on Wednesday, June 29, to the Renault Winery in Galloway Township and to an Atlantic City casino. The trip is open to Aberdeen seniors age 55 and over. Nonresidents may sign up after the June 1 resident deadline, if space is available. The…

  • What part of ‘no’ can’t they seem to understand?

    CODA GREG BEAN I just finished watching a 30-minute paid political advertisement titled “Run, Chris, Run!” that outlined all the reasons New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie should leave the state where he was recently elected to serve as our top elected official, run for president against Barack Obama and move to Washington, D.C. The ad…

  • Walk aims to bring suicide out of the darkness

    t sundown on June 4, nearly 2,000 people will participate in the Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk (www.TheOvernight.org), an 18-mile walk that ends the following morning at sunrise. Many of the participants walk because they suffer, or have a friend or family member who suffers, with a mood disorder, or because they have lost…

  • Hazlet resident urges Gov to stop wind turbine project

    A s a primer, it is seriously recommended that the reader go to his computer and call up the following: www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/print/article/2011/ 02/ looking- for- wind- indus t ryleadership in-reducing-noise-impact. Although posted on the over-arching pro-Renewable Energy World website, it is an outright indictment of the wind energy industry and its minions, such as the Bayshore…

  • Lawsuit: Something’s fishy with Highlands bridge

    Attorney: Tidal changes, winds force out commercial fishermen BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A borough business owner and a group of commercial fishermen have filed suit against the state Department of Transportation (DOT) for damages they claim were caused by construction of the new Highlands Bridge. In the suit filed in state…

  • Mid’twn intersections to get red-light cameras

    Township says safety, not revenue, is primary benefit BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Based on claims of increased safety, Middletown is in discussions with several companies to install redlight cameras at major intersections. Township Administrator Anthony Mercantante said at the May 2 Township Committee meeting that the potential to increase traffic safety is…

  • Aberdeen seeks proposals for solar system at five sites

    BYMIKE DAVIS Correspondent ABERDEEN — Township officials plan to issue a request for proposals (RFP) from developers to create a 557,000 kilowatt hour solar installation on five municipal properties. The system would supply 70 percent of the energy used at the five sites. The solar installations will be negotiated through a power purchase agreement (PPA)…

  • Giuliani to keynote Voices of September 11th gala

    Hundreds of 9/11 survivors, friends and families of victims and corporate representatives will gather on June 1 for the fourth annual Always Remember Gala. The event will be hosted by New Brunswick-based Voices of September 11th (VOICES), a prominent 9/11 organization that provides support services and programs for all those impacted by the attacks on…

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