• Senators should support EPA, ensure clean air

    When considering the public health of New Jersey families, the ability to breathe clean air should be a main concern. However, coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities release hundreds of thousands of tons of dangerous pollutants every year. According to a study done by the Clean Air Task Force in 2010, more than 13,000 deaths…

  • Nonprofits needed on Sandy Hook, not hotels

    Fort Hancock is heating up again with, perhaps, a hotel in its future. For 10 years, a battle centered on whether fort buildings should be rehabilitated to attract forprofit commercial tenants — in a National Park, of all places. Fortunately, the Park Service’s bungling attempt to be wannabe entrepreneurs fell flat on its face. Unfortunately,…

  • Courts protected Sandy Hook’s land, not its buildings

    Due to the Sandy Hook Foundation’s latest statements wherein its members falsely proclaimed that the preservation of the Fort Hancock buildings is the primary mission of the National Park Service at Sandy Hook, I must once again correct the Sandy Hook Foundation, Contrary to what the Sandy Hook Foundation would have the public believe, there…

  • Sandy Hook Foundation applauds NPS’s efforts

    The Sandy Hook Foundation would like to thank all those who attended the two open houses hosted by the National Park Service (NPS) several weeks ago. We are gratified by their participation and are hopeful that the public and the NPS will continue to work together to plan the future of Fort Hancock, as yet…

  • At $15M, R.B. school budget is under cap

    Facilities upgrades delayed; teachers get a pay hike BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — The Board of Education unanimously approved a final $15 million budget at its meeting on March 29 that is relatively unchanged from the spending plan introduced earlier. The budget includes a $12,268,200 tax levy for 2012, an increase of…

  • Red Bank GOP launches political season

    Cangemi, Mizzi announce run for Boro Council terms BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Grace Cangemi RED BANK — Republicans Grace Cangemi and Joseph Mizzi have announced their intention to run against Juanita Lewis and Edward Zipprich, incumbent Democrats seeking re-election, for two Borough Council seats. Lewis and Zipprich were elected to three-year terms in 2008.…

  • All hands on deck

    Clockwise from top: All hands are on deck as members of the Monmouth Boat Club do the heavy work of preparing for the opening of sailing season. Members build new docks and place them in the Navesink River a day before owners were to rig their sailboats. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

  • VA to establish new vets’ clinic in Tinton Falls

    Facility will offer extended services to female veterans BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Local military veterans and retirees received some good news last week when the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will continue to operate a community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Monmouth County following the closure of Fort Monmouth. The new clinic, which…

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