• Election approaching for shore towns

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Some incumbent municipal officials face the stress of a challenge for their elected office, while others in local towns have a much easier path to reelection while running uncontested during the Nov. 3 election. In Fair Haven, Republican incumbents Eric Jaeger and Robert Marchese hope to withstand a challenge from…

  • Get the real story on electric savings offers

    Electric savings programs abound. Solar panels on your roof. An alternate supplier. They all say they save you money on your electric bill. Every one of these companies is giving consumers misleading information and do not tell you about the hidden costs, which can be substantial. After considerable research and my usual journalistic questioning, I…

  • Perspective offered on solar energy

    I need to correct a recent letter to the editor about home solar panels which contained inaccuracies and generally cast them in an unfavorable light. Here is the way the most popular plan works: Unlike the old days when you had to fund all the costs yourself and get the power for free, now you…

  • Bear-management plan opposed

    When Cecil the lion was wounded and then killed by an American dentist back in July, the world was outraged. Now is your time to stop the same fate for New Jersey black bears. Despite only 390 public comments supporting an expanded bear hunt versus 6,635 comments against the expansion, the New Jersey Fish and…

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    GENE LENNON/STAFF A slice of autumn at the Kingston Mill, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, Route 27, Kingston, Mercer County.

  • Red Bank board candidates call for state aid, unified front

    Election 2015 By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK — Overcrowded schools, the district budget as well as political ties were on the table as candidates for the Red Bank Public School District Board of Education discussed the future of the district. The six candidates running for three seats on the board fielded questions from…

  • Eco-friendly costume swap eases cost of Halloween

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The Monmouth County Eek-O-Fabulous Costume Swap Oct. 11, saw families trading in slightly used children, adult and pet costumes for other slightly used costumes as a way for families to save money and re-use costumes worn only one season. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER KAYLA MARSH Halloween is quickly approaching and, between…

  • Women mind the gap: gender pay disparity persists

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Despite societal images of female presidential candidates and feminine corporate CEOs, the practice persists of women workers being paid less than their male counterparts for the same work. “When women graduate from college, there immediately is a pay gap between men and women,” said Carol Cohen, president of the American…

  • State gets another swing at ban on sports betting

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The state’s multi-year pursuit of overturning a federal ban on sports betting saw new light as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has opted to hear the case again. Dennis Drazin, advisor to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, operator of Monmouth Park in Oceanport, said the Third Circuit has…

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