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Park service expands leasing at Fort Hancock
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The National Park Service is moving forward with a project to redevelop historic Fort Hancock, expanding leasing opportunities and inviting proposals from nonprofits. After a request-for-proposals (RFP) first issued in January led to negotiations with two unidentified entities, the National Park Service (NPS) announced a new “rolling RFP” on…
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A hand up, not handout for working families in need
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Founder Brant Holmes, right, and his wife and Executive Director Dorothy Stearns work together to put away a donation of eggplants at Bentley Community Services in South Brunswick on Aug. 8. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Bentley Community Services is certainly not a typical food pantry. Walking into the main building of Bentley,…
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The wealth in walkable regions
The virtue of walking doesn’t have to be limited to health. Walking also could be good for economy. The importance and benefits of walkability on real estate development is significant. Residential walkable communities create four times the tax revenue compared to regional and business malls, according to a recent panel on the topic at the…
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Weichert, Realtors appoints new regional vice president
Weichert, Realtors has announced that Carlo Siracusa has been named regional vice president. Siracusa will be responsible for the management and growth of Weichert sales offices throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties in New Jersey. Siracusa brings 13 years of real estate experience to his new role, most recently serving as sales manager of Weichert’s Corporate…
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Bigger homes are back
By Erik J. Martin CTW Features Considering the major economic downturn of the last few years and the “getting by with less” mentality that many consumers have adopted, logic dictates that most home shoppers today would seek out smaller domiciles than the McMansions that of yesteryear, before the housing bubble burst. However, the average size…
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Berry brings passion as new Lions volleyball coach
JACKSON LIBERTY By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Amy Berry has enjoyed success coaching at the Ocean County Volleyball Club in Toms River, but she was interested in venturing into the high school coaching ranks from when she graduated from Georgian Court University in the spring of 2014. “I thought volleyball was one of the things I’m…
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Bruno named an assistant director with the NJSIAA
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It was only fitting that Bill Bruno was visiting the Steve Prefontaine shrine when the phone call came. As he was looking over the shrine to one of America’s greatest distance runners near his home tack at the University of Oregon, the call Bruno received was to inform him that…
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Weber has 3-month stretch filled with titles
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Few players anywhere can have a stretch of three major softball championships in fewer than three months, but Faith Weber accomplished that. In May, Weber pitched and batted New Egypt High School to a repeat NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group I title, only to lose the next game in the Group I…
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Cartnicks help their teams reach Little League regionals
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Tommy Cartnick and his Jackson Little League Major League all-star teammates won the state championship and are playing in Bristol, Connecticut, for the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship this week. MATT DENTON It has been a golden summer for Little League players in Jackson, especially the Cartnick brothers. Tommy and Chris Cartnick were…
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