• Assemblywoman receives award

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL) announced Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11) as one of its 2014 Elected Women of Excellence Award winners. Casagrande was one of 19 honorees to receive the award at the Toast to the Women of Excellence ceremony in Philadelphia during NFWL’s recent 2014 annual conference. The award…

  • Fort Hancock seeks proposals to use six vacant buildings

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The National Park Service has issued three requests for proposals (RFPs) from potential lessees as part of the pilot phase of Fort Hancock’s rehabilitation. The release of the RFPs, which marks the first round of a process that will eventually lease 33 of the fort’s 110 historic buildings, allows…

  • State seeks $501M in final round of aid

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The state has requested more than $500 million in superstorm Sandy recovery funds as part of the third and likely final round of aid from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Gov. Chris Christie is seeking the $501.9 million in federal funding to bolster programs like…

  • Man allegedly threatened police on social media

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — A borough man has been arrested and charged with posting a threatening message toward law enforcement on Facebook. Jeff Reardon, 29, of Knollwood Drive, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, one count of making terroristic threats and…

  • Tinton Falls board scraps plan for Fort school building

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Tinton Falls Board of Education is moving away from a plan to convert the child development center at Fort Monmouth into a school building. Board President Peter Karavites cited escalating costs and state interference as reasons for the decision to no longer pursue a Fort Monmouth…

  • Photographer to speak at Audubon meeting

    The Monmouth County Audubon Society will meet at 8 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Church of the Nativity, 180 Ridge Road, Fair Haven. The guest speaker will be photographer Kevin Watson, who will discuss the wildlife and snowy landscapes of northern Japan. The public is welcome, and admission is free. Watson is an avid photographer,…

  • Collected toys heading to children of soldiers

    State Sen. Jennifer Beck and Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon (both R-Monmouth) were on hand to drop off the more than 100 toys that their legislative office collected for the Project Little Soldiers program, which is run through American Recreational Military Services (ARMS). The program provides gifts for children of New Jersey soldiers who are serving overseas.…

  • Sierra Club lauds New York’s fracking ban

    After years of debate, New York officials announced this month that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, would be banned in the state. This decision is based on scientific studies and reviews by the Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health, which concluded that the drilling could not be done safely. Fracking is different than traditional…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A deer blends in with the surrounding brush on an early winter day.

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