• Whitman to attend Women’s Club event

    The Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club will meet for a wine-andcheese reception with former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman at 7 p.m. May 13 at the East Brunswick Library, 2 Civic Center Drive. Men and women are invited. The meeting is free. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Sue Tisiker at 908-227-9240 or [email protected],…

  • Keyport school budget prompts tough questions

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — The Board of Education fielded some hard questions about the future of Keyport’s schools during a public hearing for its $19.5 million budget last week. Facinga4percenttaxincrease,lingering facilities needs and a significant drop in high school enrollment for the 2014-15 school year, district officials responded to concerns that they…

  • Assemblyman seeking support for bill

    First responders such as firefighters are essential to protecting the safety and well-being of their fellow citizens. Emergency responders often face dangerous situations that many people will never encounter, and many offer their services solely on a volunteer basis, which removes a tremendous financial burden from countless budgets across the state. In an effort to…

  • Support for health care fraud bill urged

    There is bipartisan agreement in the District of Columbia, thanks to the efforts of congressmen such as U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo. LoBiondo has joined many Republicans and Democrats in Congress as co-sponsors of the Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act to address Medicare fraud and abuse. This is a great bill that…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Azaleas in bloom indicate that spring has arrived.

  • Hope exists for those with brain tumors

    YOUR TURN LAURA MUÑOZ GUEST COLUMN The air was fresh with the promise of spring when my 15-year-old son stepped out of his boat after crew practice, and we headed off for a routine MRI for daily headaches. The technician called me to the back room, and I was told that they had discovered a…

  • American Properties sues to overturn denial

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Iselin-based developer American Properties has sued the township of Middletown and the township Planning Board over the unanimous denial of the company’s plan to build 245 town homes on a 31-acre site. Citing “arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable” regulations and rulings by both bodies, American Properties is asking a…

  • Lt. Gov.: Public Safety Center will save money, lives

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Center brings county emergency services under one roof. The new 45,000-square-foot center was dedicated on April 29. During superstorm Sandy, 8,000 calls flooded consoles at the Monmouth County 911 Communications Center in Freehold Township within a 24-hour period. “We answered all the calls,”…

  • Disbanded fire company could return

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Loretta Ziemba, mother of Holmdel Fire Company No. 1 Chief Douglas Ziemba Sr., criticizes members of the Township Committee for voting to close the company on April 29. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF Holmdel officials are calling for new leadership and a “culture change” at Fire Company No. 1 before the 97- year-old…

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