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    THOMAS CASTLES/STAFF A sand castle greets visitors at Bradley Beach on April 10.

  • Keyport board introduces $19.5 million school budget

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Facilities projects, insurance cost increases and a continued drop in enrollment of Union Beach students are all factors in the Keyport school district’s $19.5 million tentative budget, according to officials. As introduced, the budget calls for a tax levy of $8.62 million, up approximately 4 percent from last…

  • Egg-cellent adventure

    PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON Top: A helicopter makes a second pass to drop off more Easter eggs at the Bethel Church Easter Egg Drop held at the Monmouth Executive Airport in Wall Township on April 12. Above: A helicopter passes behind the Easter Bunny at the egg drop. Right: Children scramble to get as many…

  • Middletown unveils new command center

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer I n the wake of superstorm Sandy, Middletown officials and emergency response coordinators huddled in a moderately sized conference room in Town Hall, sometimes for days on end. While the room has served as the township’s de facto emergency response center since 2010’s “snowmageddon,” Sandy highlighted the need for more…

  • Little League celebrates milestone

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Samantha Barth, 6, runs to first base during an Opening Day game with the Holbrook Little League in Jackson on April 12. Little League baseball is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2014. SCOTT FRIEDMAN For 75 years, wherever there has been a boy with a bat, a glove, a ball…

  • Trailing trailers

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: During a recent trip to Florida, we were almost in a horrible wreck when the pickup in front of us, going about 50 miles an hour, swerved and the trailer he was hauling came unattached. The truck landed in the ditch, the trailer kept going and almost hit a car…

  • Tomorrow’s hottest old cars

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features A leading classic car insurer looks into its crystal ball to predict which of today’s new vehicles could become valued collectibles down the road A s they say, hindsight is 20- 20, particularly when it comes to collectibles. If only we had prevented Mom from tossing out our collection of…

  • Dollar deals

    Pay for the home completely in cash? It’s on the rise, but there are pros and cons to an all-cash deal. They say there’s no romance without finance. For many, there’s also no residence without financing. But more homebuyers than you’d think actually prefer pure cash transactions in which the balance is paid in full…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Felician College is ranked No. 7 in the current National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II East Region Poll, according to balloting released on April 7. Felician (14-11, 6-2 CACC) won nine of its last 11 games. Felician is listed in the NCBWA’s regional top 10 for the third consecutive week. The Golden Falcons…

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