• Resources available for sexual-assault victims

    A fter we learned that a woman in Keansburg had been sexually assaulted recently, it is important for everyone to realize that sexual violence does not take a holiday — or a snow day. While this woman was helping a friend dig out from the storm, she was lured away and sexually assaulted. Sexual violence…

  • Pet adoption a caring option

    I t’s good news that municipalities in New York will now be able to enact stricter regulations on puppy mills. However, prospective animal guardians can also do their part to stop animals from suffering in cruel mass-breeding mills by adopting animals from shelters instead of buying them from pet stores, breeders, parking lots, classified ads…

  • ADA compliance recommended

    The writer of “Lack of Microphone Use Stirs Debate at Meeting” (Atlanticville, Jan. 23) is exactly right. By not requiring the use of the microphones so that the audience — especially those with hearing disabilities, like me — cannot hear the comments, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) leader violated the Americans with Disabilities…

  • Long Branch seeks to sell excess school buildings

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Long Branch Public School District is requesting bids to purchase the Church Street School, which was built in 1890 and has been offline for several decades. The school, along with the Star of the Sea Annex and the West End Elementary School, are all currently for sale. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER…

  • Eatontown firefighter’s service spans six decades

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Charles Lavene has been a member of the Eatontown Engine Truck and Hose Co. No. 1 for 65 years. NICOLE ANTONUCCI/STAFF The year was 1948 when Eatontown resident Charlie Lavene and a group of friends stood before the Borough Council with a petition to be permitted to join the volunteer…

  • Advocates warn: Urban coast is at risk

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The fishing pier in Keyport, days after it was destroyed by a flood surge during the superstorm. Local advocates say urban coastal communities are vulnerable to rising sea levels and more violent storms in the future and need to change the way they approach development. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR While…

  • Advocate asks prosecutor for policy on municipal emails

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is reviewing a request by an open-government advocate to create a policy for the use of email communications by public officials that is consistent with the Open Public Meetings Act. The request, made Jan. 23 by John Paff of the New Jersey Libertarian Party’s Open…

  • Victim details experience

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Holly Smith Former New Jersey resident Holly Smith can attest to warnings about human trafficking. Forced into the sex trade at age 14, Smith now advocates for victims of human trafficking and describes her experience in her book, “Walking Prey: How America’s Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery.” Smith had…

  • Warning sounded on human trafficking

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI & KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writers The Rev. William Stokes, left to right, New Jersey Junior League State Public Affairs Committee Chairwoman Sue Flynn and Detective Shawn Murphy participate in a forum addressing the growing incidence of human trafficking. NICOLE ANTONUCCI/STAFF Local nonprofits and law enforcement agencies have been working over the past…

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