• Responses show far-reaching impact of drug addiction

    A fter I lost my 21-year-old cousin Courtney to a heroin overdose in September, Greater Media Newspapers ran a column that I wrote about her life and the grief that overtook my family. I received numerous responses from readers, most of whom knew well the wreckage and heartbreak that heroin addiction spawns. Some lost children,…

  • Learn about global folk dance styles

    For those who would like to learn dances from around the world, the Monmouth Folk Dancers teach international folk dances at their meetings. The meetings are held each Tuesday from 7:30-10 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 247 Broad St., Red Bank. Dance instruction is held from 7:30- 8:30 p.m. Beginners are welcome. No partners are…

  • Keyport library joins Middlesex consortium

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — The Keyport Free Public Library has become a member of the Libraries of Middlesex Consortium, joining neighboring towns such as Red Bank and Matawan in a resource-sharing program that will give members access to millions of books, magazines, DVDs and other materials. According to Keyport Library Director Jackie…

  • Keyport seeks to accelerate comeback of business sector

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Customers line up outside Mike’s Subs in Keyport on April 13, 2013, for the reopening of one of the borough’s many Sandy-damaged businesses. KEYPORT — For Keyport’s business community, 2013 was a year of contrasts. It began, quite literally, in ruins. Dozens of businesses were rendered inoperable by superstorm Sandy,…

  • Surge in snowy owl sightings is wintry treat for bird spotters

    By JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent A bout 10 years ago, Kathy Krygier was at her kitchen sink, doing the dishes, when she saw a commotion of birds at a tall Norway spruce about 100 feet away. Then, she saw what caused the commotion: a large, white bird that promptly started flying toward the window she was…

  • New health care law could impact firefighters, EMS

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Officials in Middletown and Keyport are concerned that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could require their towns to provide health benefits to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services (EMS) workers beginning in 2015. During the Dec. 16 meeting of the Middletown Township Committee, Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said the federal health…

  • Changing times challenge retailers

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer A sign advertises available space in the Epicentre shopping plaza on Route 9 in Manalapan. The vacancy rate for retail space in central New Jersey climbed to 9.8 percent in the second quarter of 2013. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Storefront vacancies have blemished many of New Jersey’s busiest retail corridors…

  • Keyport councilman remembered following fatal crash

    BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer It waClemente Toglia, recently elected to his second term on the Keyport Borough Council, died in a car accident in Tinton Falls on New Year’s Eve, according to police. s a somber New Year’s Day in Keyport, as the news of Clemente Toglia’s death the previous afternoon weighed heavily on…

  • Reader roundup

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: I heard part of a report that seemed to be indicating that Great Britain is banning all non-hybrids sometime in the future. Can this be true? A: No. One party in England proposed a bill that would, in effect, essentially ban all non-hybrid cars by 2040. No one is suggesting…

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