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  • 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,…

  • ‘The Attack’ to be screened on Jan. 22

    The library committee of Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) will host a lunch and film screening of “The Attack” at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 22 at 171 Ridge Road, Rumson. All are welcome to attend and participate in the conversation following the film. Directed by Ziad Doueiri, who was born in Lebanon, the film tells the…

  • Is redevelopment in Sea Bright’s future?

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — After more than a year of dealing with short- and long-term recovery issues, the Borough Council has opened the discussion of redevelopment. A proposal by a private developer for redevelopment of the beachfront municipal parking lot sparked a discussion among council members and drew criticism from residents.…

  • Deadline looms for families living at fort

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI and KENNY WALTER Staff Writers Families displaced by superstorm Sandy and living in Fort Monmouth housing are facing an April deadline, and local officials are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend the cutoff. Members of the Oceanport and Sea Bright councils have asked FEMA to extend the April 1…

  • 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…

  • Cedar Crossings opens doors for local families

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The new homes in the Cedar Crossings affordable housing development, pictured here on Dec. 14, are currently open to select homebuyers, with two-bedroom units ranging from $89,775 to $147,586. A fter a relatively slow start, Red Bank’s newest affordable housing community has taken off. Three years after the Red Bank…

  • 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…

  • 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: One party in England proposed a that would, in effect, essentially all non-hybrid cars by 2040. No that will ever come into being.…

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