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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,…

  • Second lawsuit challenges townhouse proposal

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer A rendering shows an 11-unit townhouse development proposed for the Beachfront North redevelopment zone in Long Branch. The project is being opposed by a neighboring beach club and a condominium association. LONG BRANCH — A second complaint has been filed to block a proposed townhouse development in the city’s Beachfront…

  • Online gambling may be a roll of the dice

    The recent launch of online gambling represented a chance for Atlantic City to reclaim its top-dog status after attacks on the city’s revenues by an influx of new casinos in the region. A law signed earlier this year allowed New Jersey casinos to team up with Internet-gaming providers to offer poker, slots and table games…

  • Developer appeals denial of zoning amendment

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The developer of the Old Orchard Country Club, Route 36, has filed legal action charging that members of the Eatontown Planning Board acted unethically in voting against an amendment to the borough’s master plan. Paul H. Schneider, of the firm Giordano Halleran and Ciesla, Red Bank, filed an…

  • 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…

  • Deadline looms for families living at fort

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI & KENNY WALTER Staff Writers Families displaced by superstorm Sandy and living in Fort Monmouth housing are facing a 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, 2014,…

  • 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: 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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