• Ocean Twp. mulls rezoning site to end litigation

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Planning Board is re-examining the master plan to determine whether to rezone an 82-acre site to allow the development of high-density housing. Rezoning the site at the intersection of West Park Avenue and Green Grove Road would end nearly four years of litigation challenging the township’s…

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    Let’s serve veterans as well as they have served us DANIEL M. DELLINGER During the recent government shutdown, many numbers were thrown around. But there is one that stands out, and it has nothing to do with the debate over the federal budget. More than one a day — that is how many members of…

  • AAUW invites public to its programs

    Thank you for your recent stories about the American Association of University Women (AAUW)’s opening fall meeting, featuring Dr. Nina Seigelstein as our speaker. Several members of the community who are not AAUW members attended after reading about the upcoming program in Greater Media Newspapers. We were also pleased when Nicole Antonucci’s follow-up story shared…

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    Volunteers plant the Field of Flags at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Middletown, as a tribute to U.S. troops lost in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on Oct. 19. FRANK GALIPO

  • Program helps seniors, pet owners prepare for emergencies

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office has launched an initiative to ensure that the needs of special populations such as seniors and pet owners are met during emergencies. Traveling to senior centers across the county, Sheriff Shaun Golden is distributing information packets for the Seniors Taking on Readiness…

  • Former Birdsall execs mount legal defense

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Oral arguments in the state’s case against seven former executives at Birdsall Services Group (BSG) are expected to begin in February, nearly two years after investigators raided the firm’s offices in Eatontown and Wall on suspicion of campaign finance violations. Attorneys representing the defendants plan to file numerous motions challenging…

  • Cluster development posed as option for Old Orchard

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The redevelopment of the Old Orchard Country Club site is up for discussion once again as the Planning Board considers whether to allow cluster development as an alternative use for the site. In a 4-3 vote, members of the Planning Board authorized planner Rich Cramer of T&M Associates…

  • Sandy conference brings a flood of new ideas

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Left to right: Peter Reinhart, director of the Kislak Real Estate Institute; former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman; retired U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen; Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Chris Daggett; and Polling Institute Director Patrick Murray discuss the future of New Jersey during the “Sandy: One Year Later” conference…

  • Hitting a high note

    Officials ‘stop clock’ on Port Ambrose application By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Members of the Green Wave, the Long Branch High School band, compete in the USBands Preview to Nationals at Lombardi Field in Old Bridge on Nov. 2. Citing a significant amount of missing information and delays caused by the recent government shutdown, federal…

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