March 26, 2004 RSS feed / Front Page

Board seeking approval for 6 percent tax increase

Borough facing bigger
tax bite despite negligible increase in spending
BY SHERRY CONOHAN
Staff Writer

Property owners in Shrewsbury will see an increase of $334,975 in the tax levy to support the budget of the Board of Education for the 2004-05 school year. More...

Two arrested at hotel for drug dealing

Men are believed to be main source for
psilocybin in county
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE
Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS More...

Lincroft group pushing for new exit off parkway

New ramp proposed as solution to overuse of exits 105 and 109
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI
Staff Writer

A group of area mayors will ask the county to seek a state study of the feasibility of adding a new parkway exit to alleviate the high level of traffic at current exits in Eatontown and Lincroft. More...

Grants help county keep its places in history

BY GLORIA STRAVELLI
Staff Writer

St. Georges-by-the-Sea Church in Rumson and Church of the Presidents in Long Branch are among the historic properties that have received preservation awards from the Monmouth County Historical Commission. More...

Council will continue to retain coastal lobbyist

BY SHERRY CONOHAN
Staff Writer

SEA BRIGHT More...

Teen charged in park robbery

RED BANK More...

Red Bank municipal tax would increase 4.5 cents

BY NICOLE GERAGHTY
Staff Writer

RED BANK More...

Final flurry

CHRIS KELLY staff Jack Frost visits a creek on Ridge and Navesink roads in Rumson on the last day of winter, March 19. More...

Zest

Red Hatters: the new women
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI
Staff Writer

Halos wouldn More...

Opinion

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Stephen Szulecki
Guest Column
Fort Hancock can be preserved without privitization

I was ambivalent about the implementation of the Sandy Hook Development Plan, realizing there is merit on both sides of the argument. More...

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Sports

End of the road

Caseys magical run ends

Down 18 points at halftime to defending Tournament of Champion winner Malcolm X Shabazz High School of Newark, a lot of teams would pack it in. More...

Just as tough

JEFF GRANIT staff Raritan More...

Raritan boys suffer similar setback to St. Anthony’s

PISCATAWAY More...

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Holden named to fill open seat on Borough Council

New councilman vows to work for property tax reform for seniors
BY CHRISTINE VARNO
Staff Writer

Robert Holden is the newest member of the Oceanport Borough Council. The 54-year-old was appointed to fill the seat, vacated by Philip Apruzzi, at the council More...

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JEFF GRANIT staff Red Bank Catholic senior Heather Westrol is guarded by Shabazz More...

Deer hunting may be coming to county parks

BY SANDI CARPELLO
Correspondent

MIDDLETOWN More...

Zoning Board member facing charges from accident

James Erving reportedly left scene after hitting car traveling on Spring St. More...

Highlands opposing development on Hook

Fair Haven will not join list of towns on record opposing fort project
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI
Staff Writer

The Borough of Highlands this week became the latest area town to pass a resolution opposing a planned commercial development in its front yard. More...

City would take hit from cut in housing program

More than 10 percent of current recipients could lose rental assistance
BY CHRISTINE VARNO
Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH More...

Festival of the Arts displays artists’ works

The works of more than 250 artists will be on display and available for sale during the Monmouth Festival of the Arts, which runs from Saturday to Wednesday. More...

Baby found dead on beach

BY JOSH DAVIDSON
Staff Writer

An area resident, out for a walk, made a gruesome discovery when he came upon the dead body of an infant boy washed up on Ideal Beach in Middletown. More...

Boro officials open dialogue on budget

Meetings intended to shed more light on
spending plan
BY NICOLE GERAGHTY
Staff Writer

RED BANK More...

Arts festival brings teens, pros together

The 2004 Teen Arts Festival kicked off at Brookdale Community College on March 18 with a surge of energy symbolic of the collective creativity of the participating student artists and performers. More...

Bulletin Board

Community Bulletin Board

Volunteers sought for SPCA adoption program

The Monmouth County SPCA, Tinton Falls, is seeking individuals to serve as matchmakers for its new adoption enhancement program. The program will begin this spring and was designed to increase the number of pet adoptions. More...

Support groups, programs at SCAN during April

Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, will offer several free programs and support groups at the SCAN Learning Center during April, beginning with a Parkinson More...

In the Arts

The 13th annual "Afternoon of Art and Music" sponsored by the Central Jersey Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Helen A. Schlosser

Mrs. Schlosser, 87, of Middletown died March 18. Born in Newark, she resided in Red Bank prior to moving to Middletown several years ago. She was a receptionist at United Teletech, Tinton Falls, before her retirement. More...

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Letters

Monmouth County’s parks are no place for hunting

I have lived in Monmouth County my entire life. With all of the urban sprawl that is happening all around us, the deer are being pushed into smaller and smaller areas. More...

‘Protection of park resources paramount’

The National Parks Conservation Association has followed the debate over the proposed rehabilitation of Fort Hancock with considerable interest ("Local opposition to project at Fort Hancock emerging," Feb. 27). More...

Reasons given for Fort Hancock’s demise (Open letter to the federal government regarding the National Park Service policy for Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook)

We, the people, are not buying this exploitation of Sandy Hook. Leave our national parkland in the public More...

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