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July 10, 2008
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ERIC SUCAR staff A brilliant display of fireworks over the Navesink River in Red Bank awed the more than 150,000 spectators who viewed the borough's annual KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink Independence Day celebration July 3. More...
NJLM asks towns to support litigation challenging new regs

The New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLM), with the support of local towns, is gearing up for legal action challenging new affordable housing quotas set by the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). More...


KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink lights up the skies over Red Bank on July 3. Red Bank's annual Independence Day Celebration draws more than 150,000 spectators, like this crowd in Marine Park, in an extraordinary celebration of community and country. More...


Officials see no rush from developers in slow economy

The Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority (TRWRA) sewer connection ban, which affected 12 local towns, has been rescinded a year earlier than projected. The authority's sewer connection ban began a little over a year ago in June 2007 and was anticipated to affect new construction in the 12 towns... More...


COAST focus on effects of pollution on ocean, marine life

SEA BRIGHT - This year's campaign to prevent ocean pollution at the Jersey Shore has some new poster children: the Sea Bright dolphins. At the launch of the campaign, which is formally titled the Clean Ocean Action Shore Tips (COAST) campaign, banner planes flew overhead with the message "Help S... More...


Boaters warned to avoid pod; eight cited for harassment

SEA BRIGHT - Strengthening enforcement to protect the now-famous Sea Bright dolphins over the July Fourth weekend turned out to be a good move by marine officials as many boaters in the area tried to catch a glimpse of the animals. More...


Freehold Soil Conservation District is sponsoring a photo contest for those who can capture subjects that promote the beauty and uniqueness of the natural environments found in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. Wildlife, landscapes, natural resources, agriculture, people interacting with the enviro... More...
Iam a senior citizen and a property owner living on a fixed income and 60 percent of my tax dollar goes to fund the schools in the district, and I am opposed to superintendents and administrators receiving hefty retirement packages such as Barbara A Trzeszkowski, superintendent of Keansburg, who w... More...
Your Turn
Over the past week we have heard many predictions of destruction and doom with calls for resistance from towns vowing to fight the recent legislative action to ban Regional Contribution Agreements - the loophole in our fair housing law that for two decades allowed New Jersey's wealthiest towns to... More...
A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. More...
Peer Players mount second musical at Middletown Arts Center
Christina Lennon was never a part of the theater program in her high school, but she didn't hesitate when her friend Allison Cloonan asked her to join an extracurricular theater troupe. She has since been a fixture. "I asked her in English [class] one day, 'Hey, Chrissie, want to be in ['You're a... More...
Mr. Zaccardi, 80, of the Belford section of Middletown, died July 8, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a driver at Sunshine Biscuit Corp., Woodbridge, retiring in 1994. Prior to that, he was a firefighter for the Jersey City Fire Department from 1959 to 1985. He was predeceased b... More...
Above: The Tri-City Renegades' D.J. Breckinridge, a Rumson-Fair Haven graduate, comes off second base to prevent a base runner from taking another base during the 18U play at the eighth annual Jersey Shore Beach Blast Tournament July 6. Left: Anthony Cinelli, of Wall, works the mound for the Renegad... More...