May 19, 2005 RSS feed / Front Page

Officials pledge to fight for fort

Legislators react to proposed closing of fort
BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS More...

Redevelopment attorney sits on Hovnanian board

City: No conflict in Greenbaum being director, shareholder
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

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Ft. Monmouth targeted for closure by Pentagon

Operations, personnel would be transferred to other bases
BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer

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Eminent disdain

PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staffAbove, Donna Peterson waves a flag during a protest rally along Ocean Boulevard on Sunday, against the Beachfront South development. More...

Reservations now taken for local polo match

Reservations are now being taken for a polo match sponsored by the Lincroft Village Green Association June 5 at Colts Neck Polo Grounds at Bucks Mill Park, Route 537, Colts Neck. Gates open at 2 p.m., and the match begins at 3 p.m. More...

Re-enacters

PHOTOSBY SEAN DWYER staffAbove, members of the Long Branch Portuguese community participate in a re-enactment of the Blessed Virgin Mary More...

Surplus keeps tax rate flat in 2005 L.B. budget

Amendments include drop in delinquencies, increase in surplus
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

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Overhang hampers efforts to fight blaze

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Opinion

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CHRIS KELLY staffResidents of the Beachfront South redevelopment zone in Long Branch demonstrated their feelings about the city More...

Your Turn

Guest Column
Rep. Frank Pallone Rep. Rush Holt

Last Friday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld released his proposed list of military facilities to be closed or downsized under the process known as Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC. More...

Public officials comment on closing of Fort Monmouth

Fort Monmouth jobs not transferable

It makes absolutely no sense that Fort Monmouth is on the list of base closings released by the Pentagon. More...

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Business

Businesses that depend on fort brace for change

BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer

Evelyn Malick has operated Reliable Cleaners and Tailoring on Broadway in West Long Branch for more than 35 years. More...

Business Briefs

The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) will sponsor its annual leadership conference, More...

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BRAC head invited to check out fort’s mission

Congressmen: Pentagon number-crunchers don
BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer

Two area congressmen are inviting the head of a federal commission created to determine the fate of military bases throughout the nation to look closer at Fort Monmouth More...

Council proposes zoning change for Ceruzzi tract

Rezoning calls for Village Square, quashes Stop & Shop
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

The Ocean Township council has introduced an ordinance that would change the zoning on property slated for development as the Ocean Gate Commons shopping center. More...

Will Long Branch lose Abbott designation?

Commissioner to revise criteria for funding; list due in June
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

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Free beach concert series at Sandy Hook

This summer, every Wednesday at 6 p.m. (weather permitting) the 2005 Summer Concert Series will be presented at Beach Area E on Sandy Hook. More...

L.B. residents rally to save their homes

BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

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Taxes to rise 3.5 cents under $18.2M budget

Pensions, LOSAP add up to average increase of $52.50
BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer

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Car overturns; two arrested

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Car overturns; two arrested

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United in Memory: 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt

Exhibit will be at Brookdale CC May 20-22
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer

Created as much for healing as for remembering, a hallowed patchwork memorializing victims of the 9/11 attacks will travel to Monmouth County next week as it crisscrosses the country, seeking to serve as a lasting tribute. More...

Pay-to-play adopted; amendments to come

Council president wants more restrictive provisions added
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

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Police arrest man for trespass

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Bulletin Board

Reservations now taken for local polo match

Reservations are now being taken for a polo match sponsored by the Lincroft Village Green Association June 5 at Colts Neck Polo Grounds at Bucks Mill Park, Route 537, Colts Neck. Gates open at 2 p.m., and the match begins at 3 p.m. More...

In the Arts

The Shrewsbury Chorale and the Garden State Philharmonic Chorus will join forces under the More...

Notes

The third annual Michael W. Thorne Scholarship 4 Mile Run/Walk sponsored by the West Long Branch Fire Department and its Ladies Auxiliary will take place at Franklin Lake in the borough on May 22 starting at 9 a.m. More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Joseph G. Kappel Jr. Mr. Kappel, 70, of Middletown, died May 12 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in St. Louis, he resided in Middletown most of his life. More...

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Sports

A return to glory

Shore girls win third SCT title in four years

It didn More...

Grant, Ocean are tops in Monmouth County track

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

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World Series is next for Brookdale baseball team

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Johnny Johnson will take the same confidence he had in his Brookdale Community College baseball team all year with him to the Junior College World Series. More...

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