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May 17, 2007 / Front Page

Milltown post office: a light at end of the tunnel

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Army accord with FMERA is official

One open door, 40 years of teaching

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Class of 2012

Plans for new arts hall at Monmouth University

Gardening in May: Is it plant or beast?

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‘Donald Voorhees, Maestro, and Michael Scherfen, Protégé’

Court rejects city's super-size brief

Rejection is third denial for city in legal action

BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

The city of Long Branch will be filing a trimmed-down version of its opening brief in an eminent domain case after the state Appellate Court rejected the "overlength" 120-page document submitted. More...

Attorneys seek state records on bridge project

Law firm: Four-lane roadway would destroy character of towns

BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

An attorney for Citizens for Rational Coastal Development, a local group that opposes the N.J. More...

Notes

Eden Woolley House Inc. is a new nonprofit that has been organized to raise funds for the repair, renovation and restoration of the Eden Woolley House in Ocean Township. More...

A haven for families with ailing newborns

Michael's Feat dedicates family resource center at Monmouth Medical

BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - In keeping with its mission to help families with seriously ill newborns, the nonprofit Michael's Feat has created a space with the comforts of home at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Monmouth Medical Center in Lo More...

Letters

Legislators' true colors become crystal clear

Public Advocate Ronald Chen should be praised for his valiant attempts to stand up against eminent domain abuse in N.J. He has come to the aid of property owners in three major eminent domain abuse cases in Long Branch, Lodi and Paulsboro. More...

Fallen law enforcement officers remembered

The first law enforcement fatality in the United States was a deputy sheriff from New York City. More...

Public advocate should vet all property takings

Ronald Chen, public advocate, a good man by the way, wants to put a face on what eminent domain abuse has done to folks in New Jersey. He really doesn't have to look far. Long Branch took 47 Cooper Ave. in November 2002. More...

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Arts / Zest

In the Arts

Gypsy music is wild like the wind, passing over and picking up bits from many different cultures. That is why Milena Dawidowicz, violin, and Elena Panova, piano, call themselves Duo Baval, or Wind Duo. More...

'Marsh Meditations'

'Marsh Meditations - A Celebration of the Hamilton-Trenton Marsh," with works by The Princeton Artists Alliance, is at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft. More...

'Summer lite' on Shadow Lawn stage

Shadow Lawn Stage has announced a summer season of funny, whimsical and poignant plays. Neil Simon's "Chapter Two" will be presented July 19- 29. Based in part on Simon's own life, the play mixes laughter with heartache. More...

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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Timothy Mikulski, 9, Eatontown, plays with a toy maze in the newly dedicated Michael's Feat Family Resource Room at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. See story, page 3. More...

Educating military kids: What's fair? What's not?

Panter bill would address per-student state aid, districting

BY LINDA DENICOLA Staff Writer

It would be advantageous if the issue of who is going to educate children living at Earle Naval Weapons Station could be resolved before school starts in September. More...

Ocean Township voters elect unopposed slate

Incumbents returned to office; newcomer wins voter approval

BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Despite low voter turnout for the first unopposed municipal election for council in the history of the township, not much changed on May 8. More...

Boro seeks residents' vision for fort property

Open space, hotel, clinic among preferred uses

BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

OCEANPORT - Borough officials could have a plan in place for future development at the Fort Monmouth property that lies within the borough as soon as next month. More...

Long Branch seeks Green Acres land swap

Paved parcel along Ocean Ave. would be reopened to traffic

BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - - A petition is being circulated in the city to oppose the re-opening of Ocean Avenue along the city's oceanfront to vehicular traffic. More...

Post office pitches in

PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top photo: Vinnie Villa (l), of West Long Branch, carries donated food items at the Long Branch post office, to be delivered to the St. More...

Bulletin Board

Deep Cut Orchid Society to meet June 12

The Deep Cut Orchid Society will hold its monthly meeting June 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave., Tinton Falls. Tom Perlite of Golden Gate Orchids will discuss masdevallias. More...

SCAN health and fitness fair May 24

SCAN Learning Center, Monmouth Mall, Eatontown, will hold its second annual health and fitness fair May 24 from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the rotunda area near the mall's food court. More...

In the Service

Army Pvt. Brittany M. Conger has graduated from the Petroleum Supply Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Lee, Petersburg, Va. A 2006 graduate of Woodbridge Vocational High School, she is the daughter of Eva M. More...

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Opinion

Here's another law that motorists will just ignore

Greg Bean Coda

Nine. That's the number of people I saw talking on their cell phones while driving on my way to work this morning. Of the nine, one was a lady talking on the cell phone while blithely running a red light on Cranbury Road. More...

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