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      July 10, 2008  RSS feed
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      ERIC SUCAR staff A group gathers around one of the stilt-walker shows at the 18th annual Oceanfest held along the Long Branch oceanfront on July Fourth. The event featured food, live shows, vendors and family activities along the city's oceanfront from Seven Presidents Park to Pier Village. More photos, page 3. More...
      Lawmakers urge towns to join state lawsuit
      League seeks to have COAH's third-round rules suspended
      BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

      State senators and Assembly members in the 11TH District are urging municipalities to challenge a new set of affordable housing rules that they say would "severely impact" towns throughout Monmouth County. More...

      Mayor: What is state's affordable unit method?
      COAH increases Eatontown's housing obligation to 490 units
      BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

      The Eatontown Borough Council is requesting that the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) release the method used to calculate the borough's new affordable housing obligation. More...


      Oceanfest on the Long Branch Shore

      Clockwise from top: A large crowd makes its way through vendors set up at the 18th annual Oceanfest event held along the Long Branch oceanfront on July Fourth. Ray Zilai, of Brielle, pours a heaping of popcorn kernels into the large cooking pot at his Old-Fashioned Kettle Corn tent. Abigail Carr (l), 7, and her brother, Cameron Carr, 3, wait for balloon animals. More...


      L.B. schools continue to raise funds for memorial
      Veterans War Memorial to be built at high school
      BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

      LONG BRANCH - The city's public school district is moving forward with plans to construct a Veterans War Memorial on the premises of the new high school on Indiana Avenue. The estimated $130,000-$150,000 project is expected to be completed within the next two years and will be funded through private donations. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Italian-American Assoc. plans July trip to Italy
      The Italian-American Association of Monmouth County is sponsoring a 10-day trip to Italy July 21. The cost of the trip includes airfare, hotel, two meals per day and all entrance fees. All are welcome to attend. Details and reservations: (732) 972-5651. More...
      • Eighth annual ChessFest slated for Sept. 27
      • Talk on psychotropic pharmacology July 16
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       Letters
      • AARP: health care bill positive step
      W ith the passage of S-1557, the New Jersey Legislature took a big first step toward health care reform in New Jersey. S1557 mandates that New Jersey's children have health insurance, and sets forth market reforms that will bring younger people into the individual insurance market. The bill will expand the N.J. More...
      • Talk show hosts show little tolerance for dissenting views
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       Editorials
      • Group sees broad support for RCA ban
      Your Turn
      Recently, 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 (RCA) - the loophole in our fair housing law that for two decades allowed New Jersey's wealthiest towns to pay poor communities to take their affordable housing. More...
      • article has image These are the stories we can all be proud of
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       Red State / Blue State
      • There are good speeches, and there are great ones
      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...
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       Arts / Zest
      • article has image Jacob Landau's spirit comes full circle
      Monmouth U. receives major gift of works by Roosevelt artist
      An artistic legacy will be carried forward into the future with the addition of a major gift to Monmouth University, West Long Branch. The gift, which will benefit students, scholars and the public, includes more than 300 prints, drawings and paintings by Jacob Landau. More...
      • article has image IN THE ARTS
      • article has image Two River Theater Co. goes to the movies
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       Obituaries
      • Harold D. Roma
      Mr. Roma, 91, of Ocean, died July 1, 2008, at King Manor Care Center, Neptune. He was a pharmaceutical salesman at Upjohn for 22 years, retiring in 1970. He was predeceased by three granddaughters, Gina Gonzalez, Nicole Gonzalez and Caroline Dubois. More...
      • Joan E. Mania Hester
      • Marie M. Kasper
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       Sports
      • article has image Shore Beach Blast tourney time
      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 Renegades during the tournament. More...
      • Belmar road race scheduled for Saturday
      • article has image Getting a bat on the ball
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