Congressmen: Pentagon number-crunchers don’t understand fort’s mission

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’s service to soldiers in the field, before choosing to shut it down.
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Commissioner to revise criteria for funding; list due in June
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
LONG BRANCH –– The city school district has been receiving Abbott funding for over a decade, but a new report could recommend that the district be disqualified. More...
City: No conflict in Greenbaum being director, shareholder
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
LONG BRANCH — The senior partner in a law firm hired by the city to handle eminent domain issues related to the redevelopment is also a director and shareholder in developer Hovnanian Enterprises. More...
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...
Operations, personnel would be transferred to other bases
BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer
TINTON FALLS — More than 5,300 military and civilian employees at Fort Monmouth are facing uncertainty regarding their jobs following Friday morning’s announcement that the Pentagon has targeted the U.S. Army base for possible closure. More...
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
LONG BRANCH — Long Branch homeowners facing the prospect of losing their homes to redevelopment made a statement last weekend at a rally against the use of eminent domain. More...