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January 31, 2008
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ALEX TOWLE Chris Kautz (r), 10, of Wanamassa and Ryan Huntley, 11, of Oakhurst use fruit and vegetables to create electricity at the fifth-grade science fair at the Ocean Township Intermediate School on Jan. 23. More...
COAH calls for more affordable housing units
Mayor: Proposed housing obligation is 'unrealistic' in Eatontown
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

The third round of regulations proposed by the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) calls for Eatontown to more than quadruple its affordable housing obligation. Eatontown's fair share obligation to provide 92 units of affordable housing as required by COAH would jump to 447 units of afford... More...


Twp. museum to open at new site this year
'Buy a Brick' campaign to support restoration project at Woolley House
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - The Township of Ocean Historical Museum is offering area residents the opportunity to make their mark on township history by participating in the "Buy a Brick" campaign. The campaign supports the renovation and restoration of the historic Eden Woolley House on Deal Road. More...


City residents to receive work-force training skills
State awards LBHA $97,800 grant for schooling at Brookdale
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - Residents of the Long Branch Housing Authority (LBHA) are being offered an opportunity to improve their skills in the work field. The LBHA received a $97,800 literacy skills grant from the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) that will be used to provide basic ... More...


Mayor casts tie-breaking vote to adopt contracts
GOP and Dems disagree on contracts of two municipal employees
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

EATONTOWN - Mayor Gerald Tarantolo was called on last week to cast a vote after council members voting down party lines landed in a 3-3 deadlock over renewing the contracts of two borough employees. Tarantolo voted in favor of two resolutions at the Jan. 23 council meeting to approve the contra... More...


 Bulletin Board
•Chamber of Commerce to hold awards dinner
The Greater Long Branch Chamber of Commerce will honor John and Linda Brockriede at its 74th annual Business Awards Dinner on March 1 at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa on Ocean Boulevard. The Long Branch couple will receive the chamber's Louis G. More...
•Tourette Syndrome Assoc. offers scholarship
•Notes
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 Letters
•Thanks extended to donors of Rwanda Project
On behalf of Brookdale faculty member Professor Terry Konn and the Brookdale Community College International Education Center, I would like to thank all those that made donations to the Rwanda Project campaign and to the Kigali Health Institute. More...
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 Editorials
•Candidates must look at big picture
Guest Column
As a health insurance broker, I join millions of Americans in closely watching the United States' presidential debates to hear the many proposed solutions to solve our country's health insurance crisis. Every four years, during campaign season, this is our golden opportunity to put spiraling heal... More...
•Coda
•Are We There Yet?
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 Arts / Zest
•When railroads crisscrossed Monmouth County
A brief history in photographs of riding the rails
You don't have to be a railroad enthusiast to appreciate "Railroads ofMonmouth County." With a modicum of imagination and romanticism, readers are ready to ride the rails along with Tom Gallo and William B. Longo, the editors of the train lore book that is part of the "Images of Rail" series publ... More...
•Call for EyeSights 2008
•IN THE ARTS
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 Obituaries
•Venese "KiKi" E. Septen
Miss Septen, 93, of Keyport, died Jan. 28, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Before her retirement, she was an executive secretary at Ganshire Manufacturing, Keyport, and a teacher at Drake Business College, Perth Amboy. She served as a parachute specialist with the Women's Army Air C... More...
•Nancy Mason deBoer
•Joseph P. Addonizio
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 Schools
•Full Story
ALEX TOWLE John Butler, 9, (l) of Ocean Township, watches as Kevin Davis, 11, of Oakhurst, powers his windmill using fuel cell efficiency at the fifth-grade science fair at the Ocean Township Intermediate School on Jan. 23. More...
•Lawmakers pass new school funding formula
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 Sports
•Battle on the mat
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Left: Red Bank Regional's Nick Letteri (r) tries to break free from the hold of Shore Regional's Tyler Kimble (l) during their 125-pound bout during a match held at Shore Regional High School on Jan. 26. Kimble won the match, via techincal fall, 15-0. Right: Shore Regional... More...
•State, Shore Conference tourneys rapidly approaching
•Rutgers roundup
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