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CHRIS KELLY staff Joe Durkin tries to drive to the hoop as Eric Doropan blocks during a three-on-three basketball tourney sponsored by the Matawan Recreation Department at Joseph Penniplede Park in Matawan on Aug. 2. More...
Mid'town looks at sites for affordable housing
Housing plan must be filed with COAH by Dec. 31
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

Township planners are currently looking at potential sites for affordable housing in Middletown now that transferring that obligation to other towns is no longer an option. The Township Committee and the Planning Board held a joint meeting on July 30 to discuss where the township could consider p... More...


Keyport Yacht Club raises funds for a cause
Regatta donates $35K to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

Setting sail for a worthy cause was all the members of the Keyport Yacht Club could think about this past June. As part of the club's "Set Sail for the Cure" fundraiser, the annual Bill Volk Regatta was held June 21 and 22 and raised more than $35,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. More...


Report calls for planner for Lucent property
Advisory committee looked at options for reuse of site
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

HOLMDEL — A recent report from the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Lucent property recommended that the town enlist a professional planner to look at the former Bell Labs site on Crawfords Corner Road. But the report was not presented to the Township Committee at the July 24 meeting as ... More...


Seniors may apply for affordable housing

MIDDLETOWN — The township announces the availability of 180 affordable housing one- and two-bedroom rental units at Conifer Village at Middletown. The rental units are available to lowand moderate-income seniors age 55 and older that meet certain income standards. More...


 Letters
•Don't burden residents with cost of skate park
A few weeks ago the Hazlet Township Committee passed a $2.7 million bond ordinance, the majority of it for an ambitious road program. However, cleverly attached to this ordinance was $238,000 for a matching grant the township received and the $238,000 match. The grant and the match are earmarked f... More...
•New COAH legislation will create massive tax burdens
•Sad that mayor displays ignorance about Italians
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 Editorials
•Hot summer dreams keep rolling through my mind
Coda
I'm sitting out on the deck looking over my backyard in the dark of a hot summer night. The air is thick and close, and if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine I've been transported to an earlier, almost antediluvian time. The canopy of leaves on the big trees in the yard is foreboding, the bran... More...
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 Obituaries
•Robert F. Bonis
Mr. Bonis, 53, of Hazlet, died Aug. 2, 2008, at Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a foreman at Amtrak, Newark, and was also a general contractor. More...
•Helen E. Matthies
•Gary George Kudrick
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 Sports
•Big Brown doesn't disappoint at Monmouth
This time, Big Brown delivered. In his first race since a disastrous performance at the Belmont Stakes, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness-winning Big Brown used a late charge to catch upsetminded Coal Play in the final furlong to win the $1 million Haskell Invitational presented by Vonage (G1) by n... More...
•Local swimmers participate in national competition
•Asbury Park 5K scheduled for Saturday morning
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