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August 13, 2008
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN The Navesink Cannonball was one of the attractions at Navesink Hook & Ladder Company's 120th Annual Fireman's Fair, which began as a peach and ice cream festival in 1886. The fair was held Aug. 7-9 at the firehouse grounds in the Navesink section of Middletown. More photos page 23. More...
Middletown joins COAH challenge
More than 200 towns support NJLM appeal
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

Middletown Township has added its name to the growing list of municipalities that have pledged their support for the New Jersey League of Municipalities' (NJLM) impending legal challenge of the latest round of state affordable housing regulations. More...


Developer plans to adapt Bell Labs bldg.
Somerset Development plans for mixed uses on Holmdel site
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

The Lakewood developer in line to purchase the former Bell Labs site in Holmdel Township has plans for a mix of uses including retail, housing and a hotel, and will preserve the iconic building on the site. More...


Culture, community and chimichangas
Spanish American Festival promotes ethnic diversity
BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent

Blue skies and bay breezes were the perfect complement to the upbeat mood of the 10th annual Spanish American Festival held on Saturday, Aug. 9, along First and Broad streets. "There must have been close to 2,000 people here today," said George Rentas, vice president of the Keyport Spanish Americ... More...


Bayshore narcotics unit snares 17 in drug busts
Undercover operations result in arrests in 10 Bayshore towns
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

ABERDEEN — The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office announced the arrests of 17 people for alleged illegal drug sales, made possible by good old-fashioned police work by local authorities. More...


 Bulletin Board
•Brookdale Computer Users Group to meet
Brookdale Computer Users Group Inc. (BCUG) will meet 7 p.m. Aug. 15 at MAS 100, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown. Past BCUG president Frank Fiorentino will discuss how to develop Web sites using Webinair while he speaks from his home on Hawaii. More...
•BCC open house at Hook field station Aug. 16
•Citizens Police Academy sign-up deadline is Sept. 8
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 Letters
•Hazlet resident should stop whining about skate park
A fter reading David Tinker's letter ("Don't Burden Residents With Cost of Skate Park") Aug. 6, I had to shake my head. Here were two full columns-worth of Mr. Tinker's complaint about the funding of Hazlet's skate park and his defense of us taxpayers. More...
•COAH situation result of poor management by GOP
•Pay attention to local, not presidential, candidates
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 Editorials
•There's no question: He took the easy way out
Coda
I remember graduate school with a certain degree of awe and loathing — in the same way you remember the pain of a major surgery, years after the scars have healed. Even at the small state college I was attending, obtaining an advanced degree was no walk in the park. More...
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 Red State / Blue State
•Both parties have their own poli-ninnies to bear
Red State/Blue State
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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 Obituaries
•John J. O'Keefe
Mr. O'Keefe, 79, of the Shadow Lake Village section of Middletown, died Aug. 7, 2008, at home. He was a lawyer in Queens and Long Island, N.Y., for several years before retiring. Prior to that, he was coordinator of the Legal Education Unit at the New York Police Department. During college, he pla... More...
•Charles A. Powers Sr.
•Ann J. Tegano
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 Sports
•RU football looking to maintain high level of play in '08
15 starters return for Scarlet Knights; opening game on Labor Day
PISCATAWAY — The goal in many Rutgers football observers' opinion is to get back to the level of play that the Scarlet Knights had in 2006, when the team finished with an 11-2 record, a Texas Bowl victory and a national ranking. More...
•Kayaking presents a different way of hitting the high seas
•Plenty of locals turn out for Asbury Park 5K
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