
MATT DENTON Breanna Feerst, 14, is first to cross the finish line at the 14th annual Saturday in the Park 5K "Women Taking Steps to Help Women" Aug. 30 at Holmdel Park. Sponsored by the Jersey Shore Running Club, the run benefits local nonprofits that serve women and children.
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Debbie Mans is the new head at NY/NJ Baykeeper

BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
The quiet motion of the Raritan Bay mesmerized people sitting on the benches at the borough promenade as Debbie Mans looked out over the waters that she now has stewardship over. More...
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer
MIDDLETOWN — The township will honor the 37 residents and the thousands of others who died in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in a number of ways in the coming week. Middletown Township will hold a remembrance ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m. More...
Members of business community protest loss of parking
BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent
KEYPORT — Despite an organized and vocal protest by members of the Keyport business community to stop plans for a new waterfront park, the Borough Council voted 4-1 in favor of proceeding at a special meeting Aug. 27. The lone dissenting vote was cast by Councilman John Kovacs, a Republican... More...
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
HOLMDEL — Residents of Country Woods will be stuck with their septic systems after a bond ordinance to fund a sanitary sewer project in the development failed to move at the Sept. 4 Township Committee meeting. By a vote of 3-2, bond ordinance 2008-17 failed to gain approval, requiring at le... More...

KEYPORT — Every Thursday from July 3 through Oct. 30 the borough holds a farmers market in the Mini Park on West Front Street from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. All of the produce sold at the market is 100 percent Jersey grown and is supplied by a small group of local farmers, including Hauser Hill from... More...