By DON STINE The number of townhouses to be built on a 32-acre site at the intersection of Deal Road and Route 35 in Ocean Township will be cut almost in half under a proposal to bond for $4 million to purchase 10 acres of the site. The development plan by Paramount Realty, which has […]
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Pinpointing Where Gunshots are Fired
By DON STINE If you fire a gun in certain areas of Neptune or Asbury Park law enforcement officers will be able to pinpoint the location under a proposal which has been approved by Asbury Park and, most recently, Neptune. The joint venture requires the installation of special gunfire location technology in a 1.25-square-mile area […]
Continue readingNeptune Hospitality Tax on Hold
By DON STINE A Neptune proposal to raise as much as $300,000 a year by instituting a hospitality tax on hotel, motel, bed and breakfast and similar short-term rentals will apparently be put on hold. The Township Committee has been considering adopting an ordinance creating the hospitality tax but questions about how to control and […]
Continue readingNeptune Purchases Property for a Park
By DON STINE It’s official – almost three acres of land along S. Riverside Drive, in the Shark River Hills section of Neptune, will now forever be a park. The property originally was scheduled to be developed with nine single-family homes. “It is the last remaining piece of open space along the Shark River. As […]
Continue readingOh Dear! What to Do About the Deer
By DON STINE Ocean Township officials hope to come up with a solution for the township’s deer-overpopulation problem in January – an issue that was addressed on Nov. 5 when voters said yes to controlling the deer population. The Township Council placed two special nonbinding referendums on the ballot to get a sense of where […]
Continue readingBenefit to Support Sarah Stern Memorial Scholarship
By DON STINE The memory of Sarah Stern, a 19-year-od Neptune City woman who went missing in late 2016, lives on through a special scholarship fund set up in her name. The Sarah Lee Stern Memorial Scholarship Foundation, begun in 2017, supports high school and college students to further their careers in the Arts and […]
Continue readingOakhurst Foodtown Will Increase Perishable Food
By DON STINE It may be a little darker in the Super Foodtown on Route 35 in Ocean Township but the store will also become a lot greener. In the near future the redesigned store will handle primarily perishable foods and products, like fruits, vegetables, fish, prepared meats, salads, dairy, and frozen foods, along with […]
Continue readingOcean Voters Say OK to Medical Marijuana Sales
By DON STINE Ocean Township residents narrowly approved allowing the sale of medical marijuana in the township in a special referendum on the ballot in Tuesday’s general election. They also said they would prefer nonlethal methods be used to help control the township’s out-of-control deer population, narrowly defeating a policy to use both nonlethal and […]
Continue readingNew Book Details KKK Role in New Jersey
By DON STINE The role of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey will be the topic of a special presentation and book signing at the Asbury Park Public Library Thurs., Oct. 17 and local civil rights activists are urging people to attend. “The Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey” […]
Continue readingOcean Board Gives OK to Deal Road Development Plan
By DON STINE A controversial project that will build commercial and residential units on a 32-acre site at the intersection of Deal Road and Route 35 was approved by the Ocean Township Planning Board this week. The move comes after 12 lengthy meetings were held on the application, with township residents both opposing and supporting […]
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