Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Coldwell Banker gave back to New Jersey and New York communities for Cares Day

    Coldwell Banker gave back to New Jersey and New York communities for Cares Day

    For the fourth consecutive year, volunteers from Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage gave back to communities across New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, during the annual Coldwell Banker Cares Day event. In April, affiliated real estate agents, staff and others volunteers from 52 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offices took part in a large variety of…

  • Long Branch receives Transit Village designation

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city has officially become the state’s newest Transit Village designee. More than three years after the city officially applied to become a Transit Village, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced last week that Long Branch was going to be the 32nd municipality with the…

  • Business brief

    Business brief

    Certified Yoga Teacher Allison Sorokin will lead Yoga By the Bay, a weekly community yoga class, at 10 a.m. Sundays, beginning June 5, on the grass near the trailhead and playground in Atlantic Highlands. Classes are all levels and beginner-friendly. The cost is $10 per session. Bring your own yoga mat. For more information, email…

  • Second Indianhead Division Association holding reunion Sept. 20-24

    Second Indianhead Division Association holding reunion Sept. 20-24

    The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who served in the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division at any time. For information about the association and the 95th annual reunion in Springfield, Missouri, scheduled for Sept. 20-24, 2016, contact secretary-treasurer Bob Haynes at [email protected] or 224-225-1202, or visit www.2ida.org.

  • Performers of the Week

    Performers of the Week

    The spring scholastic season is entering its final lap so it is only fitting that some local track and field stars shined with star performances this past weekend. Ocean Township High School’s Eliot Gindi delivered a hat trick at the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III Sectional Track and Field Championships that were run at Northern…

  • North Brunswick celebrates Memorial Day

    North Brunswick celebrates Memorial Day

      North Brunswick celebrated Memorial Day on May 30. The new memorial features a circular area of pavers engraved with the names of living and deceased war veterans. The ceremony itself featured presentations by the American Legion, the VFW, town council members and the North Brunswick Township High School choir. Featured in the video, Mayor…

  • Colts Neck officials offer insight into affordable housing situation

    Colts Neck officials offer insight into affordable housing situation

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Municipal officials who are dealing with a state-mandated obligation to provide opportunities for the development of affordable housing in the community brought residents up to date on the issue during a recent meeting. Township Committee members met with residents at the Conover Road Primary School in April.…

  • Mail carrier operations will resume in Oceanport

    Mail carrier operations will resume in Oceanport

    The United States Postal Service announced they will resume mail carrier operations at the Oceanport Post Office on June 1. The Oceanport Post Office was temporarily closed after a fire in July of 2015. The Oceanport Post Office reopened in late January of this year, but mail carriers continued to report out of the Monmouth…

  • Millstone officials honor Girl Scouts

    Millstone officials honor Girl Scouts

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Township Committee has recognized a Millstone Township resident who has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award. Alexandra Sosa, who is a member of Troop 21, earned the award after she organized a research library at Millstone’s Thomas Baird Homestead on Baird Road. The Gold Award is the…