• Choosing a dog trainer

    We Americans love animals; however, we know little about them. We are used to convenience and short cuts. We also believe there’s a perfect dog for everyone. The perfect dog is an enticing fantasy pooch. It’s the dog that instantly learns to pee outdoors, never menaces or frightens children, plays gently with other dogs, won’t…

  • Choosing the right outpatient radiology center

    Brian Myers, technician, and Kim Titus, assistant, prepare a patient for a heart scan at Freehold Radiology Group. Your physician has ordered a series of radiology procedures. Your physician gives you a prescription for the examinations and a list of radiology facilities in your area. Which one to choose and why? Important questions to ask…

  • Remodeling a kitchen

    If you have ever had even one party you know: The kitchen is the most important room in your house. That is where all the guests congregate. The kitchen is also where the most homework is done, and where important family meetings are held. Also, as any Realtor will tell you, remodeling your kitchen is…

  • Register for golf outing by June 30

    In partnership with Leaders for Life Inc., the Zeta Nu Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. will hold the second annual Go to High School, Go to College Golf Classic on Aug. 3 at Bunker Hill Golf Course, 220 Bunker Hill Road, Princeton. The event begins with a golf clinic at 1 p.m.…

  • Eatontown casts critical eye on fort housing plan

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The addition of veterans’ housing to the Eatontown area of Fort Monmouth has some officials and residents concerned that the borough’s housing obligation in the redevelopment plan will increase. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) reuse plan calls for 577 housing units for the Eatontown sector of…

  • Film on survivor’s quest to screen on June 25

    “Living Downstream” will be screened at 6:30 p.m. June 25 at the Unitarian meetinghouse, 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft. The film follows Professor Sandra Steingraber — a scientist, author and cancer survivor — as she attempts to break the silence about cancer, its environmental links and the urgent human rights issue therein. Both a personal…

  • Birdsall firm pleads guilty to criminal charges

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A n attorney representing Birdsall Services Group (BSG) entered a guilty plea today on behalf of the firm to charges of money laundering and making false representations for government contracts, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. Joseph Hayden, defense counsel for BSG, entered the plea in state Superior Court…

  • Oceanfest July Fourth: sun, fun, food and fireworks

    LONG BRANCH — An Independence Day tradition in Long Branch, the 23rd annual Oceanfest celebration, will take place on July 4. The free, family-friendly festival runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., rain or shine, along the half-mile stretch of oceanfront Promenade between Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park and the Ocean Place Resort & Spa. Oceanfest…

  • NJ Environmental Federation moves to Long Branch

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The destruction of superstorm Sandy prompted a statewide environmental group to pick up and move its headquarters outside of a flood zone. Dave Pringle, campaign director for the New Jersey Environmental Federation (NJEF), said the group’s Belmar offices were washed out during superstorm Sandy, and have since…

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