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    Long Branch High School’s Dwight Clark gets off a jump shot in the paint against Freehold High School on Jan. 8 in Freehold. The Green Wave prevailed in this Shore Conference B North Division contest, 48-42. RICH GRAESSLE PHOTO

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    Monmouth University senior Ryan Clark (Freehold Township) was selected to take part in the 2013 MLS Player Combine from Jan. 11-15 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Clark joins former Hawks Hugh MacDonald, Bryan Meredith, Ryan Kinne and R.J. Allen as recent Monmouth players to participate in the Combine, which precedes the Jan. 17 MLS SuperDraft. “We…

  • Undefeated Brookdale men ranked No. 1 in the country

    Basketball team sports 17-0 mark BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College guard Casey Skievaski (No. 32) puts up a shot over Ocean Township High School’s Isiah Barber during one of Brookdale’s wins this year at the Robert J. Collins Arena. The Jersey Blues are undefeated and have achieved the No. 1 ranking in…

  • Sculpture exhibit in Red Bank

    “Moonsnail” by Lisa Bagwell, materials collected along Sandy Hook beach after a heavy rainstorm The first exhibit of 2013 at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County Gallery in Red Bank showcases sculptures in a range of media, including traditional mediums such as polymer and clay as well as alternative materials such as found objects. Artists…

  • Explore out-of-this-world events at planetarium

    As seen in TheBeachBeat.com The Robert J. Novins Planetarium on the main campus of Ocean County College, College Drive, Toms River, is offering a variety of special events and seasonal shows from January through March.  “Pajama Night: Story Telling Under the Stars” will be presented at 6 and 7 p.m. on Jan. 26, Feb.…

  • Baykeeper challenges DEP public-access rules

    Appeal claims Legislature, not the agency, has authority over public access to waters BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Members of environmental groups staged a protest on a gated section of beach in Elberon last year to draw attention to public-access issues along the Shore. FILE PHOTO KEYPORT — The NY/NJ Baykeeper is asking the courts…

  • ARC’s work center sidelined by Sandy

    Flood damage at Work Opportunity Center displaces clients BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Some 150 clients have been shifted to facilities in Tinton Falls and Neptune after flooding during the superstorm caused extensive damage to the Arc of Monmouth’s Work Opportunity Center in Long Branch, which has been gutted. LONG BRANCH — The nearly 150…

  • Upgrades to senior center, library move forward

    Lower bids allow Eatontown to expand improvement projects BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Cost savings on renovations to the Eatontown Senior Community Center on Broad Street may allow the borough to expand the project. NICOLE ANTONUCCI EATONTOWN — Senior Community Center improvements that are estimated to total $335,000 will cost the borough just $19,000 thanks…

  • Polar Dip Jan. 26 in Long Branch

    LONG BRANCH — The seventh annual A.J.’s New Jersey Polar Dip to benefit Camp Sunshine is set for Jan. 26 at the Avenue Beach Club in Long Branch. Participants in A.J.’s New Jersey Polar Dip, many wearing costumes, will plunge into the chilly Atlantic Ocean to raise money to send more New Jersey families to…

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