• CODA

    Modest proposals from readers and a few others GREG BEAN My column last week on the need, and inevitability, of passing some necessary gun legislation in the near future drew plenty of reaction, most of it from the usual suspects who berate me every time they think I put in my liberal mouthpiece. Like Larry,…

  • For blood banks, winter is no season of giving

    Blood centers’ challenge: Raising awareness of need for blood, ease of donating BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer A single donation of blood, divided into red blood cells, plasma and platelets, can help save up to three lives. JEFF GRANIT staff A s temperatures plummet during the winter months, so do potentially lifesaving blood donations. A…

  • Food-and-wine event helps homeless animals

    EATONTOWN — Project Animal Worldwide (PAW) invites the community to Sweet Beginning: Dessert Party and Wine Tasting, 7-10 p.m. Jan. 18 at Raven and the Peach, 740 River Road in Fair Haven. The evening will feature light fare and scrumptious desserts, more than 40 gift auction baskets, a jewelry bar by Barking Blue Jay, and…

  • Jan. programs at West Long Branch Library

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Programs for all youngsters, including the library’s youngest patrons, will be offered this month at the West Long Branch Library. Baby Storytime, Wednesdays at 10 a.m., beginning Jan. 9. Share the fun of traditional nursery rhymes, songs and simple stories while children experience various sounds and language patterns. For babies 10-24…

  • City maps to exceed FEMA flood elevations

    Flood-insurance premiums lower for structures raised higher than federal maps BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city building official is advising owners of properties in flood-prone areas that their properties should be raised 2 feet higher than federal regulations require. Kevin Hayes, director of the city’s Department of Building and Development, explained…

  • Contributions of many made Operation Sleighbells a success

    Amanda Martin (l-r) and Nicole Lewis, of Union Beach, and their families, were among those helped by Operation Sleighbells. Their homes were destroyed by Sandy. More than 1,000 area children and their families — many of whom are displaced and living in temporary housing in the wake of superstorm Sandy — had a brighter holiday…

  • Green groups: Rebuilding no ‘Shore’ thing

    Sierra Club, other N.J. groups say future depends on change BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Environmentalists say lessons learned from the Oct. 29 superstorm should guide rebuilding efforts to protect communities from the effects of severe storms, like this house on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright, destroyed during Sandy. ERIC SUCAR staff Environmental groups throughout…

  • Banking on blood donations

    Kevin Karol of Fair Haven donates blood at the Central Jersey Blood Center headquarters in Shrewsbury on Dec. 19. During the winter months, donations of blood often plummet, prompting the designation of January as National Blood Donors Month to encourage members of the public to help save a life. JEFF GRANIT staff

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