• Buccaneers’ football team hosts practice for AYF players

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The Red Bank Regional High School football team reversed roles earlier this month when it held a practice for Red Bank American Youth Football (AYF) teams at Count Basie Field. The varsity Buccaneers instilled some knowledge in the younger players as they ran practice drills, which they learned from their own…

  • Closing Range wins stretch duel to capture Twin Lights Stakes

    Closing Range (#4), with Chris DeCarlo riding, held off the challenge of Zucchini Flower and jockey Elvis Trujillo in the stretch to win the $60,000 Twin Lights Stakes at Monmouth Park on Aug. 26. BILL DENVER/EQUI-PHOTO St. George Farm Racing’s Closing Range dug in through the lane and prevailed in a stretch duel with Zucchini…

  • Photography exhibit at Long Branch Library

    ‘Bamboozle Ferris Wheel’ Photographer Julie Murray will exhibit her images of local spots for the month of September at the Long Branch Free Public Library, 328 Broadway. Murray is a Jersey-born photographer who started showing an interest in photography at a young age. She specializes in local landscapes and cityscapes, as well as everyday images…

  • Eric P. Ericsson

    Mr. Ericsson, 77, of Morganville, formerly of Maplewood and South Orange, died Aug. 20, 2012, at home. He was a firefighter for the Maplewood Fire Department and operated his own sign business, Ericsson Advertising. Mr. Ericsson was predeceased by a sister, Carla Herbert. Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Lorraine; three children and their…

  • Linda M. Foley Strandberg

    Mrs. Strandberg, 52, of East Brunswick, died Aug.15, 2012, at home. She was employed as assistant to the curator in the Education Department at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, for the past six years. She was predeceased by her father, Harold Foley. Surviving are her husband, Christopher Strandberg; two daughters, Kristin Strandberg…

  • Training offered for hospice volunteers

    LONG BRANCH — Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch will host training programs for individuals interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. The volunteer training program is designed to give participants an understanding of the needs of patients and families who are coping with advanced illness. Program topics…

  • Workshop offers training for startups

    Interfaith Neighbors, an economic development and neighborhood revitalization organization, has teamed up with UCEDC, a statewide small business lender and training provider, to offer an intensive six-week workshop for startup businesses, including those in the idea-planning phase or in operation less than a year. The next session of “Entrepreneurship 101: Are You Ready to Start…

  • Nike veterans invited to reunion

    On Sept. 19, veterans of the U.S. Army’s Nike Guided Missile System will gather at Fort Hancock in Sandy Hook for their first East Coast reunion. The reunion is sponsored by the Alaska Nike Vets Association; however, attendance is open to all Nike veterans regardless of where they were stationed. Through the use of their…

  • Eastern Monmouth Chamber awards scholarships

    Front row (l-r): Dennis Pryzwara, for his daughter Elizabeth Pryzwara; Thien Nguyen, Carolina Mueller, Lisa Pringle, Alexandra Brady, Phillip Fazio and Nicholas Privetera. Not pictured: Elizabeth Pryzwara, Jennifer Bredehoft, Colleen Roberts, Ben Bremner, Jillian Campbell, Shauntay White, Kelly Perkins and Ashley Van Gelderen. Back row: EMACC Education Foundation board members (l-r) Dave Heinmets, Gail Abrams,…

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