• Oakhurst VFW holds annual Loyalty Day Luncheon

    The postponed annual Loyalty Day Luncheon, hosted by Gimbel Lehy Quirk Post 2226 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was held May 12 at the post home in Oakhurst. Loyalty Day provides an opportunity for Americans to express support for our form of government and to display their appreciation for the freedoms that our country…

  • Mail firm owners plead guilty to fraud

    EATONTOWN — The owners and operators of KAMailers LLC, an Eatontownbased bulk-mailing house, admitted defrauding clients by dumping large amounts of mail rather than posting it, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Joseph Bisogno, 49, and Kathleen Bisogno, 52, both of Toms River, pleaded guilty May 16 before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in…

  • Council seeks options for former municipal building

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The future of the former municipal building at 95 PoplarAve. will be discussed later this summer after an architectural analysis of the structure is complete, a borough official said last week. According to John J. Kennedy, borough administrator, the Borough Council has retained architect Wayne A…

  • 22nd Annual Oceanfest July Fourth

    LONG BRANCH — The city’s July Fourth celebration has become a tradition at the Jersey Shore. This year’s 22nd annual Oceanfest Independence Day celebration on Wednesday, July Fourth, will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., rain or shine, along the half-mile stretch of oceanfront Promenade between Seven Presidents Park and the Ocean Place Resort…

  • Long Branch Rec will host yoga on beach

    Long Branch Recreation will host yoga on the beach seven days a week June 15 through September 3. The hour-long class will be held 7 a.m. at Brighton Avenue beach, weather permitting. Bring beach towel, water and comfortable clothes. All are welcome and donations to the Recreation Department are appreciated. Call 732-571-6545 for further info.

  • New water treatment process adds ammonia to the mix

    Kidney dialysis patients, home aquarium owners must take precautions BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Most people probably won’t detect anything different about the water from their tap, but during the week of June 11, the New JerseyAmerican Water Co. (NJAW) is adding a new chemical to its water treatment process: ammonia. According to the company…

  • Workshop on electronic security June 20

    LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Concordance Family Success Center will host a Teens and Technology workshop 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 20. The workshop, to be held at the Brookdale Community College Learning Center, 213 Broadway, second floor, Long Branch, addresses the importance of security in the electronic lives of teens and families, social networking, smartphones,…

  • Farmers market may begin by late June

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Members of the Borough Council and the Downtown Business Association (DBA) are reviewing and revising an agreement that could have a farmers market running by the end of June. Following a discussion at the May 23 regular action meeting, council members proposed that the agreement be reviewed again…

  • Hooked on Sandy Hook

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN I t’s a balmy night and the beach is jampacked. My friends and I are camped at the ocean’s edge in our beach chairs, feet dangling in the frothy breakers. The hours breeze by as we laugh, chat and sing along to live Americana music while our kids build sandcastles and…

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