• Residents fighting cancer honored

    Five New Jersey residents, including a husband and wife who are both fighting cancer, were honored for their courage in battling the disease at the Beauty Foundation’s sixth annual Beauty Ball on March 24 at Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck. The Beauty Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves to alleviate the physical, financial…

  • Monmouth U. launches search for new president

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University announced that it has begun a national search for a new president to succeed Paul G. Gaffney II, who will be retiring on June 30, 2013, after a decade of leadership. Robert B. Sculthorpe, ’63, chairman of the university board of trustees, assembled a 16-member search committee to oversee…

  • Twins give back to NICU that saved them

    BY BARBARA BUTENSKY Correspondent Dr. Carlos Alemany, the neonatologist who took care of 13-year-old twins Brad (l) and Josh Shumer of Howell when they were born prematurely, greets the boys at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, after they returned to the hospital to make a donation of clothes for premature babies. The number 13 may…

  • A place to pin patriotism and hearts following 9/11

    Covered with mementos, vest now on display at Tribute WTC Center BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Terry Truelove admires her Costco vest, decorated with pins she received from customers in the months after Sept. 11, 2001. PHOTOS BY MIKE DAVIS There are a few hundred stories pinned onto Terry Truelove’s bright-red Costco vest. There’s the Navy…

  • Monmouth Beach’s annual race is May 12

    The Monmouth Beach School PTO in coordination with the Jersey Shore Running Club will host the 18th annual 3-Mile Run/Walk & Relay at 9 a.m. May 12 at the Monmouth Beach School. This anticipated community event offers something for all ages, including a 3-mile run, the Dolphin Mile for children age 12 and under, the…

  • Celtic Tribute 5K benefit run April 7 in Long Branch

    LONG BRANCH — On Saturday, April 7, the Jersey Shore Running Club will host the 22nd annual 5K run on the Long Branch promenade, boardwalk and great lawn along the beachfront. Organizers are hoping for a large turnout for the event, which is held in remembrance of Long Branch’s fallen officers: Patrolman Herman Emmons, Patrolman…

  • Turbine court case a four-year legal battle

    UNION BEACH — Four years after the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA) announced plans to construct a 380-foot-tall wind turbine at its Union Beach headquarters, the state Appellate Court heard oral arguments by attorneys representing BRSA and the borough of Union Beach, which seeks to block the project. In 2008, the Union Beach Unified Planning…

  • BRSA turbine appeal reaches appellate court

    Attorneys argue jurisdiction of municipalities vs. state in land-use decisions BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Construction of a 380-foot-tall industrial wind turbine proposed by the sewerage authority in Union Beach could set a precedent for land use decisions across the state, attorneys argued in the Appellate Division of Superior Court in Trenton last week. Union Beach…

  • Morro Castle display at Shipwreck Museum

    On April 1 at the InfoAge Science History Learning Center and Museum at Camp Evans, Wall Township, a Morro Castle display will be officially opened for public view in the Shipwreck Museum. The display shows items recovered from the ill-fated liner that burned and came ashore at Asbury Park in 1934. One hundred and thirty-seven…

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