• Future of Poplar Village tied to grant funds

    Options weighed include rebuilding on new site away from flood plain BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Flooding due to heavy rains before and during Hurricane Irene last August forced residents of Poplar Village to evacuate. OCEANTOWNSHIP— Stakeholders are waiting for word on a federal grant application before deciding on the future of Poplar Village, a senior…

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    Kasey Sanders (r-l), Shem Rajoon, Dave Morgan and Marcio Olivera perform Afro-Brazilian music on Broadway in Long Branch to promote the first Capoeirathon on the Jersey Shore held at the Pearl Street Gym & Afro Brazilian Martial Arts and Fitness on March 24. A portion of the proceeds of the event benefited the JAF Foundation,…

  • NAMI NJ celebrating heroes campaign

    NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NJ has launched its 2012 Celebrating Our Heroes campaign to acknowledge and celebrate the heroes who serve our country, who battle mental illness and who fight for their loved one’s recovery. The public is invited to submit the names and/or pictures of heroes to be featured on its website…

  • L.B. Concordance to honor local educators

    LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Concordance (LBC) will honor Michael Salvatore, superintendent of Long Branch schools, and Dr. Webster B. Trammell, vice president of development, community and government relations at Brookdale Community College. The fundraising event will be held at Stella Maris in Elberon on May 17. Salvatore assumed his current position last year,…

  • West Long Branch introduces $10.2M municipal budget

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The Borough Council introduced a $10.2 million budget for the 2012 fiscal year at the March 21 council meeting. The proposed municipal budget represents a $286,225 increase over the 2011 budget of $9.9 million “Our focus continues to be to provide a superior level of service…

  • Borough plans $280K in upgrades to senior center

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Plans call for $280,000 in upgrades to the Senior Community Center located on Broad Street. NICOLE ANTONUCCI EATONTOWN — A $280,000 improvement project to the Senior Community Center is expected to begin this summer, including the installation of a new heating/ ventilation/air conditioning system and possibly new windows. “This is…

  • It’s one of those good news, bad news deals

    CODA GREG BEAN Here’s a statement I never thought I’d write: New Jersey has the most stringent anti-corruption laws in the nation, according to a recent study by State Integrity Investigation, working with the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity and Public Radio International. The long collaborative investigation of all 50 states found New Jersey…

  • Brain Injury Awareness Month: time for action

    March is Brain Injury Awareness month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 130,000 sports and recreation related traumatic brain injuries occur annually in the United States among children 5-18 years of age. What is of specific concern is that the CDC estimates a 60 percent increase in emergency department visits…

  • Better options for use of Long Branch’s grant

    I found out recently that the city of Long Branch received a federal grant to transform an area of open land located off Atlantic Avenue between Florence Avenue and the Shrewsbury River (Troutman’s Creek) from an open field to an area similar to Jackson Woods, which is a park off Ocean and Avenel avenues in…

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