• Polar Bear Plunge benefits Ronald McDonald House

    SEABRIGHT— The Junior Board of the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) of Long Branch will host the second annual Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Sea Bright Municipal Beach, behind the Sea Bright Firehouse. Registration will be held at Sea Bright Pizza, 1066 Ocean Ave., at 10:30 a.m., and the plunge starts at…

  • Capoeirathon will benefit breast cancer foundation

    LONG BRANCH — Pearl Street Gym and Afro Brazilian Martial Arts and Fitness will co-host the First Annual Capoeirathon on the Jersey Shore Saturday, March 24. The fundraiser will be held 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. at Pearl Street Gym, located on the second floor at 10 Pearl St. The event will include workshops in…

  • Eatontown plans to polish ‘hidden jewel’

    Trail repairs, kiosk, signs planned for 47-acre arboretum and wildlife sanctuary BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer A dog carries a found treasure along the trail at the Bliss Price Arboretum andWildlife Sanctuary. Planned upgrades include new signage and trail repairs. KRISTEN DALTON EATONTOWN — The Borough Council and the Eatontown Shade Tree Commission are working…

  • Seashore Day Camp’s Day of Fun set for Feb. 11

    LONG BRANCH — Sand sculptors and magicians will be part of the free fun at Seashore Day Camp’s annual Day of Fun on Saturday, Feb. 11, noon to 3 p.m. John Gruber, a sand sculptor, will teach boys and girls how to build intricate structures in the sand, and award-winning magician R.J. Lewis will present…

  • Wanamassa’s got talent

    Ella Warren (l) and Sherrina Chen, aka the “Shriek Monsters,” perform during the Jan. 31 dress rehearsal for the Wanamassa School’s talent show held at Ocean Township High School. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff With direction from Stephen Waldrup, Ella Warren (bottom) and Sherrina Chen take their positions on stage during the dress rehearsal. Second-grader…

  • Gingrich misrepresented by letter writer

    I n a recent letter, “Resident sees racism in candidate’s remarks” (Feb. 2), Avery Grant accused Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich of “rednecked racism” for comments made by Gingrich proposing “urban poor kids be hired as janitor aides in schools.” What Gingrich actually said, as quoted by The New York Times, is: “You say to…

  • Animal registry safeguards the community

    A s someone who deals with dozens of cruelty-toanimals cases every week, I applaud those working to establish an online animal abuser registry in New York. Exposing and remembering people who hurt animals will better guarantee our communities’ safety. Mental-health and law-enforcement experts know that the bullies and cowards who abuse animals will often cross…

  • Writer’s swipe at custodial work is misguided

    Response to Avery Grant’s remarks in the Feb. 2 issue R egarding your criticism of Newt Gingrich’s comments on hiring urban youths as janitors, what is so wrong with being a janitor? Why is there automatically a negative connotation attached to custodial work, manual labor or working with ones hands? Many fathers and mothers put…

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