• L.B students to get tablets for learning

    District expects new take-home technology to motivate students BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Backpacks loaded down with schoolbooks will soon be a thing of the past for Long Branch public school students. Anew initiative will equip students with new learning technology in the form of tablets and save the district money, while motivating…

  • A misguided effort to protect the farm team

    CODA GREG BEAN I f you see stories on the news about long lines at the gas pumps around Washington, D.C., this holiday season, it won’t be because they’re short on gas, or that prices have dropped to record lows. It will be because certain folks at the U.S. Department of Labor have stopped by…

  • Hunter addresses concerns named in article

    A fter reading your Nov. 17 article on the Monmouth County Park System hunting program, it was obvious that it was a one-sided anti-hunting view. Yes, I am a hunter and an 18-year resident of Monmouth County. I strongly feel that I, along with my fellow residents, enjoy the use of the park system whether…

  • Long Branch loses a citizen of rare integrity

    On Dec. 1, 2011, Ralph S. “Flip” De Fillipo Sr. passed away at the age of 78. Having only been a resident of Long Branch for the past 19 years, I did not have the pleasure to meet Flip until 2006. But when I did meet him, I was immediately drawn to his smile and…

  • AARP to fight potential phone rate hikes

    Each month we’re in the routine of paying our phone and cable bills. But what if one month, you saw those bills increase drastically, with no way to fight it? On Nov. 21, AARP New Jersey will be at the Statehouse in Trenton continuing its opposition to the Telecommunications Deregulation bill, S-2664. Senate Bill 2664…

  • Recent tragedy puts focus on domestic violence

    Every day brings another tragic story to the headlines. The recent murder of a young Middletown woman, KimberlyAllen, allegedly at the hands of her husband has left the community shaking their heads in disbelief. A friend of the victim was quoted saying, “She seemed to have a perfect family and a perfect life.” None of…

  • Restaurant owners sentenced on tax scam, harboring aliens

    Two brothers-in-law who own Sawa Sushi Asian restaurants in Long Branch and Eatontown were sentenced on Nov. 30 for their respective roles in failing to pay payroll taxes to the IRS and harboring unlawful aliens, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Mou Chor Tung, also known as Kenny Tung, 45, of Colts Neck, was sentenced…

  • Eatontown Lions Club tree lot provides for community

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Edwin Martinez and his daughter Jearianna, pick out a Christmas tree at the Eatontown Lions Club tree lot with the help of club member Joe Freeman on Dec. 4. NICOLE ANTONUCCI EATONTOWN — The Lions Club has officially opened its annual Christmas tree sale, a charity fundraiser for projects and…

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