• Shore food drive nets 3,500 lbs for FoodBank

    Shore residents and beachgoers donated 3,592 pounds of food at various collection points during Move For Hunger’s third annual Surfside Food Drive to benefit the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Food collected was enough to provide 2,763 meals for those in need, according to a press release from Move For Hunger. Local event sponsor…

  • Visiting nurses take on Irene

    Preparation key to caring for patients during emergencies BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Patients know they can depend on the visiting nurses of the VNA of Central Jersey to care for them even in cases of severe weather. RED BANK — During Hurricane Irene, a paraplegic man living along the ocean in Asbury Park was…

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    Participants in the Monmouth Coaching Invitational drive through the Navesink Highlands Greenway in antique coaches.

  • Weekend of coaching returns

    MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF), a countywide land trust located in Middletown, is celebrating 34 years of preserving land and protecting the natural resources of Monmouth County. This year the foundation will again partner with the National Four-In-Hand Club to bring to the area a historic weekend coaching drive, The Monmouth Coaching Invitational.…

  • Board removes age restriction, seeks Carriage Park redesign

    Planners share concerns about taxes, impact on schools BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — The borough Planning Board unanimously approved the removal of a 55-plus age restriction for the proposed Carriage Park development on Sept. 13, but not without conditions. Council representative Jonathan Bitman told John Giunco, attorney for developer Javin LP, to…

  • ‘Run for the Fallen’ to honor those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan

    Relay team to cover one mile for each fallen service member in run from Cape May to Vet. Memorial HOLMDEL — A team of active-duty and reserve airmen and soldiers from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, along with a team of wounded veterans, will embark on a 154-mile journey to honor every New Jersey service member killed…

  • What comes to mind when you think New Jersey?

    I f you live here, you probably think of the Jersey shore, Jersey tomatoes, Jersey blueberries, the Meadowlands, the Pine Barrens, Cape May, High Point or maybe the Delaware Water Gap or even the light bulb. But the national perception is a bit different. A nationwide survey conducted by the Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll…

  • Resident’s view on trees’ rights vs. people’s rights

    Recently the Fair Haven Borough Council proposed a tree preservation act. The reason given for this important invasion of the residents’ freedom was “We are forced to balance the rights of the trees with the rights of the property owners.” I assume the trees are forcing the council to protect them. Our freedom-stealing council has…

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