• Gregory School in line for historical designation

    Status would help conversion project qualify for tax credits BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Plans to rehabilitate the former Gregory School building took at least two steps forward last week as the site was given a conditional historical site designation and the Long Branch Housing Authority (LBHA) formally applied for funding. LBHA officials…

  • Reality show pays it forward

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer (l-r) Rick Martinsen, co-writer, Point Pleasant; Jimmy Fields, host/producer, Red Bank; Frank Calo, producer/ director, New York; Steve Craig Bogard, founder of Aslan Youth Ministries, Asbury Park. When Jimmy Fields was a teenager growing up in Asbury Park, he got a little help along the way through a youth mentoring…

  • FMERA approves golf course lease

    Agreements reached for operation of Suneagles, Gibbs Hall BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Officials are hoping to execute a contract this week for operation of the Suneagles Golf Course at Fort Monmouth, which is scheduled to close on Sept. 15. During a special meeting on Sept. 9, board members of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority…

  • Photo

    Andrew Ashton, a member of the Junior Air Force ROTC program at Long Branch High School, takes part in the ceremonial folding of an American flag during the 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony held at the school on Sept. 9. More photos, page 24 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR Staff

  • Coach witnessed wizardry of Millstone Magic team

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone Magic, the Millstone-Roosevelt Little League All Star Team for 7-year-olds, finished its season hitting with a combined team average of .654 and scoring a total of 120 runs. MILLSTONE — Twelve boys who believed in themselves made magic on the baseball diamond this summer. Chris Blotto, manager of the…

  • Allentown girls x-c team deeper and more talented

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent I s there life after Caroline Ticse for Allentown’s girls cross country team? Apparently, the answer is “yes” as the Redbirds embarked on their season on Tuesday in a quadrangular meet involving West Windsor Plainsboro North, West Windsor-Plainsboro South and Nottingham at Washington’s Crossing State Park with the largest turnout for…

  • Redbirds rule Lions

    Left: Allentown High School’s Sara Hanley (l) and Lacey’s Al Smialowicz try to gain control of the ball during the Sept. 9 game in Allentown. The Redbirds scored a 1-0 victory. Their record after the first week of play is 3-0. Above: Allentown High School goalie Hayley Peterson makes a kick-save during the Redbirds’ Sept.…

  • Elnora Maxwell Brock

    Mrs. Brock, 80, of Freehold Township, formerly of Millstone, died Sept. 1, 2011, at home. She earned an Associate ofArts degree in sociology from Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. She was employed by the Monmouth County Action Program (MCAP) as a community organizer and at Check-Mate Inc. as a regional coordinator for 29 years. Mrs. Brock…

  • Exhibition will highlight Roosevelt’s women artists

    Art show in the historic factory Sept. 17-18 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Roosevelt’s Judith Nahmias, who created this piece of art, will be one of the artists featured in the exhibit this weekend. Roosevelt’s female artists will get their due in an exhibition at the factory this weekend. “Roosevelt’s Women Artists” will take place…

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