• WCTC sets 9/11 10th anniversary programming

    WCTC 1450-AM has announced its schedule of Sept. 11 coverage to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. During her “LifeAdvice” program beginning at 6 a.m., Jennifer Lewis Hall will speak with Bonnie McEneaney, whose husband died at the WTC. She wrote the book “Messages, Signs, Visits and Premonitions From Loved Ones Lost on…

  • ‘Wild Nature’: Nature photography by Eric Sambol

    Monmouth University is hosting a solo exhibit of wildlife photography by Eric Sambol. “Wild Nature” will run through Sept. 30 at the Pollak Gallery on the West Long Branch campus. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Urban Coast Institute. Sambol, of Brick, uses the medium of photography to reawaken his childhood passion for nature. The…

  • Annual walk to raise awareness of food allergy

    More than 1,500 walkers expected Sept. 18 A s any parent knows, life with children is a balancing act between worrying for their safety and setting them free to grow and meet new challenges. For parents of children with food allergies, that balancing act is even more pronounced. To help educate and create awareness of…

  • New theater group looks for a home

    HAZLET— Lauren Raad has been supportive of her 9-year-old daughter, Gabriella, in her passion to perform. Her daughter has been in four community plays since she was 5 years old, and Raad has shuttled her back and forth from home to auditions, rehearsals and performances. When the theater company Gabriella was performing with moved more…

  • business briefs 

    Two River Community Bank, Middletown, has announced its 2011 Summer Intern Program participants: Sam Smyth from Christian Brothers Academy, Joel Diamond from Red Bank Regional High School and Haley Peckman from Wall Township High School earned positions in the program. In addition, three of the bank’s previous interns, Liam Ayres, John Kenny and Kevin Zajack,…

  • Middletown police investigate fatal crash

    BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – A car crash on Chapel Hill Road left a Leonardo man dead in the early hours of Sept. 2. According to a press release from the Middletown Township Police Department Traffic Bureau, Daniel Piano, 18, suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene where his car struck…

  • Aberdeen pickup of storm debris under way

    ABERDEEN TOWNSHIP — The Aberdeen Township Public Works Department on Sept. 6 began picking up branches downed by Hurricane Irene. According to a press release from the township, tree parts should be placed at the curb, and the Public Works Department will work its way through town until everything has been collected.

  • Aberdeen Twp. awarded $340K roadwork grant

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN –The township has received a $340,000 grant from the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund’s Local Aid Infrastructure Fund (LAIF) program that will be used to fund roadwork on South Atlantic Avenue. The grant, announced on Aug. 24, is expected to cover the cost of roadway resurfacing and drainage work…

  • Volunteers needed to aid violence victims

    Beginning in October, 180-Turning Lives Around (180), a private non-profit organization dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence, will be conducting a training course for Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) volunteers. Applications are being accepted for the program and interviews will begin shortly. The volunteer advocates with 180’s DVRT program are civilian members of the…

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