• A chance to give back

    TINTON FALLS — Boy Scouts contribute to the well-being of local communities through projects like food drives, development of hiking trails and refurbishing historic landmarks, to name just a few examples. When it comes time for senior Scouts to select their final Eagle project, they select a project that will have a positive, lasting impact.…

  • WCTC sets 9/11 anniversary programming

    WCTC 1450-AM recently announced its schedule of Sept. 11 coverage to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. During her “Life Advice” program beginning at 6 a.m., Jennifer Lewis Hall will speak with a 9/11 survivor who wrote a book and to Shari Burkat, who runs the 9/11 support organization Voices of 9/11, which…

  • Development to have units for Arc clients

    Proposed apartment building would include affordable, age-restricted units BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — A developer is seeking approval for an age-restricted apartment building that would include units for tenants who are clients of the Arc of Monmouth. At the Aug. 18 Tinton Falls Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, the board began hearing an…

  • 9/11 observances

    A time to remember … reflect … and heal PHOTO BY FARRAH TOMASELLI The most powerful weapon known to humanity is not an airliner flown into a building. Nor anthrax. Nor even a nuclear device. The most powerful weapon is fear. Fear is the only weapon that can destroy a country, because it is the…

  • Towns turning to social media to get word out

    Facebook, tweets, texting complement alerts to inform residents during hurricane BY KENNY WALTER & KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writers Sand dunes on the Sea Bright beach show evidence of major beach erosion following Hurricane Irene’s battering of the Shore area. ERIC SUCAR staff A fter a blizzard of complaints from residents about the lack of information…

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    Donovan’s Reef in Sea Bright is evidence of the fury with which Hurricane Irene battered the Shore area. More photos, page 11 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • How to get your sports news in the paper

    If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Give complete information, such as dates, full…

  • Scarlet Knights open 2011 with victory they needed

    RU blasts NCCU, 48-0 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rutgers University’s football team did what it wanted and needed to do Thursday night, and that was to get the 2011 season off on a positive note. “We all needed to get the monkey off our back,” said head coach Greg Schiano, who is beginning his…

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    The seventh annual Century for the Cure Bike Ride will be held Sept. 10. Registration is now open for the one-day 100- mile ride that will start at 6 a.m. at Camp Riverbend in Warren Township. Proceeds from the event will benefit cutting-edge research and programs at the Cancer Institute ofNewJersey. There are also 40-…

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