• Pier House 5K to be held Labor Day, Sept. 5

    LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch beachfront will be the site of the eighth annual Pier House 5K road race on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5. Race time is 8:30 a.m. More than 1,000 participants are expected to participate. Proceeds of the race will be donated to local organizations, including CPC Behavioral Healthcare, which provides…

  • Annual horseshoe tourney will take place Sept. 17

    EATONTOWN – The Fifth Annual Horseshoe and Corn Hole Tournament to benefit the Capt. James M. Gurbisz Foundation will take place 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, at Wolcott Park. Teams, individual players and spectators are invited. The $20 entrance fee includes lunch, beverages and dessert. There will be a DJ, a…

  • Quick action needed to combat obesity in children

    We have waited long enough for the food industry to voluntarily develop standards to reduce the marketing of unhealthy foods to children. While the proposed uniform standards recently announced by several food companies are a step in the right direction, they do not go far enough to have a significant impact on limiting the types…

  • Think about equality of privilege this Labor Day

    Most folks need to work for a living, which makes Labor Day a very popular holiday indeed. Most folks need to work, but some folks don’t have the same access to good-paying jobs that others have. In many cases, if not most, that’s not by design. It’s just the way things work. Our country’s founding…

  • Long Branch Library awarded mini-grant

    The Long Branch Free Public Library has been awarded a mini-grant from the Historical Commission of the State of New Jersey. The grant, in the amount of $512, will be used to digitize the Plat Book of Monmouth County. This digitization project will make a collection of rare, old maps of Long Branch and the…

  • Eatontown discusses widening of Wyckoff Road

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council discussed plans for a $1.2 million project to widen Wyckoff Road between Routes 35 and 36 at the Aug. 10 workshop meeting. The roadwork would address traffic congestion caused by left-turning vehicles. Currently a four-lane road, Wyckoff Road would be widened to accommodate a turning…

  • Final ceremonies at Fort Monmouth on Sept. 13, 15

    Fort Monmouth Garrison Manager George Fitzmaier will host a Garrison inactivation ceremony at Garrison headquarters at Fort Monmouth on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m. The ceremony unofficially marks the closure of Fort Monmouth as a military installation. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held inside the fort’s Expo Theater. On Thursday,…

  • Sept. 25 concert to benefit Clearwater

    Musicians on a Mission is presenting a Summer’s End Beachside Benefit on the deck at Mr. C’s Beach Bistro, Ocean and Allen Avenue, Allenhurst, on Sunday, Sept. 25, from 5 to 9 p.m. Watch the moon rise over the ocean as you listen to trop rock music by Gary Phillips and authentic Caribbean roots rock…

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