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    The Matt Wade Band performs on July 9 at the first ShrimpFest hosted by the Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce at Joe Palaia Park. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Travelin’ music for the Jazz and Blues Festival

    Music series to be held in Middletown, Long Branch and Asbury Park BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Lionel Young MIDDLE- TOWN— The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation’s three-day Jazz and Blues Festival will be divided among three towns on three dates this summer. “We’re actually bringing the music to a couple of new communities,”…

  • ArtVentures exhibit at Oyster Point

    “Sunset Neckpiece” by Lise Kusner RED BANK — Original works of art by ArtVentures, a New Jersey-based group of artists, will be featured at The Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank throughout July and August. More than 35 new works consisting of paintings in watercolor, acrylics and fiber art by local artists will be featured.…

  • Serious attention must be paid to pollution at NJ shore

    Summer beach season has officially kicked off and like many New Jersey residents, I will spend my weekends at the shore anywhere from Sandy Hook to Island Heights. Unfortunately, reckless development of Barnegat Bay and the shore is threatening the waters where we swim and fish due to chemical pollution from overstressed storm basins, making…

  • VA must help veterans before it’s too late

    Every time the shock begins to fade from the last Veterans Affairs (VA) health care scandal, you can count on the VA to do or have done something else outrageous relative to their obligation to care for our wounded and suffering veterans. Veterans disabled by PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) and a host of other mental…

  • Magic 100.1 will host July 16 Aquapalooza

    Join boaters, sailors, rowers, swimmers, kayakers and jet-skiers at Marine Max’s Aquapalooza, hosted by Magic 100.1, for some traditional Shore fun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 16. Aquapalooza is the annual celebration that takes place on the water at Tice’s Shoal, an area adjacent to Island Beach State Park on Barnegat Bay. The…

  • Police seek information on stabbing incident

    BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer EATONTOWN – Borough police are investigating a July 2 incident that left a 15-year-old Eatontown youth with multiple stab wounds and in the Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. Detective Lt. Lawrence Tyler said last week that the stabbing, which occurred in Wolcott Park, resulted from…

  • L.B. gets mixed reviews on three measures

    Residents weigh in on solar project, smoking ban, meters BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — During a busy City Council meeting, members of the public had different takes that ranged from praise to criticism on three city ordinances. During the June 28 meeting, the council approved ordinances authorizing the city to bond for a…

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