• Long Branch gets FEMA money, Green Acres grant

    City to receive $223K toward snow removal costs BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Good news came in pairs last week as the city was able to secure a reimbursement on snow-related costs, as well as a Green Acres grant and a loan that will be used for boardwalk improvements. According to Business Administrator…

  • Soup’s on at Soup D’Shore

    Student-run nonprofit offers warm meals, social programs BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Students in Monmouth University’s entrepreneurship program serve lunch at Soup D’Shore, a community soup kitchen founded by the students and based at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Long Branch. A group of 35 Monmouth University students are doing their part to help…

  • Pallone: Offshore drilling isn’t safe anywhere

    Environmentalists protest bill to expand oil drilling to Eastern Seaboard BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Clean Ocean Action Executive Director Cindy Zipf is joined by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (r) and representatives of environmental organizations on April 20, the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, to protest legislation that would expand offshore drilling. DANIEL…

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    Children choose bags filled with Easter goodies during the West Long Branch Recreation Commission’s Easter festivities, which included a jellybean jar guessing game, visits with the Easter Bunny and craft activities at the West Long Branch Community Center on April 23. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Ticse set for her return to Allentown’s lineup

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Caroline Ticse will be playing catch-up again starting this week when she is expected back in Allentown High School’s outdoor track and field lineup as one of the top distance runners in the state. Bound for Johns Hopkins University this fall, the school record-holder in three different seasons has been working…

  • Toughing it out during a rough day of tennis

    Allentown High School’s Robert Millar, who teams up with Chiemelan Oriji at first doubles for the Redbirds, hits a forehand volley during Allentown’s April 21 match at home against West Windsor-Plainsboro North. Visiting WWPN won this doubles match, 6-2, 6-2, and the match overall, 5-0. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Marjorie E. Roslin

    Mrs. Roslin, 92, of Freehold, died April 23, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a licensed practical nurse and worked at the Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital and the former Allenwood Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Vincent James Roslin, in 2006; a son, Robert Larry Roslin, in 1991; and a grandson, Nicholas…

  • Katharine Zoll

    Ms. Zoll, 51, of the Clarksburg section of Millstone, died April 10, 2011, at home. She grew up in Matawan and worked at Fort Monmouth in computer support. Ms. Zoll coowned a small business with her fiancé, Robert Poccia. Surviving are her parents, Frederick and Susan Zoll of Matawan; a brother and sister, James Zoll…

  • John J. Donohue

    Mr. Donohue, 90, of Manalapan, formerly of Sayreville, died April 11, 2011, in Cranbury Center, Monroe. He was predeceased by his first wife, Mary Donohue. Surviving are his wife, Ann Stephens Donohue; two daughters, Karen Schweitzer, and her husband, Gregory, of Pennsylvania and Susan Ortenzio, and her husband, Kevin, of Millstone; three sons, John J.…

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