• Brookdale job fair draws fort workers

    BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — With Fort Monmouth nearing its final closure in the coming months, many of the fort’s staff flocked to the Portuguese Club on Broadway last month to look for work. Ed Johnson, director of the Brookdale Learning Center in Long Branch, said in an interview that many fort workers…

  • Residents mull legal options to stop dealership expansion

    Application seeks 12 variances; driveway at center of debate BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Residents of the borough’s Parker Village development are weighing their legal options in a bid to block the expansion of the Circle BMW dealership. Plans for the project, which were heard at the Planning Board’s Feb. 28 meeting, call…

  • Setting goals

    Above: Members of the Kean University football team, including (l-r) Eric Salgado of North Bergen, Don Wollman of Middletown, Tom D’Ambrisi of Eatontown, and Mo Ramadon of Clifton, paid a visit to Wayside Elementary School, Ocean Township, to help stuents celebrate Read Across America Week. The event celebrates the joy of reading as it marks…

  • A letter to the human race

    GUEST COLUMN DAWN ZELINSKI We, your fellow creatures need your help. Many of us suffer greatly each day, and we need you to become more aware of this suffering and do something to help us. Here are some details and suggestions on what you can do: Ban foie gras forever. For those who don’t know…

  • Oceanport and WLB agree to share dispatch services

    Boros expect to save combined $1.3M over five years BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council has entered into a shared services agreement with West Long Branch that the two municipalities hope will save them a combined $1.3 million over the next five years. Approved by the West Long Branch Borough Council…

  • Frank Talk presents black history programs

    RED BANK — Local actress Lorraine Stone will bring a great heroine of black women’s history to life in “AWoman Named Mary Bowser” at Frank Talk Art Bistro and Books on March 19 and 20. Mary Bowserwas born a slave in 1839 on a plantation in Virginia. Her contribution to the outcome of the Civil…

  • State issues Request for Proposals for Monmouth Park

    Winning applicant will land five-year lease of racetrack BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Monmouth Park Local officials are praising the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) for issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the lease of Monmouth Park in Oceanport. Issued on March 3 and due by March 31, the RFP offers qualified…

  • Michael’s Feat supports ill newborns and families

    Michael Gerard Puharic Memorial Fund has raised $1M BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Adam Puharic and Janet Emma admire a mural at the dedication of the Michael‘s Feat Family Resource Room at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monmouth in May 2007. When Dana and Adam Puharic lost their newborn son Michael within 83 hours…

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