• State report calls for end to UEZ program

    L.B. director says program is working, creates jobs, helps cities BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The future of the Long Branch Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) is in serious doubt after the governor’s office recommended last month that the program be eliminated. Gov. Chris Christie’s office released a report Feb. 25 that suggested that the Legislature eliminate…

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    Shore Regional High School students perform March 3 in the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at the West Long Branch school, where performances will take place March 11, 12 and 13. More photos, page 26 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Peddie swimmers shine at USA swimming meets

    Swimmers from the Peddie Aquatics Association competed successfully in two USA Swimming meets, winning 10 events and finishing in the top 3 in 35 events. Swimmers over 8 years old competed at the Jersey Wahoos Sweetheart Meet at the Gloucester Institute of Technology. In the 13-14 age group, M.J. Cummings (Millstone) won both the 100…

  • Redbirds’ boys track had promising indoor season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent While Caroline Ticse had another record-setting winter indoor track and field season forAllentown High School, the boys team had some bright moments and prospects for next season. “We had some good performances and look to it as a rebuilding year,” said firstyear coach Brian Harshman, who will stay with the team…

  • Birds’ Scheuerman sixth at state championships

    Allentown High School’s Ross Scheuerman (r) tangles with Collingwood’s Taylor Venanzi during the 171-pound match in the third round of the wrestle-backs at the NJSIAA State Wrestling Championship at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The Redbird senior finished sixth in the state in his weight class and finished the year 30-3. JEFF GRANIT staff Ross…

  • Redevelopment of Meadowlands Racetrack estimated to cost $70M

    The group seeking to redevelop the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford has released this artist’s rendering of the proposed grandstand. The project to build a new grandstand at the Meadowlands is likely to cost $70 million. Jeff Gural, who is leading the group putting together the package to lease and redevelop the Meadowlands Racetrack in…

  • GreaterMedia Newspapers garners NJPA awards

    Eric Sucar, “High Noon Sledding,” third place, Feature, Independent Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 11 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2010. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 10 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. Former Greater…

  • Asbury Park: A renaissance for Monmouth’s city-by-the-shore

    Three Asbury Park icons, the former Howard Johnson’s on the boardwalk (nowMcLoone’s Asbury Grille and Supper Club), the historic Convention Hall. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Renowned for its rock ’n’ roll roots, diverse nightlife and a rising restaurant scene, the revitalization of the iconic boardwalk and downtown ofAsbury Park is gaining momentum, aiming to become “the most…

  • ‘Beastly’ is a teen’s fairy tale, but with some flaws

    BY REBECCAMORTON A classic fairy tale meets teen romance in “Beastly,” a modernization of “Beauty and the Beast.” The scene is set at a posh New York City high school where Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) rules the school and is obsessed with image. His ego gets him into trouble when he crosses Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen), known…

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