• Grant will fund resiliency plan for 15 Two River towns

    Grant will fund resiliency plan for 15 Two River towns

    By Kenny Walter Staff Writer OCEANPORT- Several local municipalities will benefit from a federal grant to fund a 36-month study on sea-level rise and what can be done to improve resiliency and limit flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the 15 municipalities comprising the Two River Council of Mayors a Regional Coastal…

  • Davis Realtors agents achieve success

    Davis Realtors agents achieve success

    “2015 was a banner year here at Davis Realtors,” said Stuart Davis, broker of record. “We are delighted to announce 10 Davis associates have earned the New Jersey Realtors Circle of Excellence Sales Award. The winners of this prestigious award are honored for their high level of production in 2015 and are truly among the…

  • Monmouth County Association of Realtors announces Circle of Excellence Sales Awards

    Monmouth County Association of Realtors announces Circle of Excellence Sales Awards

    The Monmouth County Association of Realtors (MCAR) honors the 723 members who achieved the 2015 New Jersey Realtors Circle of Excellence Award. Formerly the NJAR Million Dollar Sales Club, the New Jersey Realtors Circle of Excellence Sales Award recognizes those members who have demonstrated excellence in the field of salesmanship. MCAR is planning awards dinners…

  • Library has free yoga classes for adults

    Library has free yoga classes for adults

    The Long Branch Free Public Library offers beginner yoga classes for adults each Thursday from 5-6 p.m. in the library’s Community Room at 328 Broadway. Yoga is a low-impact, stretching exercise that helps adults increase their strength, flexibility and balance. Yoga is also effective in keeping the mind and body in good health. To participate,…

  • Barry’s strong play leading Bulldogs in postseason

    Barry’s strong play leading Bulldogs in postseason

    By Warren Rappleyea Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s boys basketball team is rolling toward the Shore Conference and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III tournaments having won 16 of 17 games after a 1-3 start. One of the primary reasons for the Bulldogs’ success is the scoring prowess of guard Brendan Barry, who is coming off…

  • Contest inspired by the life of Mahatma Gandhi

    The Association of Indians in America – South Jersey (AIA-SJ) is holding the Mahatma Gandhi Art & Writing Contest 2016. All New Jersey middle and high school students can submit their original works, written or art, based on the following quotation from Mahatma Gandhi: “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is…

  • Monmouth Civic Chorus music concert scheduled

    Monmouth Civic Chorus music concert scheduled

    The Monmouth Civic Chorus will perform meditations on Lent from the 17th to the 20th centuries at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, 101 Chelsea Avenue, Long Branch, in a concert titled Passions at 4 p.m. March 6. The Chorus will be accompanied by a string quartet, organ and five professional vocal soloists. Listeners…

  • Barnabas Health announces two appointments

    Barnabas Health has announced two appointments, which are effective April 1. Frank J. Vozos, M.D., FACS, currently president and chief executive officer of Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch and Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus in Lakewood, will assume the position of executive vice president for Barnabas Health and serve as chief executive of Monmouth…

  • Student film festival seeks entries

    Student film festival seeks entries

    The Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, has extended its entry deadline and announced its panel of  judges for PROJECT FX, its statewide student film festival. Students ages 16-25 who are enrolled in a New Jersey high school or college have until midnight on March 1 to enter their films at www.projectfxbasie.com. The winner in each…

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