• Youths get a (suit) leg up on success

    Suits, interview skills, support offered at ‘Suit Up for Success’ BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer With donated suits and tailors at the ready, a local clothier suited up local youths last week to build self-esteem and prepare them for the job market. Matt Duru, of Michael Duru Clothiers, fits a young man for a suit…

  • Eatontown GOP seeks recount

    Outcome will decide balance on council BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Eatontown Republican Party will request a recount of votes in the close Borough Council race, which saw the tallies for three candidates within 1 percent. Eatontown GOP chairman Richard Robinson confirmed that the party would petition the county to recount the ballots. According…

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    Veteran Avery Grant (r), of Long Branch, leads the city’s Veterans Day ceremony at Jerry Morgan Park on Nov. 11. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • business briefs •••

    Business owners can train their employees for free at Brookdale Community College through a New Jersey Department of Labor Business and Industry Grant in partnership with the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) and the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development. All New Jersey businesses are eligible to participate. Training…

  • Fresh Air Fund seeks summer hosts

    The Fresh Air Fund currently seeks volunteer hosts to give inner-city children a vacation experience of up to two weeks this summer. By volunteering as a host family for the Friendly Town program, you can give a child a break from the heat and noise of the crowded city streets. Friendly Town host families are…

  • Spitaleri family celebrates 105 years in furniture sales

    BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent The Spitaleri family: Jill, Anthony J. “Skeeter” III (back row l-r), Anthony J. IV (sitting), Jennifer and Justina (front row l-r). Inset: Kayla, Gabriella, Carmella Spitaleri. SOUTH RIVER — At the turn of the 20th century, the borough was a bustling town with a thriving business community. There were brickyards,…

  • Park system directory available Dec. 1

    Find out what the Monmouth County Park System has planned for winter when the latest issue of the directory is released on Dec. 1. The issue, available at county parks and at www.monmouthcountyparks.com, features details about the park system’s schedule of special events as well as nature, recreation and sports programs for January, February and…

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    Members of the chorus at The Seashore School in Long Branch sing for a cause on Nov. 6 at the 2010 Apple and Pumpkin Festival at Bucks Mill Park Recreation Center in Colts Neck to raise money for the Ashley Lauren Foundation, an organization that brings hope and help to children with cancer. Under the…

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