• Model students

    Shore Regional High School seniors walk the runway during “A Night in Hollywood,” the annual senior fashion show fundraiser held at the West Long Branch high school on Nov. 3. Seventy seniors modeled fashions from local stores. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • stork •••

    Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announces the birth of a boy Oct. 16 to Grover and Sean Adams of Long Branch; a girl on Aug. 19 to Nikki Leilani Aromando and Dana Nathaniel Green of Eatontown; and the birth of a boy on Aug. 13 to Heather and James R. Vandenbos of Eatontown. Jersey Shore…

  • Talkin’ turkeys

    FoodBank says need for food is increasing In order to meet the increasing need for food, the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties is encouraging the community-at-large to sponsor and support local food drives, donate turkeys or food items at area drop-off sites, or make monetary donations by mail or on www.foodbankmoc. org. Last year,…

  • MCSPCA hosts ‘Home 4 the Holidays’

    Covergirl Lilly graces the cover of “Homeward Bound,” the Monmouth County SPCA’s 2011 calendar. Confiscated from her owners by humane enforcement officers, hers is one of the stories featured. EATONTOWN — The Monmouth County SPCA is once again celebrating “Home 4 the Holidays” on Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Homeward Bound Adoption Center located in…

  • GOP weighs recount in Eatontown council election

    Tarantolo retains mayor’s seat by 500-vote margin BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer ADemocrat sweep could tip the balance of power on the Eatontown Borough Council come January, but the Republicans say they may challenge the close council vote counts. Mayor Gerald Tarantolo (far right) and supporters tally results on election night, Nov. 2. ANDREW DAVISON…

  • GOP retains control of cty. freeholder board

    BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer County Republicans have once again secured control of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Republican candidates, incumbent Robert Clifton and Neptune City Mayor Tom Arnone, handily defeated their Democratic counterparts, incumbent John D’Amico and Spring Lake Borough Councilwoman Janice Venables, in last week’s freeholder elections. Of the 344,668…

  • Fort Monmouth reuse authority names director

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FEMRA) named Bruce Steadman as executive director on Nov. 4. Steadman previously served as president and CEO of the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corp. (PARC) in Plattsburg, N.Y., a redevelopment site similar to Fort Monmouth, Laura Jones, communications director for the N.J. Economic Development Agency…

  • Flash mob dance

    Volunteers converged for a flash mob dance at Monmouth Park in Oceanport on Nov. 6, Breeders’ Cup Day, to raise funds for Mary’s Place by the Sea, a center for women undergoing cancer treatment, then dispersed as suddenly as they appeared. FRANK GALIPO

  • L.B. charter school tries again

    Pneuma Academy application makes it onto DOE list BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer For the second time this year, a science-centered charter school proposed for Long Branch has found its way onto the state’s charter school application list.   Rita Thornton, an educator and Long Branch resident and founder of the proposed Pneuma Academy Charter…

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