• Green Wave wrestlers open season with Neptune Classic win

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The Long Branch High School wrestling team got the winter started with a firstplace finish at the Neptune Classic, showing off a strong senior class that is expected to carry the Green Wave this season. The Green Wave secured the team title with 151.5 points, just in front of North Hunterdon…

  • Manasquan teen celebrates birthday with food drive

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer MANASQUAN — When Xander Bossone wanted to celebrate his 11th birthday in 2010 he wanted to do something different and help others, so he decided to organize a food drive. Now for his 16th birthday Xander, a sophomore at Manasquan High School, collected more than 2,000 pounds of food to…

  • Board approves theater for West End School

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The NJ Repertory Company was given approval by the Long Branch Planning Board to construct a 125-seat theater at the site of the former West End School. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LONG BRANCH SCHOOL DISTRICT LONG BRANCH—NJ Repertory Company was given the green light last week to open a second…

  • Package theft a concern

    By JENNIFER ORTIZ and KENNY WALTER Staff Writers The theft of packages delivered to doorsteps is becoming a bigger problem as more and more people shop online for their Christmas gifts. Woodbridge Police Capt. Roy Hoppock said package theft has become a growing issue, and there are very few ways to address it. “It’s a…

  • Cancer care center rising in Middletown

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Residents of Monmouth County will soon have easier access to cuttingedge cancer care, treatments and medicines when Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center opens a new 304,000-square-foot outpatient treatment facility in Middletown in December 2016. “Construction at the site is currently underway,” said Richard Barakat, deputy physician-in-chief for MSK…

  • Grocery stores expand services

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Children of all ages watch a gingerbread cookie demonstration by Dani B. Fiori at Whole Foods Market in Marlboro on Dec. 17. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Area grocery stores are slowly changing the way they cater to their customers by providing more services and programs to help make a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township man charged with making child pornography   

    HILLSBOROUGH: Township man charged with making child pornography  

    Tyler Diaz of Bloomingdale Drive, Hillsborough Township, was arrested and charged Monday with manufacturing child pornography. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano said Somerset County law enforcement authorities in November took over a case referred to them by police in Clawson City, Michigan, who had begun investigating in July. Detectives assigned to the Somerset County…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Princeton Battlefield preservation fight lands in the state Legislature

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Princeton Battlefield preservation fight lands in the state Legislature

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The fight to preserve part of the Princeton Battlefield from being turned into a housing development by the Institute for Advanced Study made its way to the halls of the state Legislature on Monday, as sympathetic lawmakers stepped in to try and halt the project. Members of a Senate…

  • PRINCETON: Mayor Lempert establishes limits on campaign contributions from donors

    PRINCETON: Mayor Lempert establishes limits on campaign contributions from donors

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Mayor Liz Lempert, a self-described critic of big money in politics, said Monday that she was imposing limits on the amount that donors can contribute to her re-election campaign. Individuals only can donate a maximum of $300, far less than the $2,600 per person amount that state law allows.…

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