• Parks’ Adventure Expo set for May 16

    The Monmouth County Park System will hold its Outdoor Adventure Expo from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 16 at Turkey Swamp Park in Freehold Township. The children’s fishing derby, which will be held from noon to 2 p.m., invites youngsters (ages 16 and up need a New Jersey fishing license) to bring their pole…

  • Local students will rise to ‘The Challenge’

    Monmouth Academy, an independent school for children in prekindergarten through grade 12, located in Howell, has announced that its academic team will be facing off against North Brunswick High School in round three of “The Challenge,” an academic quiz show designed to test students’ knowledge in a Jeopardy-style format. The team consists of Elliot Chester,…

  • April 2010 — spring ahead!

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY ‘Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.” C.W. Earle, 1897. True words, and still valid today. Combing out the tangles of winter in your lawn, raking is an act of faith to awaken the grass to warmth and light. Now you must review the arsenal…

  • Photo

    Elks Exalted Ruler James E. Coyne (l-r), trustee J.O. Jones, Zaura Gonzalez and daughter Tatyana, and trustee Raul Pacheco, Special Children chairman, are pictured March 14 at the Long Branch Elks Lodge No. 742 benefit spaghetti dinner for Tatyana, 8, who was born with ABS (amniotic band syndrome), a condition associated with various birth defects.

  • Work on Route 35/36 intersection under way

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) has begun construction on improvements to the heavily trafficked Route 35/36 intersection. “I’m happy it’s finally happening,” Mayor Gerald Tarantolo said. “This was one of my projects when I first became mayor.” The DOT is realigning and widening the entire intersection…

  • Beck: Fort bill balances state, local interests

    Locals want greater voice in future of Fort Monmouth property BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Residents queue up to pose questions to local legislators regarding Senate bill S-917, which would create the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority, at a public meeting held at Shore Regional High School April 21. WEST LONG BRANCH — Amendments to…

  • Friends take the diamond for Frankie

    2nd annual tourney will continue May 1 BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Oceanport’s Ira Tilton works the mound for the Devils during the second annual Frankie and Friends Baseball Tournament at Valenzano Park, Frank Caltabilotta Field, on April 24. CHRIS KELLY staff WEST LONG BRANCH — For the second straight spring, friends of a beloved…

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    Our online Facebook and Twitter pages are up and running, and we invite our readers to check out this faster way of keeping up with what is going on in their region. Let us assure anyone who is thinking “I don’t text and I don’t tweet” that we’ve made accessing these online sites very simple.…

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