• 100th anniversary gives retailer P.C. Richard reason to celebrate

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer In a year of economic turmoil that has taken a toll on many businesses throughout the United States, one company found reason to celebrate. P.C. Richard and Son, an appliance and electronics retailer with 2,800 employees and stores in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, is marking its 100th anniversary…

  • Trick or Trot

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Rosevelyn Medvigy, Keyport, participates in the Trick or Trot 4-mile race held in Long Branch on Oct. 25. Below: Farnese Dasilva (61), West Long Branch, takes an early lead at the start of the race, which benefitted the Monmouth County SPCA.

  • Autumn Tea to celebrate Mary Todd Lincoln

    Event will benefit Church of the Presidents exterior restoration LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Historical Museum Association (LBHMA) is celebrating Mary Todd Lincoln — the first First Lady to vacation in Long Branch — at an Autumn Tea to be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at the English Manor in…

  • Beach Sweep

    Clockwise from top: Volunteers pick up litter along the beachfront in Long Branch during the 24th annual Fall Beach Sweeps held at more than 60 sites along the New Jersey coast on Oct. 24. Clean Ocean Action sponsors the Beach Sweeps, which is the largest grassroots environmental event in the state and one of the…

  • Shana Foundation presents meningitis treatment plaques

    The Monmouth-Beach-based Shana Foundation has presented a Meningitis Treatment Protocol Plaque to the Emergency Department’s at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) in Neptune and to the K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at JSUMC. Dr. Allan Tunkel, chairman of the Department of Medicine at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch and chairman of the Bacterial Meningitis…

  • Fall Food Drive at Ocean Township Library

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Ocean Township Library is hosting a food drive to benefit the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Ocean Township residents and neighbors are asked to donate unopened, nonperishable food items to be distributed to the needy through the Fall Food Drive sponsored by Move for Hunger. Beginning Nov. 2, collection boxes…

  • Family Promise honors Castellano

    LONG BRANCH — Family Promise of Monmouth County held its second annual Fall Fundraising event Oct. 4 at McLoone’s Pier House in Long Branch. In a surprise ceremony, Art Castellano, retired Long Branch teacher and N.J. Marathon race director, was honored by Family Promise for his tireless efforts to help local charities. Family Promise has…

  • Long Branch takes steps to ‘go green’

    City applies for DEP grants to reduce carbon footprints BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Energy-saving traffic signals, pocket parks and a proposal for a trolley are among the “green” initiatives the city is pursuing to promote sustainability. “Going Green” was the topic for the monthly meeting of the Long Branch Concordance on…

  • Incumbents unopposed in West Long Branch

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Stephen Cioffi WEST LONG BRANCH — The upcoming Borough Council election is all but locked up for the municipality’s two incumbent candidates who are running unopposed in their bid for re-election. Republican council members Barbara Ruane and Stephen Cioffi face no competition for their two three-year-term seats on the council…

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