• Recycle gently worn shoes to help people in need

    LONG BRANCH — The high school’s National Honor Society will sponsor a shoe drive during October to benefit Soles4Souls Inc. The drive will run through Oct. 31 at the high school, located on Westwood Avenue. The high school honor society will be collecting new or gently worn footwear and/or donations to ship to people in…

  • Walkathon highlights parental abductions

    More than 200 turn out for Bring Sean Home Walk BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer More than 200 people participated in the Bring Home Sean 3K walkathon on Oct. 3 in Long Branch, raising funds for The David and Sean Fund. Natalie Alonso (l-r), Henry Alonso and Barbara Elias participate in the Bring Sean Home…

  • Burry: Misconduct charges will not stop fort closure

    Pallone and Holt: Reports show critical data withheld from BRAC BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer County and local officials are skeptical that a pair of classified reports that found the decision to close Fort Monmouth was preordained and based on flawed information will alter the course of the fort’s closure. “None of us approve of…

  • Commercial uses limited in beachfront zone

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Long Branch City Council has approved an ordinance aimed at preserving the residential character of one of its beachfront neighborhoods. The council voted 4-0 at the Sept. 22 meeting to approve for final consideration an amendment to the RC-1 beachfront mixed zone to prohibit freestanding commercial properties within the…

  • Photo

    Participants await the start of the Bring Sean Home Walkathon held at Pier Village Festival Plaza in Long Branch on Oct. 3 in support of David Goldman’s efforts to secure the return of his son, Sean, who was abducted and taken to Brazil by his mother in 2004. Story and more photos, page 3.

  • Mary Murphy Ralph

    Mrs. Ralph, 85, of the River Plaza section of Red Bank, died Sept. 29, 2009, at her son’s home in Eatontown. She was a private secretary to the commanding general at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, from 1941 to 1949. She was predeceased by her husband, Elmer W. Ralph, in 1990; and two sisters, Kathleen Murphy Derby…

  • Mary Rita Rhodes

    Mrs. Rhodes, 92, of Irving, Texas, died Sept. 28, 2009. She lived in Jersey City, and Red Bank, prior to relocating to Irving in 2001. She was employed at Roots, and Steinbach’s Department Store, both in Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, James Madison Rhodes. She is survived by a son, James M.…

  • Margaret V. Straniero

    Mrs. Straniero, 75, of Matawan, died Sept. 28, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was an advertising salesperson at the Asbury Park Press for 14 years, retiring in 1999. Prior to that, she was a typist at the Advisor, Middletown. She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Charles Straniero, in 2007; a…

  • Mafalda “Della” Ricciardi

    Mrs. Ricciardi, 85, of Long Branch, died Sept. 24, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She volunteered at several local organizations and Monmouth Medical Center. She was predeceased by her husband, Louis Ricciardi; and a sister, Rose Stretzel. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Richard Ricciardi and Karen Leoncavallo of Monmouth…

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