• Skim Bash

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Left to right: Kevin Multy, Freehold Township, competes in the Sea Bright Skim Bash on Sept. 13. Dane Nugent, Long Beach Island, takes part in the sixth annual skimboard event.

  • Proposed jughandle draws criticism

    Measure aims to calm traffic at busy Rte. 35 intersection BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A proposal to use a portion of Weltz Park to construct a new jughandle along Route 35 has drawn opposition from residents who fear the construction could ruin the property. Presented to the public on Sept. 16,…

  • Keeping alive the memory of the Forgotten War

    Marine travels country to interview Korean War veterans BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer AMarine Corps combat veteran has begun a noble journey to document the story of the Korean War veterans who survived one of the most decorated battles in American history. Top: Korean War veteran Charles Crilly is filmed as he recounts his experiences…

  • City, MTOTSA find common ground

    Owners of three properties refuse to sign settlement BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer After more than nine months of mediation, the city of Long Branch reached an agreement to preserve a beachfront neighborhood that all involved agreed is imperfect but, nonetheless, a workable compromise. FILE PHOTOS MTOTSA activists Denise Hoagland (l) and daughter Violet sit…

  • State lends $22M to stem Branchport Creek pollution

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Branchport Creek may once again be a recreational waterway thanks to a multimillion-dollar loan from the state that will fund improvements to eliminate storm-water runoff from Monmouth Park into the creek. Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon The $22 million loan from the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust, working in partnership with…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff A visitor to “Thunder on the Shrewsbury” takes a close look at a rowboat on display Sept. 19 at the boat show held at the Long Branch Iceboat and Yacht Club, which also featured dozens of Jersey speed skiffs and other high-speed boats on display and in action along the Shrewsbury River.

  • Maria M. Morales

    Mrs. Morales, 89, of Long Branch died Sept. 15, 2009, at home. She was born in Palencia, Guatemala. Mrs. Morales is survived by her family. Interment will be in Guatemala. Arrangements were by Damiano Funeral Home, Long Branch.

  • Michael Thomas Gagliardi

    Mr. Gagliardi, 92, of Eatontown, died Sept. 15, 2009, following a brief illness. He had resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., before relocating to Eatontown in 1994. Before his retirement, Mr. Gagliardi was a truck driver and a longshoreman for more than 40 years on the Brooklyn and Manhattan, N.Y., waterfront and was an active member of…

  • Betty Baldridge Zillger

    Mrs. Zillger, 91, of Eatontown, died Sept. 13, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, William H. Zillger; two brothers, Thomas B. Baldridge Jr. and R. Bayard Baldridge II; and a grandson, Jason Bayard Gentry. She is survived by two brothers, Dickson B. Baldridge of Wilmington, N.C., and William…

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