• Tarantolo: Wetlands at park site are man-made

    Mayor wants DEP to revise designation BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Mayor Gerald Tarantolo is challenging the state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) claims that a portion of wetlands located at the site of the borough’s proposed Husky Brook Park is in fact wetlands. Speaking at the Borough Council’s Sept. 2 meeting, Tarantolo…

  • Supporters gear up for 2nd FAAN Walk for Food Allergy

    Although all parents worry about their children’s safety, parents of children with food allergies have an additional challenge. Educating the public and raising funds for research are two ways parents, friends and families of children with food allergies are helping to widen the safety net. Joining the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) Walk for…

  • Boro anticipates response to Old Orchard rejection

    Developer acquires 135-acre country club site for $50M+ BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Borough officials are concerned with the legal ramifications of rejecting a zoning change for the proposed development of the Old Orchard Country Club site. Council President John Schiels said at the Sept. 2 Borough Council meeting that developer Joseph Safdieh…

  • Long Branch Day festivities take place Sept. 12

    Back to School, Oceans of Rhythm festivals part of annual celebration Children and families celebrating the last few days of summer vacation and an Afro Caribbean festival will all be part of the citywide Long Branch Day celebration to take place on Saturday, Sept. 12. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Dancers perform at last year’s…

  • Canceled Fort Hancock lease in arbitration

    Brookdale, Rutgers seek more space; Clearwater mulls return BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) met with Barry Sullivan, superintendent of Gateway National RecreationArea, last week to discuss the future of Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. Their meeting followed the cancellation of a lease that had been awarded by the National Park…

  • Esposito sees education, spending cuts as priorities

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The independent candidate for lieutenant governor, Frank Esposito, is expected to be in Long Branch next week stumping with his running mate, gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett, during a campaign stop at the city’s Pier Village. A longtime Ocean Township resident, Esposito was tapped by Daggett in late July to serve…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Diana Newman (l) portrays David Scheier and Robert Newman portrays Benjamin Scheier during their presentation to the Long Branch Woman’s Club on “Women of the Civil War, Nurses, Leaders, Soldiers and Spies” Sept. 3 at the West Long Branch Community Center.

  • Julienne Therese Paget

    Ms. Paget, 85, of Eatontown, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was employed in the health care profession for several years in New York City. She was predeceased two sisters, Annalia Marcellus and Fernande Eveillard; and a brother, Marcel Page. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Jenny…

  • David Nicholas Valentino

    Mr. Valentino, 51, of West Long Branch, died Sept. 1, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was the director of sales at Commence Corporation, Tinton Falls, for two years. He is survived by his wife, Sari Ledwitz Valentino; his father, N. Gene Valentino of Camarillo, Calif.; his mother, Lois Tyman of Santa Rosa,…

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