• Clearwater Festival

    PHOTOS BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Above: The Hudson River Sloop Singers have been singing together for more than three decades and reunite annually to perform at the 34th Annual Clearwater Festival Saturday, Aug. 15. Below: A young girl gets an up-close look at nature as a butterfly alights on her hand in the Butterfly Release Tent…

  • August: Damage control

    “If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.” — St. John Chrysostom Summertime, when sparrows gorge themselves on mulberries, goldfinches flit through branches and sway on tall grasses, that’s when your garden is the best place to be — a rewarding retreat, where…

  • Italian Festival

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from above: Night descends on the Italian American Association of Ocean Township’s 33rd annual Italian American Festival held at Joe Palaia Park on July 16. Brandon Alfone and Gabrielle Latzsch, both of Ocean Township, enjoy one of the rides. Township resident Mark Rawding gets a face full of water.

  • ‘Safe Sitter,’ free screenings at Monmouth Medical Center

    LONG BRANCH — Monmouth Medical Center, 300 Second Ave., Long Branch, will offer a Safe Sitter program for youngsters ages 11-13 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 22. The program emphasizes handling emergencies and offers instruction in safety precautions, care for a choking infant or child and calling for emergency help. Fee is $50 and includes a…

  • Investigation ongoing into synagogue bomb threats

    LONG BRANCH — Federal and local authorities are still seeking information about bomb threats that emptied three synagogues in Long Branch and Deal last week. According to the Deal Police Department, on Aug. 4 at approximately 8:10 p.m. an anonymous telephone call was received reporting that bombs were about to explode in three local synagogues,…

  • High praise for retiring police lieutenant

    Lt. Thomas Clayton ends three decades of service BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Eatontown police Lt. Thomas Clayton (l) poses with Mayor Gerald Tarantolo at a retirement ceremony held during the Borough Council’s Aug. 5 meeting. EATONTOWN — The Borough Council and police department bid a fond farewell to a longtime borough…

  • Husky Brook Park may be scaled back

    Design errors could require smaller field BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — A possible redesign of a multi-purpose field at the borough’s Husky Brook Park has drawn criticism from the borough’s Recreation Advisory Committee. The committee, which met on Aug. 6 to discuss a redesign of the field at the park, is troubled by…

  • L.B. approves property reassessment contract

    CFO: Assessments will go down BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council approved a contract last week to move forward with the reassessment of properties this fall. The council voted 4-0 to approve a contract for Realty Appraisal Co. at the Aug. 11 council meeting. Councilman Brian Unger was absent for…

  • Basie sets stage for dreams to be ‘MADE’

    Hip-hop hit show takes over theater for a night BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Count Basie Theatre on Monmouth Street in Red Bank was overwhelmed with teenagers eagerly waiting to enter its doors for the taping of MTV’s hit show “MADE” last week. PHOTOS COURTESY OF COUNT BASIE THEATRE The Basie’s stage was transformed…

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