• At the finish

    ERIC SUCAR staff Luciano De Oliveira of Long Branch crosses the finish line as the winner of the four-mile Woodbridge Run for Pizza held through downtown Woodbridge on July 1.

  • 2NDFLOOR is a place to reach out for help

    A preteen girl feels like her friends do not want her around anymore When a teenager discovers that her friend is being abused by her mother, she wants to know how she can help. Suicidal thoughts lead one caller to stand across the street from a hospital emergency room, without the courage to go inside.…

  • ‘Nine’ at Art Alliance

    Nine mid-career and emerging artists are showing new work at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County in Red Bank. The show includes paintings, collages, fabric art, and ceramics by Heather Brown, Mary Cooper, Jill Kerwick, Melissa Pyle, Betsey Regan, Sandy Roberts, Elaine Shor, Katie Stone and Joyce Anastasia-Urbanski “Root” by Heather Brown The show will…

  • Slocums of New Jersey plan 2009 reunion

    LONG BRANCH — The Slocums of New Jersey have planned their annual family reunion for Sunday, Oct. 4, at The Ocean Place Resort, Long Branch. All interested parties are welcome to attend the event, which will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Dutch lunch will be available from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. Attendees…

  • ‘Jersey Shore’ reads like the cat’s meow

    The 1920s roar to life in local author’s new book BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Flappers, diving horses and, yes, ladies and gentlemen, even Al Capone can be found in the 100-plus-page coffee-table book spanning the Roaring ’20s as chronicled by local author and historian Karen L. Schnitzspahn. Illustrations from ‘The Roaring ’20s at…

  • Legislation would help some returning veterans

    Coda • GREG BEAN This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. In the months since, our family has learned a lot about the problems faced by…

  • Legislators applauded for granting choice on open space

    The state Legislature voted on June 25 with strong bipartisan support in the Senate (26-7) and Assembly (66-9) to let New Jersey’s voters decide in November whether to continue the state’s investments in open space. The 129-organization coalition, the New Jersey – Keep It Green Campaign, applauded this overwhelming support. The timing was crucial, with…

  • Experts advise there’s hope for some crops

    Although it seemed as if June had record-breaking rainfall, it was actually the third wettest June this decade. In the July 1 edition of the Plant and Pest Advisory, a Rutgers Cooperative Extension publication, New Jersey state climatologist David Robinson, Ph.D., writes, “As June draws to a close, preliminary statewide rainfall total is 6.61 inches,…

  • Freedom Fest 2009: bigger and better

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The seventh annual Freedom Fest will be almost twice as large as last year, and will run an extra day. That’s according to Nick DeMauro, Upper Freehold, who has been chairman of the event since its inception. Freedom Fest runs Tuesday through Sunday, July 7-12, at the Horse Park of…

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