• Farm life gives autistic young adults community

    Impact Oasis to partner with Middletown to buy farm BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Middletown Township and a local nonprofit group are close to an agreement that would give autistic young adults a place to live together as a community on a farm after they graduate high school. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Volunteers…

  • Summer events at Frank Talk

    RED BANK — Frank Talk Art Bistro and Books, located at 163 Shrewsbury Ave., has announced upcoming offerings for the summer months. • June 20, 4-6 p.m., “Raising Him Alone” is dedicated to researching, designing and implementing a campaign to support the social well-being of single mothers raising boys. Book signing and discussion. • June…

  • Local celebrities, senator team up for FAAN Walk for Food Allergy

    Over 1,000 walkers expected to stroll Long Branch boardwalk LONG BRANCH — 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…

  • Arc’s Work Opportunity Center funding cut

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Mary Jane Torrez, one of The Arc clients who went to Trenton to protest funding cuts to the Work Opportunity Center, packs an order on June 15. LONG BRANCH — Too old for school but too young to retire. That’s the situation faced by individuals served by…

  • Eatontown adopts $21.3M budget

    Delay in state review stalled adoption BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — After two months and several delays on the state level, the Borough Council has finally adopted its $21.3 million 2009 spending plan. The council voted unanimously to adopt the budget, which carries with it an approximately $13.1 million tax levy, during its…

  • City responds to Fuschia Triangle suit

    Suit challenges blight designation, seeks damages BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The city of Long Branch has asked the Superior Court of New Jersey to dismiss a lawsuit charging the city with unconstitutionally labeling a Broadway Gateway property as a redevelopment zone. City Attorney James Aaron, of Ansell, Zaro, Grimm & Aaron in Ocean Township,…

  • Their ‘Best Day at the Beach’

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Erick Dodd, North Plainfield, rides a wave with help from Lake Downham, Sea Bright, during the Best Day Foundation’s “Best Day at the Beach” event of surfing and body boarding at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch on June 14. Interlaken’s Thomas Hoagland rides a wave through…

  • Trailer court residents ask boro to intervene

    Eviction notices sent, but no word on pending sale BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Eatownton residents of the borough’s soon-to-be-closed Circle Trailer Court are seeking the help of the Borough Council to learn what the fate of their homes will be. Circle Trailer Court Gary Strasser, who heads the park’s homeowners association, appeared before the…

  • Village vs. twp. in school funding fracas

    Loch Arbour sues to block Ocean Twp. school budget BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Ocean Township taxpayers may find themselves shouldering a larger tax burden should a county judge approve a request for a preliminary injunction against the Board of Education’s (BOE) 2009-10 spending plan. The injunction, filed on behalf of the Village of Loch…

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