• Social services to be available at library

    The Long Branch Free Public Library, Long Branch Department of Recreation/ Human Services and the Monmouth University School of Social Work have teamed up to offer the new social-services initiative, Community Connects at Your Library at 328 Broadway, Long Branch. The service will be available at the library’s Community Meeting Room and provide residents of…

  • Former chief justice to serve as public servant

    WEST LONG BRANCH — New Jersey’s first female chief justice and attorney general, Deborah Poritz, will serve as Monmouth University’s public servant in residence during the 2015-16 academic year. She will give select lectures on campus during the year. “We are delighted to welcome Chief Justice Poritz to our campus to share her experience in…

  • Morro Castle program to benefit Sandy relief efforts

    MIDDLETOWN – Historic Old First Church will serve as the host to an author who will discuss the about Morro Castle disaster, followed by a brunch to benefit residents who are still struggling to recover from the superstorm Sandy. The Morro Castle program and brunch will take place at 10 a.m. on Oct. 24 at…

  • Panelists: Awareness of bias can bring change

    BY KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The impacts of unconscious bias can be pervasive, affecting interactions with others at school, work and within the community, according to a panel convened by the Monmouth County Human Relations Commission. “An unconscious bias is like a lens that people view the world through and they may not even…

  • New Jersey coalition steps up its fight against domestic violence

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer October marks domestic violence awareness month. In New Jersey, the call to action to combat domestic violence was marked in part by the renaming of the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women to the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence. On Oct. 1 at the steps of the New…

  • Photo

    Early signs of fall can be seen in central New Jersey. KAREN KESTEN/STAFF

  • Lifeguards wrap up 2015 beach season

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The ongoing construction of the boardwalk, which caused rolling beach closings throughout the summer, did not put a damper on lifeguard operations. “It’s been an exciting summer and we went through some adversity with the building of the boardwalk and we had some different [beaches] close but…

  • DJs rock dream house

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Volunteers and deejays from Greater Media’s 95.9 WRAT work together to build a section of a future house during “The House That Rock Built” project held by the WRAT and Monmouth County Habitat for Humanity in the Monmouth Mall parking lot in Eatontown on Oct. 8. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC…

  • Ronald McDonald House provides the comforts of home

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Ronald McDonald shares a smile and some fun with children at a Ronald McDonald House, which provides “home away from home” for families facing a child’s medical challenges. PHOTO COURTESY OF RONALD McDONALD HOUSE The hardships of family life — whether great or small — are usually ironed out at…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community