• Police investigate theft of coins

    LONG BRANCH — City police responded to M&S Grocery Store at 120 West End Court Feb. 27 on a report of a burglary and theft. Police determined that the building was forceably entered. According to the owner, a large amount of currency was taken in coins. The coins are Silver Susan B. Anthony coins and…

  • Televised council meetings topic at cable meeting

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Talks are underway about renewing the city’s contract with cable provider Comcast New Jersey and televising City Council meetings has become part of the discussions. On March 18 the Long Branch City Council held a special meeting to discuss the upcoming cable contract renewal. The meeting was…

  • Forum on LNG at Brookdale April 21

    MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County League of Women Voters will sponsor a forum “Off-Shore Oil and Gas: At What Cost?” at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. The forum will take place in the Warner Student Life Center, Twin Lights Rooms 1 & 2, Parking is most convenient in lot 7. The…

  • Woman sentenced for knife threat at high school

    A large, curved, serrated knife was used to threaten a student at Monmouth Regional High School. FREEHOLD — An Eatontown resident faces 364 days in jail after entering Monmouth Regional High School last year and threatening a student while wielding a large knife. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, on…

  • Assembly bill would slash funding to libraries

    LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Public Library is one of many municipal libraries statewide that may lose as much as half of their municipal funding if a proposed bill becomes law. Assembly bill A-3753 was introduced on Feb. 9 by Assemblyman Vincent Prieto (D- 32nd District). Long Branch Public Library Executive Director Ingrid Bruck…

  • Transition fair shows students a bright future

    Special needs students learn about college, careers BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer The Middletown Public School District held a transition fair last week to highlight career paths open to students with special needs and to help raise their expectations for the future. CHRIS KELLY staff Paul Panicali speaks with Kim Bratnik, Beachwood, who is accompanied…

  • Boat builders during WWII topic of talk

    MONMOUTH BEACH — Bob O’Brien, president of the New Jersey Museum of Boating in Bay Head, will present an illustrated history of local boat builders during WWII and their craft. “The History of Boatbuilding during WWII on the Jersey Coast” will be presented 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, 128…

  • Help needed at county park gardens

    The Monmouth County Park System is seeking volunteers to help in the gardens at several park locations, including Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown, Thompson Park in the Lincroft section of Middletown, Dorbrook Recreation Center in Colts Neck, and Huber Woods in Middletown. New volunteers are invited to attend a tree and shrub pruning workshop prior…

  • Sports authority to pay $3.1M to stem pollution from track

    Reclamation authority ups number of gallons treated BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A sign warns residents that the creek is polluted OCEANPORT — A $3.1 million agreement announced last week between the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority (NJSEA) and the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority (TRWRA) in Monmouth Beach is expected to help alleviate…

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