• Long Branch Elks to host spaghetti dinners

    The Long Branch Elks Lodge No. 742 will host an all-you-can-eat Italian buffet 6- 8 p.m. on Sept. 25 and Oct. 23 at 150 Garfield Ave., Long Branch. The cost is $8, and the menu includes meatballs, sausage, chicken parmesan, linguine and clam sauce, stuffed rigatoni, pasta fagioli, bread, salad, coffee and dessert. This event…

  • ‘The 39 Steps’ a mix of mystery and humor

    The Monmouth Players will present “The 39 Steps” at 8:15 p.m. Sept. 25 and 26 at the Navesink Arts Center, 149 Monmouth Ave., Atlantic Highlands. Described as a cross between a Hitchcock masterpiece and a spy novel with a dash of Monty Python, the humorous whodunit is about a man with a boring life who…

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    Long Branch Elks Lodge 742 hosted a fundraiser on Aug. 28 and raised $1,500 to benefit People with ALS, an ALS association. Entertainment was provided by Chris Morrisy of Lodge 742, who opened for Audrey Kate Gieger, a Rising Star finalist. The Asbury Park High School Class of 1965 is planning a 50th high school…

  • JCP&L identifies, corrects nearly 100 circuit issues

    Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has completed thermovision inspections on 300 circuits on its distribution system across northern and central New Jersey. The inspections feature thermographic cameras and serve to detect potential problems on wires and other equipment that cannot be observed during regular visual inspections. The cameras capture infrared images of distribution lines…

  • State continues dogged pursuit of sports betting

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Proponents of sports betting have already begun the next play after being sacked by the court again earlier this month. Dennis Drazin, adviser to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, operator of Monmouth Park, said the state has filed a petition asking the full Third Circuit Court of…

  • Prospects brighter for 9/11 health bill passage

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Advocates for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act may not have to gear up for as much of a fight to reauthorize the program, which is set to expire in 2016. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex), the ranking member of the Committee on Energy…

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    Duncan, a Cairn terrier, joins the mum shopping fun in a wagon at Kaczor’s Mum Farm, Cream Ridge, on a hot September afternoon. RAY CHISTE

  • ‘Birth of the Jersey Shore’ talk slated

    LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Historical Association is sponsoring an author talk and book signing at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Long Branch Free Public Library at 328 Broadway. New Jersey historian Randall Gabrielan will discuss his book, “Birth of the Jersey Shore: The Personalities and Politics That Built America’s Resort,” which tells…

  • HUD, FEMA deliver reprieve to Sandy homeowners

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it would not seek the repayment of Sandy grant funds that duplicate homeowners’ revised insurance payments up to $20,000 as a result of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) review process. In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency…

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