• Long Branch deals with snags in summer parking meters

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — While pleased with initial revenues from parking meters, city officials said they expect to correct some issues regarding the meters in Pier Village prior to summer. Despite accounting for $500,000 of the city’s $630,000 in total beach revenue, the meters in Pier Village had snags that included…

  • Ocean Township funds final revaluation

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Township Council has approved a $560,000 emergency appropriation that will fund a townwide revaluation, the last one the township will undergo. In an effort to align with a new county tax assessment program, the council adopted the ordinance at the behest of the Monmouth County Board…

  • Temple youth groups to help the homeless

    ToSTY, the youth group of Temple Shalom of Aberdeen, organized and participated in a Midnight Run mission on Jan. 17, along with youth groups from Temple Shaari Emeth in Manalapan, Temple Beth Miriam in Elberon and Temple Beth-El in Hillsborough. The groups met at Temple Shalom to prepare sandwiches and organize collections of clothing, nonperishable…

  • Sweet sculpting

    MATT DENTON Denise Bioland, left, and Paula Benanti admire Erin Williscroft’s work at Greater Media Newspapers’ Chocolate & Wine Festival at Branches in West Long Branch on Feb. 7.

  • Performing arts center earns nomination

    The Monmouth University Center for the Arts was recently nominated for Favorite Small Performing Arts Center in the 2015 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards. Nominees for the People’s Choice Awards were selected by their peers through the Jersey Arts Marketers network, which consists of hundreds of nonprofit arts groups across the state. Public voting will continue…

  • FOR THE RECORD

    The noise referred to in the study, “Marine Defaunation: Animal Loss in the Global Ocean,” is generated by the movement of large ships. The study, which was discussed in a Jan. 29 story in the Sentinel, did not identify seismic testing as contributing to marine habitat loss.

  • It is time for a decision on JCP&L rate case

    It has been more than three years since the JCP&L rate case began, and recently a New Jersey administrative law judge made a long-awaited recommendation, one which aligns with what we have been saying all along — that New Jersey’s JCP&L customers have long been overcharged and deserve a rate cut. Now, the only thing…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR One of the many colorful orchids that were on display at the 18th annual Deep Cut Orchid Society show at Dearborn Market, Holmdel. The show ran Feb. 5-8.

  • Council stays the course on parking of boats and RVs

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Residents will not be permitted to park boats or RVs in their front yards or side yards. Despite requests from the public, the Borough Council declined to make changes to off-street parking regulations that also prohibit residents from parking these vehicles in their driveways. “People wanted relief from…

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