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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Snowmen are on display at Gasko’s Family Farm & Greenhouses, Monroe Township.

  • Inquiry into diesel fuel spill off Sandy Hook continues

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A “sheen” of diesel fuel visible on the waters and shoreline of Sandy Hook had largely dissipated by Dec. 15, according to a National Park Service (NPS) official. According to NPS Sandy Hook Unit Coordinator Pete McCarthy, the diesel film first reported on Dec. 11 was from an…

  • Long Branch hospital receives $27K donation

    LONG BRANCH — To celebrate National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, the Kaleidoscope of Hope Foundation (KOH), an organization founded by three ovarian cancer survivors, provided Monmouth Medical Center Foundation with a $27,000 donation to help gynecologists better detect and diagnose ovarian cancer. The donation came from KOH’s annual Ovarian Cancer Awareness Walk, which was held…

  • Residents raise concerns over proposed yeshiva

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A plan to operate a yeshiva has drawn the ire of several residents who live near the proposed site on Logan Road in the township’s Wanamassa section. Residents flooded Town Hall for the Dec. 11 Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing on the application from Yeshiva Gedola Na’os…

  • Grants will fund restoration of storm-ravaged historic sites

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Christ Church, Shrewsbury Historic sites in Shrewsbury, Long Branch and Middletown that sustained damage during superstorm Sandy have been awarded grants to fund restoration projects. The sites are among 37 in New Jersey that have been awarded nearly $8 million by the New Jersey Historic Trust. Christ Church on…

  • Voters support $29M schools referendum

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Schools throughout Ocean Township will soon be upgraded after voters approved last week’s referendum by a nearly 2-1 margin. Superintendent of Schools Jim Stefankiewicz said the overwhelming public support during the Dec. 9 special election will allow the district to move forward with the $28.9 million project, which includes upgrades…

  • Interfaith families embrace holidays

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer James and Monica Brewer, along with son Lev, were getting set to celebrate Hanukkah in their Tinton Falls home last week. MATT DENTON Kelli and Pat Antonucci of Monroe used to joke when people would ask what religion their daughters practiced. “We would say ‘confused,’ ” Kelli Antonucci said. Truthfully,…

  • Arrest made in 2013 double murder

    By Kenny Walter LONG BRANCH—A city man is charged with two-counts of first-degree murder and an additional weapons charge stemming from the 2013 death of two city residents in a Sairs Avenue apartment. Carlos I. Menjivar, 22, appeared in front of Superior Court Judge Hon. John R. Tassini on Dec. 18 in Freehold for an…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Breeders Committee of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey has selected Michael Gulotta’s Deo Volente Farms as the 2014 New Jersey Standardbred Breeder of the Year. Deo Volente will be among the honorees at the 58th annual New Jersey Breeders Awards Luncheon at 1 p.m. Jan. 25 at Charley’s Other Brother…

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