• Jazz concert slated at performing arts center

    Cabaret for Life will present “Gabrielle Stravelli: A Jazz Concert with Dr. Art Topilow” at 8 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave., Deal Park. A portion of proceeds will benefit medical causes in the local community. Stravelli, a Jersey Shore native who now lives and performs in Manhattan, will…

  • University’s students tour, perform in Italy

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University music industry students from its student-run record label, Blue Hawk Records, performed and toured in Italy this summer. During the trip, students rehearsed and collaborated with students from the Italian Academy of Music and held live performances to sold-out audiences in medieval villages throughout the Abruzzo region. Joe Rapolla,…

  • Ocean Grove to host festival, craft show

    The Ocean Grove Chamber of Commerce will hold its Fall Harvest Festival and Craft Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 11 in the vicinity of Main Avenue, Pilgrim Pathway and Auditorium Square Park. The free festival will be held rain or shine and feature over 200 arts and crafts vendors displaying and selling their wares. Live…

  • Sea Bright ballot short GOP candidate

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A Republican incumbent and two Democratic newcomers will be on the ballot in the Nov. 4 election for two Borough Council seats. Councilman John M. Lamia Jr. and challengers Cori Socher and Charlie Rooney III will be listed in the Republican and Democratic columns, respectively. Republican Councilman…

  • Strengthen your weekend

    Here’s how to live it up on the weekends without the extra pounds By Jeff Schnaufer CTW Features When the weekend used to roll around, Julia Griggs Havey would walk to the freezer and pull out a pint of Baskin and Robbins Expresso ’n Cream Light — over and over again. “I would have a…

  • Long Branch puts off firetruck replacements

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council has decided against a nearly $1 million proposal from the Fire Department for the purchase of two new firetrucks. Following a lengthy discussion with members of the department’s fire apparatus committee — which requested funding for two new trucks — Council President Michael Sirianni…

  • Local student’s death caused by medical episode

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Members of the Monmouth University community are grieving the loss of a senior health studies major who died Sept. 28 as the result of a medical episode. Elizabeth Rozek, 21, suffered an unspecified medical episode while driving a vehicle that grazed a utility pole on the…

  • Health officials urge prevention in virus scare

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer With a confirmed case of enterovirus D68 reported in New Jersey, school and hospital officials in Middlesex County are urging preventative measures. “This is a virus we see every year in health care. There are 100 types of enteroviruses — this just happens to be a variation that we have…

  • Crematory proposal will receive hearing

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Opponents of a crematory proposed for Woodbine Cemetery will have an opportunity to voice concerns to state representatives charged with approving the application. Business Administrator John O. Bennett III said during the Sept. 18 Borough Council meeting that there will eventually be a public hearing scheduled if the…

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