• Brookdale honors grads of Adult Basic Education

    Brookdale Adult Basic Education program graduate Lloyd Gomes addresses fellow graduates during an awards ceremony at the Portuguese Club in Long Branch June 11. LONG BRANCH — More than 150 students representing dozens of countries and many towns across Monmouth County were honored June 11 for their achievements in Brookdale Community College’s Adult Basic Education…

  • Sea Bright celebrates a homecoming

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Desiree Pierce stands on the porch of her rebuilt home along with Chad Carson, director of Sea Bright Rising, during a June 17 celebration of her return to the Sea Bright home. SEA BRIGHT — After months of moving from place to place, Desiree Pierce and her family are finally…

  • Lunch Break plans health fair at YMCA

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer RED BANK — For the benefit of locals and residents of surrounding towns alike, Red Bank-based nonprofit Lunch Break has teamed up with the YMCA to host its first-ever health fair. “We as a community need to come together and collaborate on events, which is where this came from,” said…

  • Fine craft workshops set in Ocean Grove

    The Ocean Grove Historical Society will sponsor arts and crafts workshops for adults and children. All workshops will be held at the Centennial Cottage gardens 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. There will be a cost of $15 per class and a $5 kit fee, unless otherwise noted.  July 8: Paper Banners, with Laura McHugh as instructor.…

  • Shrewsbury to float bonds for vehicles and equipment

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — The Borough Council has authorized four bond ordinances totaling $214,000, which will fund equipment and vehicles for the police, fire and public works departments as well as road improvements. The council adopted each ordinance during the June 16 meeting, despite concerns expressed by council members, but placed contingencies…

  • Middletown celebrates 350th

    MIDDLETOWN — More than 1,000 people participated in the Middletown 350 Parade and Time Capsule celebration on June 21 to commemorate the founding of Middletown Township in 1664. Schools, Scouts, marching bands, floats, civic, fraternal and youth groups, police, fire, EMS and other township services, vintage vehicles, dancers, pipers and local officials were among those…

  • Sea Bright budget reflects grant shortfall

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Sea Bright Borough Council is increasing taxes and tapping surplus to make up an anticipated shortfall of nearly $800,000. Despite applying for $1.78 million, the borough received just slightly over $1 million in Essential Services Grant funding, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…

  • Heroin crisis spurs antidote action

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Alisa Martinez, a patrol officer in Ocean Township, holds up a spray dispenser for Narcan, which police in central New Jersey have begun using to reverse drug overdoses. Within 48 hours of Ocean Township receiving the heroin antidote Narcan, its police force saved the life of a 40-year-old woman who…

  • Sedate sedan

    Acura’s new RLX luxury sedan is comfortable and capable, but remains more conservative in nature than its European rivals By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features A cura’s largest sedan — now named the RLX — has been redesigned for 2014 with high hopes the brand can finally compete with the likes of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz…

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