• Local activists tout report on toxic disasters

    TRENTON — The New Jersey Work Environmental Council (WEC) announced the release of its report, “Failure to Act: New Jersey Jobs and Communities are Still at Risk from Toxic Chemical Disaster,” on Oct. 10. The report details the use of various industrial toxins that could place workers and communities at risk in the case of…

  • Brain health fair scheduled for Nov. 8

    The Social Community Activities Network (SCAN) will hold a Total Brain Health Fair 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at its location in the Monmouth Mall, 180 Route 35, Eatontown. Dr. Cynthia Green will explore what the brain needs to stay fit. There will also be 15 interactive brainteaser stations. The cost is $5…

  • Gonzalez seeks seat on Eatontown council

    Kevin Gonzalez Republican Kevin Gonzalez is running for a three-year term on the Eatontown Borough Council. Biographical information: Eatontown resident for more than 17 years; Borough Council member, 2010- 2012; member of the Recreation Advisory and Economic Development committees; past vice president of the Eatontown Board of Education; youth baseball and basketball coach; Cub Scout…

  • IBEW members will assist JCP&L in storm response

    By JACK MURTHA I n the wake of harsh criticism of its response to superstorm Sandy, Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) is set to join forces with union electricians in Monmouth and Ocean counties in order to more rapidly restore power if a storm knocks out power in any area of the two counties.…

  • Gaffney appointed fellow at Urban Coast Institute

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University President Emeritus Paul G. Gaffney II, a retired vice admiral in the U.S. Navy, has accepted an appointment as an Ocean Policy Fellow for the university’s Urban Coast Institute (UCI). As a fellow, Gaffney will support strategic development of UCI and programs in the domain of coastal and ocean…

  • Tablets transform learning for Memorial School students

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Eatontown Public School District is aiming to prepare middle school students for the future by infusing technology with the curriculum. In September, Memorial Middle School embarked on a new initiative that provides each student with a tablet computer to take with them to each class throughout the…

  • Long Branch looks to CVS to jumpstart Broadway revival

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer A CVS pharmacy has been approved for the redevelopment of the site of an auto lot in the Broadway Gateway zone. LONG BRANCH — City officials are counting on a CVS pharmacy to be one of the drivers of the stalled redevelopment of lower Broadway. The Long Branch Planning Board…

  • Affordable Care Act helps domestic-violence victims

    October is a month dedicated to the awareness of domestic violence. This is a time to recognize the terrible destruction of relationships and the suffering within families that can follow intimate-partner violence. This violence is one of the most underreported crimes in the U.S., victimizing one in four women. Did you know that only 25…

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    Farrington Lake, East Brunswick. MIKE HEILBRONN

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