• Fall harvest festival and craft show Oct. 12

    The Ocean Grove Chamber of Commerce will present a Fall Harvest Festival and Craft Show on Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Avenue. The festival is a free event that will be held rain or shine and feature more than 100 arts and crafts vendors. Live music will be provided by…

  • Work Opportunity Center reopens in smaller space

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — While a third of the building is still unusable, The ARC of Monmouth’s Work Opportunity Center (WOC) has reopened in Long Branch, putting more than 130 workers back to work. Linda Porter, executive director of the WOC, said in an Oct. 2 interview that the Warburton Place…

  • Local libraries damaged by Sandy receive funds

    OCEANPORT — New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) officials presented checks for $1,942 each to three Monmouth County libraries damaged in superstorm Sandy: Oceanport, Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach. In a ceremony at the Oceanport Library on Sept. 25, NJLA Executive Director Patricia Tumulty and NJLA President Eileen Palmer presented the checks to Monmouth County Library…

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    Pumpkins await carving at Happy Day Farm in Manalapan. JENNIFER AMATO/STAFF

  • GUEST COLUMN

    Your town, your newspaper, your life JIM ZACHARY A s newspaper executives struggle over whether the news should be digital first, tablet first, SMS first or print first, readers know exactly what they want their local newspaper to be — community first. Reading a newspaper is not like reading a novel, a magazine, a history…

  • LETTERS

    Adopt safer street policies to reduce fatalities With more and more people involved in outdoor activities, including bicycling, jogging and simply walking, New Jersey is now ranked as the eighth healthiest state in the union. So, it was wonderful to hear from Commissioner of Transportation James Simpson that the Christie administration is actively promoting policies…

  • Ocean Township seeks to extend scope of grant

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Township officials are trying to stretch a grant allocated for flood mitigation to include sediment removal from brooks that frequently overflow. Township Manager Andrew Brannen said during the Oct. 3 Township Council workshop meeting that he will petition the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to amend a…

  • Red Bank hunger panel provides food for thought

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A panel of area women discuss their personal struggles with food insecurity during the “Soul of Hunger” event at the Count Basie Theatre on Sept. 30. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF For the one in seven New Jerseyans who don’t know where their next meal will come from, hunger is a problem of…

  • Police in pursuit of the alternate route

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Police recruits line up during a morning training session Oct. 1 at the Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A fickle economic climate still looms large over many New Jersey municipalities, and when it comes time to hunker down and cut costs, police payroll is often…

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