• Learn about mobile devices, borrowing library materials

    Learn about mobile devices, borrowing library materials

    The Long Branch Free Public Library will hold a free program from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Feb. 28 to help those who want to learn how to use their mobile devices and borrow eBooks and audiobooks at the Main Library, 328 Broadway. Bring devices to the library’s Technology Center and learn how to download free eBooks…

  • Free blood pressure screening available at library

    Free blood pressure screening available at library

    The Long Branch Free Public Library will hold a free blood pressure screening from 3-4 p.m. March 6 at the Main Library at 328 Broadway. This complimentary public service, which is available the first Monday of each month, is provided by the City of Long Branch Health Department and VNA of Central NJ. A nurse…

  • Quick-Chek seeks approval for store, gas station

    Quick-Chek seeks approval for store, gas station

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Testimony is expected to resume on April 20 on an applicant’s plan to construct a Quick Chek convenience store with gasoline service at the corner of Route 537 and Smithburg Road in Manalapan. The location is at the border of Manalapan, Freehold Township and Millstone Township. Smithburg Road,…

  • Cheers & Jeers

    Cheers & Jeers

    by Damian Holbrook TV Guide Magazine Cheers to the Joy of Six History’s SEAL Team Six drama about a band of brothers led by Barry Sloane (Revenge) has big-screen action galore, as well as smaller emotional moments that reveal the heartbreaking cost of their heroics. Cheers to Scandal for its first lady in waiting. Can…

  • Tom Keen joins forces with some of Red’s most infamous criminals in ‘The Blacklist: Redemption’

    Tom Keen joins forces with some of Red’s most infamous criminals in ‘The Blacklist: Redemption’

    By Kellie Freeze NBC isn’t fixing what’s not broken. The network has found success in spinning off new incarnations of popular dramas (the Law & Order and Chicago franchises, anyone?) and applies that formula to The Blacklist with its higher-energy sibling, The Blacklist: Redemption beginning Thursday, Feb. 23 on NBC. In the new series, Blacklist…

  • Did you know?

    Did you know?

    by Rick Gables NBC will offer a preview of Chicago Justice, the newest installment of super producer Dick Wolf’s highly successful Chicago franchise, on Wednesday, March 1 at 10 p.m. The preview will immediately follow a crossover event between Chicago Fire at 8 p.m. and Chicago P.D. at 9 p.m. that is set to introduce…

  • Performers of the week for Feb. 20

    Performers of the week for Feb. 20

    Tournaments are the time of the year when players step up with big performances. Here are some local players who delivered with crucial efforts in the tournaments and in the regular season. On the boys’ basketball scene … Letrell West produced an offensive show in leading Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen to two victories…

  • June Lockhart

    June Lockhart

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine She made her film debut playing the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cratchit in the 1938 film version of A Christmas Carol opposite her real-life parents, and had supporting roles in such classics as Meet Me in St. Louis, Sergeant York and The Yearling, as well as spots…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    The following local students have been named to the dean’s list at Stevenson University, Owings Mills, Maryland, for the Fall 2016 semester: Nicole Amato of Dayton; and Michael Elia and Anthony Raspa of Kendall Park. To qualify, a student must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better and must have completed 12 credits or more during that…

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