• First closings scheduled for late August at 55 Melrose in Pier Village

    Closings will begin in late August at 55 Melrose, allowing buyers to start enjoying their new luxury condominium homes within the Pier Village oceanfront community in Long Branch before the end of summer. The important milestone follows an exceptional period of sales activity at 55 Melrose, resulting in 50 percent of the 44 modern condominium…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Lincroft Little League Junior League Orioles enjoyed a very successful baseball season in 2013. The Orioles went 16-3 and won the league’s playoff championship with a 15-2 win against the Braves. The Orioles are Tristan DeCrescenzo, Shane Wedlock, Matt Cody, Mike Fusella, Tyler Carey, Daniel Primiano, Michael Casazza, Sammy Goldberg, Matthew Poandl, Reese Goldberg,…

  • Middletown South aims for title with familiar offensive scheme

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown High School South’s football team started preseason workouts last week with a little more familiarity with the spread pistol offense that was introduced a year ago. Quarterback Kyle Brey and wide receiver Andrew Wisialko, a third-year starter who can draw a lot of interest as a college prospect if he…

  • Monmouth Monarchs capture ABCCL championship series

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Some of the area’s top college baseball talent returns to New Jersey each summer to take another step forward in their careers on the diamond. The Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL) is a valuable opportunity for college players from around the country who are looking to work on the fundamentals…

  • Hawks’ football team heads into transitional campaign

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Monmouth University football players J.P. McManus (l) and Ed Hunt run through a blocking drill during practice on Aug. 15. The Hawks are playing an independent schedule this fall and open up on the road at Montana State University on Aug. 29. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Monmouth University football is…

  • ‘Art & Movement’

    “Summer Fun” A n exhibit of images by photographer and Long Branch native Joan B. Myers is on display through Sept. 8 at Anytime Dance Studio/Gallery of the Arts in Long Branch. Myers envisions photography and dance as sharing the common element of movement. Her work is known for composition and design that “moves” the…

  • Comedy festival returns to Jersey Shore

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Three evenings of laughs, chuckles and all-out guffaws are side-splitting their way to the Jersey Shore this weekend as the second annual Asbury Park Comedy Fest kicks off on Aug. 23. The festival will be held at three venues across Asbury Park and Neptune on the evenings of Aug. 23,…

  • Stanley Seaman

    Mr. Seaman, 81, of Holmdel, died July 28, 2013, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a freelance commercial artist and had worked at the Doyle Dane Bernbach Advertising Agency. He was a founding member of Temple Beth Ahm, where they still use the letterhead he designed in 1967. He is survived by his…

  • Thomas J. O’Donnell

    Mr. O’Donnell, 73, of Hazlet, died Aug. 9, 2013, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He worked as a sales representative with Elementis. He was predeceased by a sister, Eileen Meyer. He is survived by his wife, Doris (Yurkiewicz) O’Donnell; a daughter, Coleen Manginelli and her husband, Mark, of Hazlet; a son, Thomas “T.J.” O’Donnell…

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