• Reversing climate change requires action now

    I f you are at least 30 years old, here are some ways the climate has changed during your lifetime. Moisture in the atmosphere is up 5 percent, which means the cycle of evaporation and precipitation has changed. When there’s more moisture in the air, there’s more to come down when it rains — and…

  • Open space should replace fort

    For over 10 years I have monitored and criticized the National Park Service’s (NPS) attempt to restore Fort Hancock’s buildings. The NPS’s ill-conceived, terribly executed and fatally flawed initial attempt resulted in an award to Sandy Hook Partners (SHP), which had neither the experience nor funding to do the work. This venture wasted more than…

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    Sunflowers grow along Pension Road, Manalapan. IRENE P.

  • ‘Side Effects May Vary’ at Long Branch library

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Steve Coté Steve Coté is not your run-of-the-mill artist. Drawing inspiration from such seemingly disparate influences as Salvador Dalí, British artist Ralph Steadman and the world of street art, Coté is developing a reputation for his imaginative use of mixed media and a growing body of stark, colorful and textladen…

  • Money ¢lip

    Peeling back the label Jack Murtha I might as well kick off this column with a confession: I still use the same brand of deodorant that I wore 10 years ago. From high school gym class to the cubicle, I’ve relied on a single company to ward off attacks on my personal hygiene. It’s not…

  • Ray Licata Memorial Swim to be held Sunday

    LONG BRANCH — The ninth annual One-Mile Ocean Swim and Walk-Along, held in memory of local beach advocate Ray Licata, will take place Aug. 18 at Pier Village in Long Branch. Swimmers and nonswimmers alike are welcome to participate in the Ray Licata Memorial Swim. Families, friends and beachgoers can walk the swim route on…

  • Easements won’t be needed for some beachfront properties

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The owners of these beachfront homes in north Long Branch will not have to agree to easements so that a federally funded beach replenishment project can proceed. According to a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, there is sufficient sand on the beaches so replenishment is not needed.…

  • $4.5M payout proposed in harassment lawsuit

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Joseph Ferraina A court-appointed arbitrator has recommended that a former Long Branch Public Schools employee be awarded $4.5 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Long Branch Board of Education and former Superintendent of Schools Joseph Ferraina. In a nonbinding ruling on Aug. 8, arbitrator Norman Peer, a…

  • ‘A Night of Playing it Safe’ focuses on cardiac events

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Olympian and New Jersey Hall of Fame Inductee Joetta Clark Diggs speaks at Red Bank Regional (RBR) High School on Aug. 6 during The Matthew J. Morahan III Center presentation “A Night of Playing it Safe.” Memories of Riyadh’na Farrow and Albert E. Martin Jr. — two students who died…

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