Tag: Long Branch
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Long Branch receives Transit Village designation
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city has officially become the state’s newest Transit Village designee. More than three years after the city officially applied to become a Transit Village, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced last week that Long Branch was going to be the 32nd municipality with the…
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Local students win essay contest on seven presidents
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Several local students were honored as winners in the first essay contest held by the Church of the Seven Presidents. Jim Foley, president of the Long Branch Historical Museum Association, awarded certificates during the May 24 City Council meeting to the nine student winners who wrote essays…
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Long Branch library director named Librarian of the Year
The director of the Long Branch Free Public Library, Tonya Garcia, was honored as the 2016 Librarian of the Year at the New Jersey Library Association’s annual conference held May 17 in Atlantic City. The award recognizes exemplary recent achievement by a working New Jersey librarian making a significant contribution to the profession. The Librarian…
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Long Branch approves tax abatement for beachfront project
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer LONG BRANCH- The City Council has greenlit a tax abatement payment plan for the developers of a 47-unit beachfront condominium project. After a presentation by redevelopment attorney Robert Beckelman, the council adopted an ordinance for a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) plan for FEM South Beach Urban Renewal LLC during the May 10…
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Chelsea Clinton campaigns in Monmouth County
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – Before New Jerseyans head to the polls for the June 7 primary, Chelsea Clinton, daughter of presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton, met with Monmouth County residents. On May 17, the last day for residents to register to vote in the primary, Clinton campaigned for her mother, the…
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JDRF One Night Gala set for June 4
Long Branch – Gregg, Debra, Ryan and Justin Terry will receive JDRF’s prestigious Family of the Year award during the organization’s 15th annual One Night Gala on June 4 at the Ocean Place Resort and Spa, Long Branch. JDRF is also bestowing an honor to Dr. Santosh Eapen and his pediatric endocrinology team from K.…
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‘Shabbat at the Shore’ set for June 10 at Long Branch park
Summer is just around the corner and Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson will celebrate its fourth annual “Shabbat at the Shore” beginning 5 p.m. June 10 at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. The rain date is June 17. Members and nonmembers are welcome to attend this event that includes fun for all ages,…
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Annual car show in Long Branch to be a fall event
Plans are underway for the 22nd annual “Cruise to the Jersey Shore” car show slated for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 11 at The Great Lawn in Long Branch. All proceeds will benefit Ronald McDonald House in Long Branch. Traditionally held on Father’s Day, this year’s fall show will feature hundreds of classic cars and pay…
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Surgeon appointed as cancer liaison physician
LONG BRANCH — Barnabas Health Medical Group’s fellowship-trained, board-certified breast surgeon, Manpreet Kohli, M.D., has received a three-year appointment as cancer liaison physician for the cancer program at Monmouth Medical Center. Cancer liaison physicians are an integral part of cancer programs accredited by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer (CoC). Affiliated with the…
