Tag: Long Branch
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Art in the Park returns to West End in Long Branch May 29
Sponsored by The Long Branch Arts Council and Long Branch Historical Association, with support from the City of Long Branch, the 18th annual Art in the Park will take place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 29 at West End Park, at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Brighton Avenue, Long Branch. The 18th annual Art…
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Garden opening and health fair held in Long Branch
The Long Branch Concordance Family Success Center, 300 Broadway, Long Branch, held the seventh annual Strengthening Families Community Garden Kickoff and Health Fair. The 7th Avenue Community Garden provides an opportunity to promote parent child interaction as well as grow family literacy and life skills. The garden becomes a family activity where everyone learns how to prepare…
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Long Branch planners approve transit village project
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — A developer has gained approved to construct 46 residential units above the existing Dunkin’ Donuts and Subway on Third Avenue. During the April 19 meeting, the Long Branch Planning Board approved an application by DKD Investments for the mixed-use project located in the heart of the city’s…
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Games offered at Long Branch Library
The Long Branch Main Library, 328 Broadway, Long Branch, will hold “Poker and Blackjack with Gutchie,” in the community room on the first floor, from 1-3 p.m. on May 2. Volunteer instructor Gutchie Bucchino will get the games started, explain the rules to new players and answer any questions. The library will provide the cards…
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Tax help continues at Long Branch Library
The Long Branch Free Public Library, 328 Broadway, Long Branch, will continue to offer free tax assistance on Friday afternoons. Library tax volunteer Al Pescoe will be available to provide guidance and answer questions about your tax returns. Please sign in by 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoons for a private, confidential appointment, on a first-come,…
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Long Branch Library holds TimeBanking workshops
The Long Branch Free Public Library, 328 Broadway, Long Branch, will hold a workshop, Introduction to TimeBanking, from 4–6 p.m. on May 18 and June 15. TimeBanking is a way of giving and receiving to build supportive networks and strong communities. One hour helping another earns one TimeBank Hour (also called time credits, service credits…
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Senior Center members and graduate students volunteer for service project
LONG BRANCH — Long Branch Senior Center members and Monmouth University graduate social work students worked together to make care packages for sick children at local hospitals. About 20 members from the Long Branch Senior Center volunteered for a service project along with an almost equal number of graduate students from Monmouth University’s School of…
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Park System needs volunteer bird monitors
LONG BRANCH — Help the Monmouth County Park System protect the nests of endangered shorebirds by becoming a volunteer bird monitor at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park on Ocean Avenue. Volunteers age 18 and up are needed to monitor known nesting sites of Least Terns, Piping Plovers and Oystercatchers through July. Volunteers will observe the activity…
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Elks to host dinner May 6
The Long Branch Elks Lodge 742 will host its Friday Night Dinner from 6-8 p.m. May 6 at 150 Garfield Ave., Long Branch. Choices include baked chicken or fried fish, shrimp or chicken with french fries and coleslaw. The cost is $8 per person. For more information, call 732-222-9742.
