Tag: West Long Branch

  • Mental health organizations celebrate awareness day

    Mental health organizations celebrate awareness day

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH—Understanding that having a child with complex needs can be difficult without the right assistance, the non-profit organization MonmouthCares along with Allaire Community Farm served as the hosts to an event celebrating the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. “[The day] seeks to raise awareness about…

  • Blue Devils leaning on senior leaders as they battle for title

    Blue Devils leaning on senior leaders as they battle for title

    By Matthew Rocco Senior leadership has kept the Shore Regional High School girls’ lacrosse team on track this season, putting the Blue Devils within striking distance of a postseason title. The Blue Devils have called on underclassmen to be key contributors, and they have risen to the occasion. Head coach Samantha Warner has seen the…

  • Business Brief

    Business Brief

    Thomas Herrington of Monroe has been appointed as the first associate director of the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI). Prior to joining the UCI, Herrington served as the director of the ocean engineering graduate program at the Stevens Institute of Technology from 2007-17 and the director of the New Jersey Coastal Protection Technical Assistance…

  • In the Service

    In the Service

    U.S. Air Force Airman Michelle G. Miranda graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward…

  • Have a slice with Monmouth County law

    Have a slice with Monmouth County law

    Residents will have a chance to fill up on pizza and ask their local law enforcement members questions when Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Grammiccioni hosts “Pizza with a Prosecutor and a Cop” on May 30. The event will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cafe Villa Pizza in West Long Branch at…

  • Blue Devils’ baseball team ready for competition in A Central

    Blue Devils’ baseball team ready for competition in A Central

    By Matthew Rocco The Shore Regional High School baseball team will take on bigger schools in the Shore Conference A Central Division this season. But with established players returning to the field, the Blue Devils expect to have another winning year. The Blue Devils, who are coming off a 13-9 season in 2016, are looking…

  • Rummage sale set in April

    Rummage sale set in April

    The Food Pantry and Community Clothes Closet of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation will hold an Attic Treasures and Fair Trade Sale on April 29 and 30 at 992 Broadway, West Long Branch. Sale hours will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on April 29 and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on April 30. Special deals will be…

  • Spartans’ Benner captures state 138-pound title in Atlantic City

    Spartans’ Benner captures state 138-pound title in Atlantic City

    By Matthew Rocco Ocean Township High School’s Jake Benner is a New Jersey state wrestling champion. The junior brought home a gold medal from Atlantic City March 5 for his first career state title. In the NJSIAA individual tournament, the third-seeded Benner took first place at 138 pounds with a 7-6 upset decision over Gerard Angelo,…

  • Family Addiction Network announces March 21 meeting

    Family Addiction Network announces March 21 meeting

    The Family Addiction Network will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on March 21 at the West Long Branch Community Center, 116 Locust Ave., West Long Branch. Miles Logan from the Fresh Start re-entry program, which is based out of the Long Branch Free Public Library, will be at the March meeting. The Fresh Start program…