July 20, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

It's expensive to be poor in Monmouth County

Demand rises at food pantries; housing costs, low minimum wage cited More...

Police investigate bank fraud

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - On July 10, a Raleigh Court resident reported that he had been contacted via e-mail on his home computer by someone claiming to be from JPMorgan Chase Bank and advised that his account had been suspended for suspicious activity. More...

Appraisers to come knocking in city

Redevelopment spurs county to order reassessment
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - A county ordered reassessment of all taxable properties in the city is expected to get under way before the end of the month. More...

Notes

A prayer vigil to honor the Feast of St. Ann will be held 7-8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Jerome's Church, 254 Wall St. in West Long Branch. All are invited to join in the novena and rosary, as well as time for private meditation and prayer. More...

From Days Gone By

Take 'time' to visit Blue Stove Antiques
By Tony Senk

Ike Burstein knows exactly what time it is pretty much every minute of the day. More...

Opinion

Fort panel slights mayors & residents

It seems as if the worst fears of some observers are being realized in the apparent disregard shown to local mayors by those who are steering the new Fort Monmouth Economic Revitaliza-tion Planning Authority. More...

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Arts / Zest

In the Arts

New York-based singer/songwriters Julz A, James Vidos and Andrew Scandal are touring an eclectic Hip Hop cabaret caravan and will be performing at the Internet Cafe, 1 W. Front St. in Red Bank, today at 8 p.m. More...

Kochansky exhibit at McKay Gallery

A collection of vibrant drawings, paintings and sculpture that highlight the audacious artistic spirit and quirky sense of humor of the late artist John Kochansky, will open today at McKay Imaging Studio and Gallery in Red Bank. More...

Vibrant vintage posters are gallery hallmark

Inheritance Gallery in Red Bank specialty is original poster art
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

If there is a small furry dog sitting on the windowsill at the Inheritance Gallery, the shop is open. More...

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Sports

Shore 44 a classic, up until the end, that is

Officials end game without an overtime
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer

Nobody wanted it to end this way.When you take 44 of the Shore's most celebrated high school football players over the last couple of years and set them loose on a field in 90-degree heat for one last shot at scholastic glory, you know they're going More...

ABCCL all-star game Saturday in Lakewood

The 2006 ABCCL Pro-Showcase and All-Star game will be held July 22 at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, home of the Philadelphia Phillies' Class A affiliate Lakewood BlueClaws. More...

Steve Loder's 5K Run Training Boot Camp coming to Long Branch

LONG BRANCH - The 5K Run Training Boot Camp will be held at the West End Beach and Boardwalk on five consecutive Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 a.m., beginning Aug. More...

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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Barry Weshnak and his wife, Carol, are the Big Brother and Big Sister, of Kaylie, 6, and Lorenzo, 7, who they take for a stroll during the annual Big Brothers Big Sisters picnic reunion at Wolcott Park in Eatontown on July 15. More...

Fort panel will go for $315K in federal funds

Lucky, Bauer to lead new base reuse group
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

To apply for federal seed money to start up a business, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Plan-ning Authority, Eatontown will need some correction fluid and a typewriter. More...

Council approves razing vacant Main Street building

Attorneys for owner, contract purchaser say they'll go to court
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer

EATONTOWN - Borough officials say they tried everything for more than a year to persuade the owner of a condemned Main Street building to secure and clean up the former grocery store. More...

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MIGUELJUAREZ staff Camron, 3, Tinton Falls, learns to balance a dish with help from a volunteer during the annual picnic reunion of Big Brothers Big Sisters in Wolcott Park in Eatontown on Saturday. More...

Legislators unite against offshore drilling bill

DEP, environmental groups join effort to block bill that lifts ban
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH -- Two U.S. senators joined forces with Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6) at the Long Branch shore last week to oppose legislation that would permit oil drilling off the coast of New Jersey. More...

Triathlete trains for a good cause

BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - A township man will test the limits of his body in a triathlon while helping to raise money for a good cause. More...

Bulletin Board

SCAN to offer medical programs during August

SCAN Learning Center, Monmouth Mall, Eatontown, will host several lectures. More...

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Letters

Park service should rethink plans for Hook

Well, it's that time of year: the National Park Service grants its eighth deadline extension to the proposed developer of Fort Hancock as he tries to get funding for the supposed commercial reuse of 36 buildings. More...

Foundation will aid brain cancer victims

My late husband, Kenny Martin, was a wonderful generous and caring man who would always be there to lend a hand to anyone who needed help. For 22 months, he bravely battled an extremely aggressive malignant brain tumor known as a glioblastoma. More...

Seafood, fishing industry part of state's heritage

It is surprising to those familiar with the seafood industry in New Jersey that those living outside the state, and even some state residents, are unaware of the Garden State's long connection to the sea. More...

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Schools

Students gets a lesson in activism

Avery Grant tells students community groups need action plans
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - A group of students from the Governor's School of Public Issues got a lesson in more than just how to address environmental issues from the Long Branch Concerned Citizens Coalition (CCC) last week. More...

On Campus

Alicia S. Ostrow, West Long Branch, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Albright College, Reading, Pa. More...

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