March 29, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

Many firms interested in mapping fort's future

Fort reuse panel will announce choice of consultant April 18
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

Everyone is interested in the fate of Fort Monmouth, including master plan consultants across the country. More...

Spring brings new year for members of Bahá'í faith

Faith, family, community central to Bahá'í beliefs
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

It's the dawn of a new year for members of the Bahá'í faith, of which there are reputed to be 5 million across the globe. The first day of the Bahá'í calendar was March 21. More...

Notes Around Town

The Greater Long Branch Chamber of Commerce's 30th annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held April 1 at 11 a.m. at West End Park on Brighton Avenue. The rain date for the event is April 7. For more information, call (732) 222-0400. More...

Resident reports bear sighting

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - On March 21 at 3:45 p.m., township police received a report that a bear was sighted in the wooded area behind the senior residence on Stacey Drive in the Hidden Meadows complex. More...

Police: Altercation ends in hit-and-run

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Police were called to Wanamassa Point Road March 19 at 2:17 a.m. in response to a report that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle that left the scene. More...

Letters

Residents urged to give input on Hook assessment

At 2.5 million visitors, the 1992 endangered species management plan for Sandy Hook is a disaster and needs major reassessment, with piping plovers not reproducing sufficiently, and terns and oyster catchers having no productivity due to preda More...

Attacks on liberals over global warming misplaced

A common tactic used by those in denial about the global warming crisis is to "shoot the messenger." They can't win an argument based on the facts or science, so they attempt to cast doubt on the validity of those who are telling them what th More...

Inhalant use has become a silent epidemic

If you think huffing is something just the Three Little Pigs had to watch out for, the wolf may come knocking at your door. More...

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Obituaries

Renee Freedman

Mrs. Freedman, 78, of Manalapan, died Feb. 24, 2007, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New York City, she had lived in Old Bridge for many years before moving to Manalapan in 1987. More...

Fanny E. Garguilo Johnson

Mrs. Johnson, 75, of Matawan, died March 20, 2007, at home. Born in New York City, she resided in Long Branch and Hazlet prior to relocating to Matawan 20 years ago. She was a homemaker. She was predeceased by a brother, Frank Garguilo. More...

Allen J. Wolf

Mr. Wolf, 47, of Howell, died March 21, 2007, at home. Born in Red Bank, he grew up in Hazlet and had lived in Union before moving to Howell 17 years ago. More...

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Sports

Apo, Fitzgerald are Shore Players of the Year

Sourlis, Golub coaches of the year
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

St. John Vianney's Alisa Apo and Red Bank Regional's Kyle Fitzgerald were both named Player of the Year by the Shore Basketball Coaches. More...

Monmouth Park to hold $4.4 million in stakes this summer

Races run from May 12 to Sept. 2

OCEANPORT - Headed by the $1 million Grade 1 Haskell Invitational presented by Vonage on Sunday, Aug. 5, Monmouth Park will offer $3.75 million over 13 graded stakes for the 2007 meeting, which runs from May 12 through Sept. 2. More...

BCC Sports Camps accepting registration

More than 35 Summer Adventure and Jersey Blues sports camps await kids at Brookdale Community College's suburban 220-acre Lincroft campus, the Western Monmouth Campus in Freehold, the Wall Higher Education Center and Sandy Hook. More...

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BREAKING NEWS: Planners call for new zones, shuttle, parks

Long Branch board sends master plan re-exam to City Council
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

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CHRIS KELLY staff Michael Egner, 9, Shrewsbury, prepares dough to be made into matzah during a session of the Passover Model Matzah Making Institute held at the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal March 25. More...

10th Annual Sgt. Pat run set for April 7

BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - More than 1,000 people are expected to gather on the Long Branch shore next week to participate in the 10th annual run and walk to honor slain Long Branch Police Officer Sgt. Patrick King. The Sgt. More...

Matzah made easy

CHRIS KELLY staff Fair Haven's Eric Black grinds wheat into flour at a hands-on Passover Model Matzah Making Institute at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Monmouth County in Ocean Township on March 25. Passover begins at sundown on Monday. More...

County park system recognizes volunteers

141 individuals cited for 1,000+ hours of service to parks

Among the 141 volunteers cited for their service to the Monmouth County Park System, Catherine Barry stands out. In 2006. More...

Lecture at Vietnam Era Center March 31

The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation will host an author lecture by Philip J. Briggs, "Avoiding Armageddon: John F. Kennedy and American Foreign Policy," March 31 at 1 p.m. More...

Bulletin Board

Center schedules blood drives in April

Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drives: + April 10, 2-8 p.m., a Rumson PTA drive at Forrestdale School, Forrestdale Avenue, Rumson. + April 26, 10 am.-2 p.m. More...

Bird walks slated for April 14, 15

The Sandy Hook Bird Observatory will present a bird walk led by New Jersey Audubon Society senior naturalist Scott Barnes April 14 at 8:45 a.m. The walk will begin at lot b, Bayberry lot, Sandy Hook. More...

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Arts / Zest

In the Arts

The Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation will present The Steve Calafati Group, flamenco jazz guitar, Friday 8-11 p.m. More...

Enigmatic photos at McKay gallery

An exhibit of photographs by José Castillo Pazos will open at McKay Imaging Studio & Gallery in Red Bank Friday. More...

Starting over … again

Peruvian artist works to establish herself in N.J.
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer

West Long Branch artist Angelica Kavala Carlisle is starting over - for the third time. The first time she made a fresh start was when she graduated from college in Peru and began her career as a working artist. More...

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Schools

College tour offers inner-city youths a better future

Donations to fund 'Get on the Bus' still needed
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - For more than a decade, Long Branch officials have been promoting the importance of college education to inner-city youths through the "Get on the Bus" college tour. More...

Literary magazine garners top honors

OTHS publication one of only seven in state recognized
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Each year township high school students work together to publish the student literary magazine "Afterglow." Their efforts have resulted in recognition for the magazine before, but the 2006 issue, according to the m More...

County mulls off-leash dog park in Oceanport

Neighboring towns support establishing off-leash area
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

OCEANPORT- - At the urging of local dog owners, the Monmouth County Park System is considering creating an off-leash dog area on a county-owned tract in Oceanport. More...

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