August 9, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

Unger proposes historic preservation ordinance

Measure calls for commission, historic inventory

An ordinance that would help preserve the city's historic structures and establish a Long Branch Historic Preservation Commission is in the works. More...

House OKs $33M more for programs at fort

Increased funding for key Army intelligence programs approved

The 2008 House Defense Appropriations bill passed July 27 by the Appropriations Committee contains $33.6 million in additional federal funding to support key intelligence programs and other activities at Fort Monmouth. More...

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CHRIS KELLY staff A group of children from Long Branch helps out Steve Woyce duirng a children's magic show held at the Long Branch Public Library on Aug. 3. More...

Legislation would rein in runaway BRAC costs

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Campaign launched to preserve Fortune House

Preservation group calls for museum and cultural center

RED BANK - Preservationists, including members of the borough's west side community, have launched a letter-writing campaign to preserve the T. Thomas Fortune House as a cultural center and museum. The T. More...

On the brink of the sixth extinction

Going organic could help threatened bees and butterflies

The fate of many major food crops hangs in the balance of what biologists are calling the "sixth extinction." Humans are currently living during a time of species loss as great as the meteor-caused disaster that exterminated the dino More...

Notes Around Town

The Wave of Hope Foundation raised $26,000 during the annual "Wave of Hope" walk in June sponsored by the Long Branch Public School District. More...

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More than 300 international interns from Goldman Sachs, New York investment banking and securities firm, participated in a beach sweep at Sandy Hook recently. More...

Wiesel to speak in Lakewood

LAKEWOOD - Georgian Court University, the Strand Theater and the Jewish Federation of Ocean County will present "Against Indifference," an afternoon with Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel on Nov. 4 at 1:30 p.m. at the Strand Theater. More...

Search warrant leads to three arrests

LONG BRANCH - The Long Branch Street Crimes Unit executed a search warrant that resulted in the arrest of two city women and a Red Bank man. More...

Letters

L.B. resort plan trumps Hook development

The announcement that a 1.5-million-square-foot convention center is planned for Long Branch sounds the financial death knell for a suspect lease awarded for the redevelopment of historic buildings at Fort Hancock. More...

Planners should heed opposition to Wawa

As a resident of the Clinton Avenue section of Eatontown, I am very upset at the proposed building of a 24/7 super Wawa on Route 35, which is adjacent to residential streets, at the old Eatontown Roller Rink site. More...

Sandy Hook development: The numbers don't add up

The continued willingness of the National Park Service to grant extension after extension to Sandy Hook Partners (SHP) for its planned development of Sandy Hook is of great concern. More...

Arts / Zest

Take me out to Baseball Day

Baseball takes the stage as the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank partners with Fameabilia to host Baseball Day on Sunday, Aug. 12, noon to 5 p.m. More...

Senior artists recognized

Winners of the Monmouth County Senior Citizen Juried Art Contest were recognized at a reception and awards ceremony at Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, last month. More...

Uncommon 'Reflections' on the mundane

The Monmouth Museum is presenting the second installation in the New Jersey Emerging Artists Series in its Nilson Gallery. More...

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CHRIS KELLY staff Dan Haaren and John Venino, lifeguards at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch, try to control their boat during the boat relay race portion of the Monmouth County Park System's annual lifeguard tournament held at the cou More...

Park system bid for fort parcels advances

Golf course, marina, gyms, open spaces on county's wish list

The Monmouth County Park System is moving forward with its application for Fort Monmouth properties despite a firestorm of questions by state and local public officials over the cost of moving the fort to Aberdeen, Md. More...

Local charity honors parents for a triple Feat

MATAWAN - As the proud parents of 10-month-old triplets, Jennifer and Jay Adamo go through about 24 diapers a day. More...

Bridge advocates call on state to repair span

Group claims repairs would extend life of bridge for years

The state should begin repairing the drawbridge that connects Sea Bright and Highlands, local group Citizens for Rational Coastal Development said in a press release issued Aug. 2. More...

Benefit for Church of Presidents restoration

LONG BRANCH - - The Long Branch Historical Museum Association (LBHMA) will host a cocktail reception Aug. 16 at the Ocean Beach Club on Ocean Avenue to benefit the restoration of the Church of the Presidents. More...

August: Act III begins

Have you ever dreamed of glorious spring and summer flowering bulbs, a garden awash in color and unique shapes? More...

Monmouth Beach mulls curfew

MONMOUTH BEACH - Prompted by complaints from residents about noise and groups of youths gathering in some sections of the borough, the Board of Commissioners is considering enacting a curfew for those age 16 and under. More...

Oceanport looks to stem pollution of waterways

Chaump: Causes include racetrack runoff, geese

OCEANPORT - - Borough and state officials are seeking solutions to the pollution of local waterways. More...

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Nancy Di Lauro, family and consumer sciences teacher at Ocean Township High School, Oakhurst, was recognized as an adviser mentor at the 2007 National Leadership Meeting Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held last month More...

Saving lives

PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Michelle Kantor, lifeguard at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch, races out of the water during the rescue board relay portion of the county's annual lifeguard tournament held Aug. More...

White Water Evening to raise autism awareness

SEA BRIGHT - The Surfers' Environmental Alliance (SEA) is organizing the first surf paddle around the island of Manhattan. The invitation-only, 28-mile paddle will take place Monday, Aug. More...

Bulletin Board

Hot meals offered free at church Aug. 10

United Fellowship Baptist Church, 603 Third Ave., Asbury Park, will provide hot meals Aug. 10, and the second Friday of each month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. More...

'Mr. 80%' featuring locals opens Aug. 17

The nonprofit Soar Productions, 1110 Union Ave., Union Beach, will present "Mr. 80%" by James Sherman Aug. 17-Sept. 1. Performances will be Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sunday Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. More...

Center announces blood drives for August

Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drives: • Aug. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., a "Rock 'n' Roll Up Your Sleeve" drive at Two River Theatre Company, 21 Bridge Ave., Red Bank. More...

Opinion

A literary phenomenon that spans the generations

In the spring of 1965, I thought I might actually have to run away from home in the dead of night, hop a tramp steamer to Mongolia, and spend the remainder of my days building yurts, because I simply could not face the embarrassment of my li More...

Sports

Any Given Saturday steals Sunday spotlight

Scores impressive win in 40th Haskell Invitational

OCEANPORT - One race does not a horse make. That was trainer Todd Pletcher's feeling toward Any Given Saturday following an eighth-place showing at the Kentucky Derby. More...

Baseball Day comes to the Two River Theater Co.

RED BANK - Baseball takes over as the Two River Theater Company partners with Red Bank business Fameabilia to host Baseball Day on Sunday, from noon to 5 p.m. More...

Jersey Shore Tides win ABCCL championship

The Jersey Shore Tides won the Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL) Championship in a hard-fought three-game series against the Toms River Black Sox. More...