August 23, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

Campers spend dream week at Camp Woz

A chance for kids facing challenges to 'dream big'
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

WEST LONG BRANCH - - A group of Monmouth County youths are experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime summer hiatus at a "dream camp" sponsored by computer guru Steve Wozniak. More...

Open house at schools in Long Branch

LONG BRANCH - - Building on its more than 100-year heritage, the Long Branch Public School District has undertaken the largest facilities construction project in its history. More...

City: Hotel project will keep public beach access

Access point, booth will be operated by Ocean Place resort
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - Public access to the beach at the Ocean Place hotel will continue as part of a redevelopment agreement for a multimillion-dollar hotel/resort project on the oceanfront, according to a city official. More...

Clearwater Fest

PHOTOS BY GLORIA STRAVELLI The 32nd annual Clearwater Festival, New Jersey's oldest and largest eco-festival, was held Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. More...

Youth to be remembered through bike ride

Timmy's Tour de Shore Oct. 7; registration day at shopping center Aug. 25
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer

MIDDLETOWN - At 10 years old, Timothy Pauxtis was like most kids his age, enjoying riding his bike after school and making the occasional trip to the beach. More...

Host towns plan for emergencies post-fort

Tarantolo: Cost of losing fort emergency response is $10M
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

As the time grows closer to the Army's announced closing of Fort Monmouth in 2011, and plans for how the land and buildings on site are being worked on, More...

Historical museum to honor Narozanick

The Ocean Township Historical Museum will host "A Dinner to Celebrate Historic Restoration". More...

More summer campers in line for federal food program

House bill would expand summer food program to all 50 states
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer

RED BANK - - With stomachs rumbling and lunch bells ringing in their heads, Red Bank summer campers sat still Aug. 15, awaiting the arrival of Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6). More...

NOTES

The Ocean Township Branch of the Monmouth County Library, 701 Deal Road, presents Your Heart's Desire: Sex and Love in Jewish Literature. The fourth book in this series, "The Lover," by A.B. Yehoshua, will be discussed Monday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. More...

Opinion

Boro should lower Route 36 speed limit

An overdue comment on the Sea Bright initiative to reduce the summer speed limit on Route 36: Congratulations to the borough of Sea Bright for taking the initiative to attempt to control traffic on state Route 36, reducing the speed limit to 35 mp More...

'Moobs' unwelcome sight at beach

Ispent much of the summer at the beach, and I was distressed and, OK, maybe even a little bit self-conscious, to see that many men now seem to have breasts bigger than my own. More...

Official's quick response solved geese problem

From mid-June to mid-July many properties adjacent to the Park Avenue Estates in Elberon were inundated with geese. The detention basin does not drain, therefore the geese were attracted to the area. More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. More...

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Sports

New-look Hawks face familiar expectations

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Every football season brings new challenges. Last year, for Dave Callahan's Monmouth University Hawks, it was handling the pressures of high expectations. More...

BlueClaws win, keeping their playoff hopes alive

LAKEWOOD - A scheduled doubleheader was rained into one nine-inning game, but it was still a successful night on Monday for the BlueClaws at FirstEnergy Park. More...

Gottcha Gold a runaway winner at Iselin Stakes

Brother Bobby rallies for second; Indy Wind third in Grade III race

OCEANPORT - Centaur Farms' Gottcha Gold broke on top but was headed early by Barcola before opening up around the far turn and romping home a four-anda half length winner in the $300,000 Philip H. More...

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CHRIS KELLY staff Red Bank Catholic's Anthony Lubischer tries to run through the Raritan defense during a rainy-day scrimmage with the Rockets in Hazlet on Monday. More...

City plans upgrades to Ocean Ave.

Residents applaud decision to keep roadway 'green'
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

Long Branch officials are now discussing plans to renovate portions of Ocean Avenue after the City Council voted last week to drop a proposal to reopen the closed oceanfront roadway. At the Aug. More...

L.B. schools launch veterans memorial project

To include past and present vets from school community
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH - - When Long Branch educator Meredith Miller learned she was to launch a project as part of being named district teacher of the year, she saw an opportunity to make a difference in the community. More...

Audubon meeting, bird walk during September

The Monmouth County Audubon Society will hold its next meeting Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, White Street, Red Bank. More...

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GLORIA STRAVELLI Folk group Mel & Vinnie entertain at the 32nd annual Clearwater Festival held Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. More...

Suspect in home invasion indicted

LONG BRANCH - A city man was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury this month for a Keyport home invasion robbery. On Aug. More...

GOP: Politics at play in e-mail disclosures

Kahle says council members need municipal accounts
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

An Oceanport councilwoman is calling for borough e-mail accounts for the municipality's governing body in order to protect the council members, as well as the pockets of taxpayers. More...

Fort Monmouth panel asks for extension

FMERPA seeks nine more months to draw up plan
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

FREEHOLD - The authority formed to draw up a redevelopment plan for Fort Monmouth, which is scheduled to close in 2011, will ask for an extension of its December deadline through September 2008. More...

Ex-teller charged with theft

WEST LONG BRANCH - A former assistant manager of a Hudson City Savings Bank branch in West Long Branch pleaded guilty this month to embezzling nearly $500,000, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. More...

Riding high: Horse-drawn carriages make a comeback

U.F. resident participates in new Monmouth Coaching Invitational
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD - Joe Jennings' love of antique road coaches began as a kid in the 1950s when he first saw them at an exhibition in Oceanport's Monmouth Park. More...

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On Tuesday, Aug. 28, TOGS, Township of Ocean Growing Strong will host a pool party to kick off the 2007-2008 school year for the TOGS and iTOGS programs. More...

Bulletin Board

Boating and watercraft course Sept. 15, 16

Coast Boating School, Toms River, will conduct a personal watercraft and safe boating course in compliance with New Jersey State Law Sept. 15 and 16 from 9 a.m.-noon at West Marine Store, Routes 35 and 36, Eatontown. More...

Mended Hearts support group to meet Aug. 23

Mended Hearts support group will hold a meeting Aug. 23 at noon at Room B104- 105 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. The group consists of heart patients, their fami lies, health professionals and other interested individuals. More...

Smart car for a Hip Town

Scaled-down auto fits two to a parking space
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer

RED BANK - - The answer to the parking crunch in the downtown may very well have been parked on Broad Street over the weekend. More...

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Arts / Zest

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Park Players will present the feminist comedy "Parallel Lives," written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, of the popular "Kathy and Mo Show," at the historic Paramount Theatre. More...

IN THE ARTS

Michael Bolton will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, Thursday, Aug. 23, at 8 p.m. More...

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Loretta Lynn, with guests The Wrights, will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Saturday, Aug. 25, at 8 p.m. More...

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