CHRIS KELLY staff Gordon James, Middlesex, entertains the crowd at the Long Branch Jazz and Blues Festival held along the Long Branch oceanfront Aug. 30. For more photos, see page 25.
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Ice cream social at historical building set for Sunday
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer
After nearly four years of hard work, a major project to restore the historical 250-year-old Eden Woolley House is nearing completion. "At this point in time, all we need is to restore the baseboard molding and paint the house and then we are done," Howard Richmond, an Oakhurst resident and trustee of the Ocean Township Historical Museum Association, said last week. More...
Threatened state insect necessary for ecosystem and agriculture
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
They thrived with the dinosaurs, ancient Egyptians and even New Jerseyans for a while, but honeybees now face numerous threats to their survival. If the insects ever become extinct, society wouldn't just miss them for the sweet and viscous honey they produce, because they are important pollinators that crops, fruits and wildflowers depend on. More...
Testimony on Eatontown Wawa application to continue in November
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer
EATONTOWN — A traffic expert hired by objectors to a proposed Wawa convenience store is accusing the project's traffic engineers of providing "inaccurate" data to the Borough Planning Board. Appearing before the Aug. 25 Planning Board meeting, traffic engineer Alexander Litwornia claimed that Wawa Inc. More...
Boro sand project to require federal and state funding
MONMOUTH BEACH — Legislators are calling on the federal and state governments to provide funds for a sand replenishment project in the borough. Sen. More...
Pallone slams racetrack for creek pollution
