April 23, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Dedication to Special Olympics spurs race organizer

West Long Branch resident organizes Lincoln Tunnel Challenge
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

The Lincoln Tunnel, a 1.5-mile-long subterranean stretch that connects Weehawken to midtown Manhattan, is notorious for its snarled rush-hour traffic and long gridlock delays. More...

WLB approves shared services with county

BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

åWEST LONG BRANCH — The borough has entered into a shared-services agreement with the county in an effort to reduce the cost of public works services to local taxpayers. More...

Born to be wild

PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Jeanne Woodford, of the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, Medford, holds a rescued peregrine falcon before releasing it April 19. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. More...

Local officials meet to discuss shared services

BY DANIEL HOWLEY and REBECCA MORTON Staff Writers

Representatives of 22 Monmouth County municipalities came together for the first official meeting of the Central Jersey Council of Governments (CJCG) on April 7. Gov. More...

Long Branch Elks lodge gets a chair lift

Donation makes lodge wheelchair accessible
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH — Members of the Long Branch Elks Lodge No. 742 recently installed a wheelchair lift at the lodge to make events accessible to people with disabilities. More...

Concordance explains food resources available

Aid ranges from food stamps to farmers markets
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH — Food resources in Monmouth County were the topic of the monthly meeting of the Long Branch Concordance. More...

Corzine: Dire times call for tough choices

Governor defends budget as maintaining priorities
BY JENNIFER AMATO and BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

In the weeks since delivering his $29.8 billion budget proposal, Gov. More...

Letters

'Rounding' doesn't simplify things for reader

Ihope you all remember your old high school education. You're in math class, patiently waiting for your test. You read the instructions and notice that all answers must be rounded to the nearest whole number. What's the deal with that!? More...

Public invited to first-ever Rutgers Day

In recognition of Rutgers University's unique relationship with the people of New Jersey, we are opening our doors to the public for the first-ever Rutgers Day on April 25. More...

Senate commended for passing Serve America Act

On behalf of our 1.4 million members in the Garden State, AARP New Jersey applauds the Senate for passing the Edward M. More...

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Arts / Zest

IN THE ARTS

The Monmouth Players will present "Night of One Acts: Stranger Things Have Happened." The plays, directed by Paul and Lori Renick, are a mix of comedy and drama. More...

'Making Trouble'

Adocumentary film that tells the story of some of the greatest female comic performers of the last century will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday at Congregation B'nai Israel in Rumson. More...

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Sports

Photo

Left: Long Branch's Jennifer Ramirez (l) tries to elude Red Bank Catholic's Colleen O'Leary. More...

Colts poised for another run at Shore supremacy

BY DOUG MCKENZIE Staff Writer

When looking at the prospects for this spring's high school golf season, as usual you have to start with the team from Christian Brothers Academy. More...

BCC is playing quality baseball

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Brookdale's fine 18-4 start on the baseball diamond is no surprise to head coach Johnny Johnson. "This is a sophomore-laden team," he said. More...

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Friends play the game Frankie loved

Inaugural Frankie and Friends Invitational held
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

On Saturday, April 18, four baseball teams took the field at West Long Branch's Valenzano Park to remember one young man who touched the lives of many. Frank Caltabilota Jr. was only 18 years old when on Jan. More...

Broadway- Gateway blight challenged

BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

Alawsuit filed against the city of Long Branch charges that the process used by the city to designate properties as "in need of redevelopment" in the Broadway Gateway redevelopment zone was unconstitutional and should be overturned. More...

THE RULES OF THE GAME - Teaching young people to get the most from sports - Advertorial

By Gloria Averbuch

Sports participation offers a seemingly infinite number of "life lessons." The more you learn, the more you realize there is to gain. More...

West Long Branch to hold budget hearing May 20

Council approves deferring police pension payments
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

WEST LONG BRANCH — The Borough Council is asking local taxpayers to weigh in on the borough's proposed $9.2 million 2009 municipal budget during a public hearing on the spending plan next month. More...

Day of Fun

PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from above right: Nicole Weinstein, 11, of Sea Bright tries to get to the top of the rock climbing wall set up at the Day of Fun held at Seashore Day Camp in Long Branch on April 18. More...

Lions battle against preventable blindness

Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center handles 500,000 donations annually
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

Individuals across the country annually drop about 6 million pairs of glasses into local Lions Clubs' refurbished mailboxes, but not many donors know where those used spectacles go. More...

Motorcycle raffle will benefit Ronald McDonald Camp

LONG BRANCH — Harley-Davidson/ Buell of Long Branch and the Jersey Shore HOG (Harley Owners Group) Chapter will raffle off a motorcycle this summer, with proceeds going to Ronald McDonald Camp for children being treated for cancer. More...

NOTES

The visual and performing arts majors at the Red Bank Regional High School, Ridge Road, Little Silver, will perform in "Thoroughly Modern Millie," 7 p.m. April 23, 7:30 p.m., April 24 and 25, 3 p.m. April 26, 7:30 p.m., May 1 and 2, and 3 p.m. More...

Bulletin Board

Center announces May blood drives

Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drives: • May 6 from 2-4 p.m. at Buckman Buckman & Reid, 174 Paterson Ave., Shrewsbury • May 13 from 5-8:30 p.m. More...

Registration open for church choirs

Registration is now open for "How Sweet the Sound," a national choir competition. More...

Art Par Excellence exhibit opens March 22

VSA arts of New Jersey (VSA/NJ), New Brunswick, will debut and hold an opening reception for its 2009 Art Par Excellence exhibit with artwork by students with disabilities 3 p.m. More...

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Columns

Family vacation: the good the bad and the flat ugly

Coda • GREG BEAN

When I was a kid, family vacations were a special level of hell reserved for the worst miscreants imaginable. And it wasn't the Hades we learned about in Bible class, the kind of place you go after a long lifetime of misdeeds. More...

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Obituaries

Barbara J. Robertson

Mrs. Robertson, 66, of West Long Branch, died April 1, 2009, at home. She had resided in Oceanport before relocating to West Long Branch in 1998. She was predeceased by her husband, George "Bucky" Robertson. Mrs. More...

Carolyn M. Eatinger

Mrs. Eatinger, 73, of Fayetteville, N.C., and formerly Eatontown, died March 31, 2009, in Fayetteville. She was a former employee in the financial department at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown. She is survived by a son and daughter-inlaw, David M. More...

VickiLea Kammler Giebler

Mrs. Giebler, 57, of Highlands, died April 5, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She resided in Long Branch, prior to relocating to Highlands, in January. More...

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