LONG BRANCH — Starting Saturday, May 16, summer 2009 beach badges and season parking passes for the Monmouth County Park System's Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park will be available for purchase at the park pavilion located on Ocean Avenue in Long Branch. Lifeguards will be on duty on weekends starting Saturday, May 23; daily guarded bathing begins Saturday, June 13. More...

As I write this at 9:30 p.m. on this warm Sunday evening, there is still a very long line of car lights trying to exit from Sandy Hook. Due to the construction traffic on the new bridge it has been — like every nice day last year — unfairly backed up all day long and into the night. Hungry, thirsty, tired, sunburned, diapers to change, etc. More...

Who? Everyone is welcome. What? Open event: Arts Alive at Brookdale Community College, 2009 When? Lunchtime: Thursday, May 7, 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Where? Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) - Park in Lots 1 and 2 Why? More...

Mrs. Whalen, 79, died April 9, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was predeceased by her husband, Vernon Wesley Whalen. She is survived by four sons and daughters in-law, Wesley P. and Christine Whalen of Oceanport; Charles W. and Eileen Whalen of Richmond, Va.; Wayne E. and Evelyn Whalen of Tucson, Ariz.; and David J. More...

ERIC SUCAR staff Red Bank Regional High School's Connor Lawlor takes a shot on the St. John Vianney goal during the second quarter of the game at Red Bank Regional on April 23. More...