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      July 9, 2009  RSS feed
      CHRIS KELLY staff Matt Deibert, Smithville, sculpts a sand castle replica of Monmouth University on the beach in Long Branch during the city's annual July 4 Oceanfest celebration. More photos, page 3. More...
      Port Huron house will become a museum

      Agroup interested in preserving the historic Takanassee buildings in Long Branch met last week to find a new location for the third and smallest of the buildings. Long Branch Councilman Brian Unger led a group through the Port Huron house as well as the Captain's House on the Takanassee Beach Club site in the Elberon section of the city on July 2. More...

      Village of Loch Arbour officials are pushing forward with a legal challenge to the Ocean Township Board of Education's 2009-10 budget, despite a setback in state Superior Court. On June 30, Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Cavanagh Jr. More...


      Clockwise from top: Perfect summer weather drew crowds to the Promenade in Long Branch for the city's annual Oceanfest celebration on July 4. Sandy Levine cooks up a batch of The Windmill's famous hot dogs while Zak Levy piles on the finishing touches. Jabriel Belhadj, Long Branch, sits for a caricature. More...


      The Monmouth County Genealogy Society will host its traditional meeting and "Show and Tell" 1:30 p.m. July 19 at Eatontown Community/Senior Center, 72 Broad St. The public is welcome to attend the free meeting, and bring a document or record that has something to set it apart from the routine. More...
      A preteen girl feels like her friends do not want her around anymore When a teenager discovers that her friend is being abused by her mother, she wants to know how she can help. Suicidal thoughts lead one caller to stand across the street from a hospital emergency room, without the courage to go inside. More...
      This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. More...
      The 1920s roar to life in local author's new book
      Flappers, diving horses and, yes, ladies and gentlemen, even Al Capone can be found in the 100-plus-page coffee-table book spanning the Roaring '20s as chronicled by local author and historian Karen L. Schnitzspahn. "The Roaring '20s at the Jersey Shore," published by Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, Pa. More...
      Mr. Finnegan, 81, of the Belford section of Middletown, died June 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a land surveyor and planner with his father, J. Craig Finnegan, until his father's death in 1960, and owned his surveying business, Thomas A. Finnegan Land Surveyor and Planner, the next 45 years. He was predeceased by a son, David L. Finnegan, in 2006. More...
      ERIC SUCAR staff Luciano De Oliveira of Long Branch crosses the finish line as the winner of the four-mile Woodbridge Run for Pizza held through downtown Woodbridge on July 1. More...