July 8, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Food pantry: Have wheels, will travel this summer

Mobile food bank unit to target senior citizens

Minnie Daniels, 82, walks 1.2 miles to Foodtown to get her groceries. With so many seniors, like Daniels, struggling to find transportation and funds to buy food, the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties unveiled its mobile pantry last week. More...

Michael’s Feat will mark 10 years of aid to families

On July 31 from 1-5 p.m. a crowd of more than 300 people is expected to gather at YMCA Camp Arrowhead, Route 520, Marlboro, for the Michael’s Feat 10th annual family picnic to help families of seriously ill newborns. More...

Annual Ocean Grove house tour July 16

OCEAN GROVE — The Historical Society of Ocean Grove will hold its 42nd annual House Tour on Friday, July 16. The tour is a self-guided walking tour within the seaside Victorian community. More...

Legislators pledge vigilance in fort reuse plan

Fort Monmouth Revitalizaton Authority bill approved

With the bill that would create the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority approved by the state Senate and Assembly on June 28, 12th District legislators look toward the next steps in the property’s rebirth. More...

A call to artists for an Urban Canvas

LONG BRANCH — Currently getting under way in downtown Long Branch, the Urban Canvas Project is designed to turn the façades of 40 unoccupied buildings on lower Broadway into a communal work of art that will inspire and beautify the neighborhoo More...

Letters

Speak up now to save high school athletic assoc.

It is sad that an elected politician has made his major political priority an attack of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. More...

Fort Hancock not accessible, but Alamo is

Arecent front-page article in the local press described the nearly $1 million renovation of a building at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook. Much to my dismay, however, this building was renovated with no accessible entrance or pathway. R ep. Frank J. More...

Arts / Zest

‘Landscapes/Seascapes/Local Scenes’

The Guild of Creative Art will host an opening reception for “Landscapes/Seascapes/Local Scenes” on Sunday, July 11,,3-5 p.m. This exhibit includes a variety of mixed media artwork by many members of the guild. More...

Sports

Shore’s Lippens seeking perfection on tennis court

Blue Devil was 25-0 and won state title

As it relates to athletics, the notion of perfection can be a tricky thing. More...

Local fencers competing in national tournament

The Atlantic Fencing Academy in Tinton Falls is sending 21 fencers who qualified to the most prestigious competition of the year — The Summer National Championship of the United States Fencing Association. More...

Hurricanes finish undefeated season

The Jersey Shore Hurricanes, an 11U travel baseball team, capped a perfect spring season in the USOTB (United States Over Thirty Baseball) by capturing the league championship. More...

Photo

Andrew Ricci is among the local artists, music makers, poets, writers, photographers and others participating in Art Hits the Streets, a celebration of the arts sponsored by Imagine Long Branch and he More...

New Long Branch council takes office

City clerk announces Sept. 1 retirement

For the first time in nearly two decades, the Long Branch City Council has four new faces on the dais. More...

City approves budget, prepares for future

Mehlhorn: Future budgets likely to call for layoffs

LONG BRANCH — With four new City Council members in place, Finance Director Ronald Mehlhorn Sr. doesn’t see their job being any easier than the old council’s. More...

July programs at the Long Branch Public Library

Summer Reading Clubs are beginning, and the library is offering more programming than ever this month. More...

Baykeeper asks DEP to ease shellfish gardening ban

Agency says it lacks patrols to deter poachers

The NY/NJ Baykeeper is urging the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to reconsider a ban that would end its successful oyster restoration project in the Raritan Bay. More...

Class of 2010

Graduates listen to commencement speakers at Ocean Township High School’s 2010 graduation ceremony held at the school’s athletic field on Monday, June 21. More...

A celebration of arts

Chris Carroll and Jeff Schreiber chat while artist Tom Chesek creates art during Art Hits the Streets, a celebration of the arts sponsored by Imagine Long Branch and held on lower Broadway in Long Bra More...

Bulletin Board

July events at Ocean Township Library

The Ocean Township Library will host events for children, adults and families during July. The Family Film Series will be presented on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Pick up free tickets one week in advance. More...

Columns

We have another good name for a rock band

CODA  GREG BEAN

I don’t know why Dave Barry decided to quit writing his weekly column for the Miami Herald in 2005, but that was a dark day for readers and jealous newspaper columnists everywhere. More...

Obituaries

Gene W. Clark Sr.

Mr. Clark, 89, of Long Branch, and a former Deal resident for more than 65 years, died June 28, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He retired in 1981 from Kroll Motors, Long Branch, after 50 years in the car sales business. More...

Willie J. Yarbrough

Mr. Yarbrough, 66, of Manalapan, formerly of Tinton Falls, died June 24, 2010, at home. He was born in Williamson, Ga., and settled in Red Bank in 1962. More...