February 16, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Negro Leaguer: ‘We just wanted to play baseball’

Former players speak on experience in segregated leagues
BY KENNYWALTER
Staff Writer

Baseball players didn’t always sign million-dollar contracts, fly chartered jets and stay in five-star hotels. More...

Eatontown BOE begins 2012-13 budget process

Board votes in favor of moving school election to Nov. general election
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer

EATONTOWN — Although the 2012- 13 school budget won’t be presented to the public until the end of March, the Eatontown Public School District Board of Education has begun to review expenses and possible revenue sources to balance those co More...

College tour preps students for future success

‘Get on the Bus’ tour visits historically black colleges, universities
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer

LONG BRANCH — Carl Jennings has seen the “Get on the Bus” tour make a difference in the lives of local students over the past 20 years. More...

BBBS Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser set for March 3

EATONTOWN — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties (BBBSMMC) is holding its 30th Annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser March 3, 1-3 p.m., at Brunswick Zone in Hazlet. More...

Celebrate winter wildlife with Sandy Hook seal walk

Clean Ocean Action will host a guided seal walk at Sandy Hook on Sunday, Feb. 19, led by naturalist Joe Reynolds. More...

A Day of Fun

Clockwise from top left: Hunter Barrett, of Rumson, creates a sandcastle during A Day of Fun at Seashore Day Camp in Long Branch on Feb. 11. More...

Letters

All honest work is respectable

This letter is in response to Sharon Fernandez-Gades’ letter (“Writer’s swipe at custodial work is misguided,” Feb. More...

Memo to Pres. Obama

I n your studies to be a community organizer you may have missed the 13th Amendment. It did a couple of things: made slavery and involuntary servitude illegal. More...

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Opinion

Art imitates life

GUEST COLUMN
Gilda Rogers

The movie “Sparkle,” which stars Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks, is due to be released in August. This is a remake of the movie by the same name that appeared in theaters in 1976 and was a big hit in theAfrican American community. More...

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Tubing during a snowless winter

DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS
LIZZ DINNIGAN

Give me a tube and a snow mountain, and I turn into a child. If you’ve never tried it, snow tubing has the same sensation as sledding, except it’s bumpier and you don’t have to hoof it back up the hill. More...

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Red Cross assists Long Branch fire victims

Kenny Walter

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Fire routs West End businesses

Jones: City will look to help those impacted
BY KENNYWALTER
Staff Writer

Several Long Branch businesses were displaced and two buildings reduced to rubble as a three-alarm fire ripped through a section of West End on Feb. 13. More...

Rail safety blueprint to promote safety, cut deaths

Long Branch crossing one of four high-priority locations in the state
BY KRISTEN DALTON
Staff Writer

Busy railroad grade crossings throughout the state are being targeted in a campaign to upgrade safety and safeguard lives, officials with the state Department of Transportation (DOT) and New Jersey Transit announced on Feb. 8. More...

Boro Council adopts change to mobile home ordinance

Land use law standard adopted for spacing of units
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer

EATONTOWN — The Borough Council amended zoning regulations to reconcile conflicting rules governing the spacing of mobile homes at the Feb. 8 meeting. More...

Student Art Competition March 4

TINTONFALLS— TheMonmouth Festival of the Arts (MFA) will host the annual Student Art Competition and Art Workshops on Sunday, March 4, 2-5 p.m. at Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave. More...

Help for first-time homebuyers, struggling homeowners

WEST LONG BRANCH — The Affordable Housing Alliance will present a Spring Housing Resource Expo to provide a free, fast overview of the home-buying process as well as information to help homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments or facing More...

Black history read-in bridges gap between eras

Monmouth U.and the West Side Christian Academy promote culture, literacy
BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer

There was more to be said of the 23rd National African American Read-In Chain than just the spoken words of authors who have changed the way people think of the future through their recordings of the past. More...

Bulletin Board

Emergency Response open house Feb. 25

Shore Area Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Eatontown Firehouse on Broad Street, Eatontown. More...

Brookdale hosts Feb. 24 job fair

LONG BRANCH — Brookdale Community College will host its annual Community Job Fair at the Long Branch Higher Education Center, 213 Broadway, on Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. More...

Beck: Horsemen, state near accord on racetrack

Stakeholders may be inching toward a resolution that would allow the state to finally secure a lessee to take over operation of Monmouth Park. More...

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Columns

New law lets a little more sun shine on government

CODA
GREG BEAN

Over 30 years in the news business, and much of that in New Jersey, I learned firsthand how hard it is to find out how some branches of government are spending your tax dollars. More...

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Arts / Zest

Photos that provoke questions in Long Branch

A n exhibit of images by Joan B. Myers, award-winning photographer and Long Branch native, is currently at the North Beach Grille in North Long Branch. The show will be on view through Feb. 29. More...

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Sports

South Plainfield edges Ocean for Group III state mat title

BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent

The Ocean Township High School wrestling team had a strong weekend and finished second in the NJSIAA Group III competition after falling to South Plainfield 30-27 at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River. More...

Rockets, Spartans, Colts are teams to watch in District 22

RBR hosting wrestling tournament this weekend
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent

The Raritan High School wrestling team defeated Delsea (Franklinville) in the NJSIAAGroup II final on Sunday, propelling the team into the District 22 championships this weekend with a state title already in the books. More...

RFH girls win CJ II indoor t&f championship

BY TIM MORRIS
Staff Writer

Making the most of its distance running talent, Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s girls won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II Indoor Track & Field Championship. More...

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