Long Branch News

Law enforcement officers have arrested a Manchester man and charged him with murdering a Point Pleasant man who was found dead in the backyard of a Long Branch home in April, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced late last week.

City officials plan to have access for 11 of the city's 15 beaches for Memorial Day weekend in Long Branch.

We all want to live safely, including with dogs. With that purpose in mind, we should adopt policies that have succeeded, and avoid ones that failed.

A bill that would clarify the use of eminent domain by a municipality was approved the New Jersey General Assembly on Monday.

Sometimes it takes a little time for a solution to actually happen. You might remember the case of Brick resident George Fencik.

Years ago, when I moved here after college to live in my parent's basement, the business section included a Chinese restaurant, luncheonette, barber shop, hair stylist, nail salon and Woolcott's Hardware.

Rochelle R. Hendricks describes herself as a 'Jersey Girl.' She began her teaching career in the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District.

Monmouth County grand jurors indicted a Long Branch man on a charge of failing to register as a convicted sex offender.

The redevelopment of Long Branch's Broadway Arts Center redevelopment has been stalled for several years, but a new developer has stepped up and could possibly take over the project.

A project that to repair the Branchport Avenue bridge which connects Long Branch and Oceanport has been delayed.

Barbara Scarano, 67, of Neptune was the recipient of Monmouth University's first doctorate Wednesday.

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With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and recovery work still to be done, the borough received a major assist in its last-minute preparations Monday from 100 seniors from Shore Regional High School.

The Mart at the Lukoil gas station on Shrewsbury Avenue in Tinton Falls, N. J., where Lokendra Khatri Chhetri and Narinder Sangari, work, sold a winning Mega Millions ticket.

The city's West End will be the location this Sunday for dozens of artists and their work at the annual Art in the Park event.

LONG VALLEY - The railroad depot in German Valley, Washington Township, part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey line, is pictured in this undated postcard.

West Long Branch, and 17 other Monmouth County towns, were saluted by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders for its participation in "Paint the Town Pink" month in May.

The Annual Michael Thorne 4 Mile Race and Kids Races were held on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in West Long Branch, N.J. The field of about 500 was greeted to unexpected showers at the 9 a.m. start which persisted throughout the event.

Tom Schweers woke up thinking he struck it big--$95 million big. Every day, the 64-year-old West Long Branch man buys an instant ticket and occasionally springs for a Mega Millions ticket at the Kwik Farms in the Lukoil station on Shrewsbury Avenue on Tinton Falls.