Long Branch News

Ahead of Small Business Saturday, we've asked business owners in the Long Branch-Eatontown area to tell us about themselves.

The striped bass, although small in size, are large in numbers. Despite the snow and cold, anglers are getting to the beach and finding all the action they want.

While the Monmouth University football program's move to the Big South beginning next fall represents an upgrade in competition and prestige, its facilities will be getting a big upgrade as well.

It also can be a time that holds special challenges -- from meltdowns to difficulty transitioning to new situations -- for children with special needs and their families, authors Jesemine Jones of Long Branch and Ida Keiper of Shrewsbury have learned.

By Christopher Sheldon Long Branch may not have received funds to repair its damaged beachfront, but city officials are still looking to get the ball rolling on designing projects that will allow the work to begin once the money is in place.

By Christopher Sheldon Eatontown is one of several municipalities that received an open space grant from the county.

Elliott Denman of West Long Branch will receive the 2013 Lori Maynard Award at the USATF Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet on Friday night at the JW Marriott of Indianapolis.

LONG BRANCH - When the city started planning its redevelopment two decades ago, officials intentionally started with the oceanfront, expecting progress there to eventually spread across Ocean Boulevard to the blighted Broadway corridor.

Aaron Karol's friends and family will never forget his exuberant optimism, contagious laugh and easy going and down-to-earth approach to life that touched everyone around him and left them feeling a little lighter and happier.

TUCKERTON Anyone looking for knockoff designer handbags at Saturday's Christkindlmarkt was out of luck.

EATONTOWN - After another contentious Planning Board meeting and up to $10,000 in additional taxpayer funds being spent on planning, the borough is no closer to having a solution for the dilemma that is the Old Orchard Country Club.

Very quickly this morning, snow began to fall thickly from cloudy skies, coating the landscape outside our windows in white.

Owners of the Old Orchard Country Club sent a mailer to residents backing a proposed controversial land use change of their property to commercial along Route 36 and open space in the rear, which is up for a public hearing at 7:30 p.m., tonight.

By Christopher Sheldon Senator Jennifer Beck has taken a stance against a proposed liquified natural gas port that would be located 24 miles off the Long Branch Coast.

It's been more than a year since Superstorm Sandy. But on Saturday, a small cadre of bulldozers rumbled back and forth along the oceanfront in Long Branch, pushing huge piles of sand into place as part of yet another post-storm beach replenishment project.

New Jersey Repertory Company will present the world premiere of "Admit One", a new comedy by Wendy Yondorf playing January 16 through February 16, 2014 at 179 Broadway in Long Branch.

Sen. Jennifer Beck is leading legislators' opposition to a proposed liquified natural gas terminal off the Monmouth County coast.

The number of incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying in the 2012-13 school year has dropped off by 36 percent since the previous school year, according to the State Department of Education.

A pair of Monmouth County men accused of possessing heroin in Middletown and resisting arrest were indicted on those charges this week.

It's sometimes called "highway hypnosis" or "white-line fever," and it's familiar to anyone who has ever driven long distances along a monotonous route.