Long Branch News

Learn the secrets to living to 100 More people are living past 100 than ever before: Here's some secrets why Check out this story on app.com: http://on.app.com/1mhi70N ASB 0708 CENTENARIANS Centenarian Frances Christopher, 101-years-old, recalls memories of her life at her home in West Long Branch, Tuesday, July 8, 2014.

ASBURY PARK - A Long Branch man was charged with robbery and police are looking for the second person involved in the incident on Monday, authorities said.

FREEHOLD - Monmouth County courts will get a new assignment judge in September after Judge Lawrence Lawson steps down three years ahead of the mandatory retirement age.

The section of the Henry Hudson pedestrian trail that runs from Middletown to Union Beach was recently cleaned up by five inmates from the Monmouth County Correctional Institution.

ABC's interactive singing competition, Rising Star , concluded its round of live auditions Sunday night with five contestants advancing and five other acts being sent home.

Check out this story on app.com: http://on.app.com/1lN7i1q Fourth of July gunfire: Authorities spent the holiday investigating two early morning shootings - one in Long Branch and another in Neptune.

ABC's interactive singing competition, Rising Star , concluded its round of live auditions Sunday night with five contestants advancing and five other acts being sent home.

The Monmouth County Sheriff's Office Inmate Labor Program was in full operation in Long Branch and the Bayshore area assisting Monmouth County Clean Communities, which has the goal of reducing litter in public places.

Authorities in two Monmouth County towns spent the early part of the Fourth of July holiday investigating reported gunfire incidents.

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The township police department is responding to reports of gunfire at about 6 a.m. Police are investigating, said Long Branch Police Capt.

This week has been a whirlwind for new Superintendent of Schools Frank Kasyan, Ed.D., who had his first day at the helm of the district, here, on Tuesday.

The multi-dimensional works of Mare Akana are on display at the county library's Eastern Branch, starting with a meet-the-artist reception on Thursday evening.

Police received a report of credit card theft from a Regent Drive resident on June 27. The victim reported attempts to make unauthorized purchases on the credit card.

A Monmouth County grand jury last Friday indicted Mace Shorie, 45, of West Long Branch for the sexual assault, criminal coercion and terroristic threats.

To be honest, Christina Di Iorio says, she got to the point where she didn't want to reopen Dive , the Sea Bright restaurant and bar that she and then-fiancA© Steven Graniero saw nearly wiped out by Hurricane Sandy.

Neptune drug raid leads to 15 arrests, house condemned Authorities raided a home at 1743 Asbury Ave. in Neptune Friday.

At the Hand in Hand tribute dinner are, from left, Clara Eskwitt, Nancy Roberts, Hannah Stamer, Doug Roberts, Stella Price, Jamie Price, Jordan Hesslein, Joyce Sykoff, Dr. Larry Sykoff, Mike Stamer, and Dr. Noel Delgado.

Elizabeth R. Burgess, 23, of Howland Place in Long Branch has been indicted on 11 counts related to obtaining stolen credit cards and using them to shop at stores in Eatontown and Neptune.

MONMOUTH COUNTY - With less than a week to go before the intense Fourth of July tourist onslaught at the Jersey Shore, repairs to beaches damaged by Hurricane Sandy in Monmouth County are complete, state officials declared.