Long Branch News

Robin Ann Brooks, 45, Long Branch was arrested after she was seen with a knife near the Long Branch Middle School on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

An artist's conceptual rendering of what the new Sea View Towers will look like on the Long Branch beachfront.

A handwritten, working lyric sheet for Bruce Springsteen 's 1975 hit "Born to Run" could sell for as much as $100,000 on Thursday, Sotheby's has predicted.

By Christopher Sheldon The plan to build a new condos in place of Sea View Towers in Long Branch will be heard for the second time on Wednesday.

By Christopher Sheldon The Army Corps of Engineers are in the midst of replenishing most of Long Branch's beaches.

Residents objecting to a proposed Walgreens to be located at the confluence of Broad Street, Route 35 and three local roads got some good news at Mondays planning board hearing that the company has no plans to make it in to a 24-hour store.

Law enforcement officials will be cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the annual holiday season "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" statewide campaign.

An area man has been arrested after allegedly trying to bite a police officer's hand.

WEST LONG BRANCH - Monmouth University will offer a workshop in Lavallette this weekend on how to record the personal histories of survivors of Hurricane Sandy.

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By Christopher Sheldon The last of the area's tree lighting ceremonies will be held this week, as the Long Branch School District holds its annual celebration.

"We wanted to bring back a little old-time New Jersey," Walker said. "We were trying to do something special."

NEPTUNE - The township Police Department will increase its speeding enforcement during the holiday season, according to a township news release.

An accident on Dutch Road around 7:45 p.m. Saturday night claimed the lives of a 17-year-old driver and 18-year-old passenger, East Brunswick Police Lt.

The local school district realized there was only one appropriate way to honor the late Ferris Antoon: They named a gym after him.

The Rumson Country Day School recently hosted its 25th Annual Forensics Festival.

It was early 1974, and Springsteen had enjoyed critical acclaim but little commercial success with two albums the previous year, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." and "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle."

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It was early 1974, and Springsteen had enjoyed critical acclaim but little commercial success with two albums the previous year, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." and "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle."

A copy of Bruce Springsteen's handwritten working manuscript for his song "Born to Run" will be sold at an auction on December 5. While the 1974 manuscript, written in Long Branch, N.J., contains a chorus that is almost exactly the same as the 1975 version of the song, most of the featured lyrics are unpublished and unrecorded.