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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.

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It's been a busy week for bad guys around Monmouth County this week. Topping the crime news is a Manchester man who was arrested and charged with murder in a mysterious Long Branch case and former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna, who was arrested and charged with drunken driving following a car collision.

The owners of Ocean Place Resort and Spa and the city have to come to terms on an agreement that would allow the hotel to expand.

Update, 12:58 p.m.: This story was updated with additional information from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

A Manchester Township man was charged with the robbery and felony murder of a Point Pleasant man found in the backyard of a Long Branch home, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Friday.

Mike Pawelczak has had MS for over 30 years and leads a group of motorcycle riders, who provide support for cyclists.

The two-hour live Town Hall event, Superstorm Sandy: A Live Town Hall, airs tonight on NJTV , New Jersey's public television network, THIRTEEN in New York City, WLIW21 in Long Island, and WHYY-TV in Philadelphia, and available online at SandyTownHall.org will feature experts fielding questions before live studio audiences at Monmouth University's ... (more)

Several Long Branch police officers were honored for various arrests and courageous acts they have performed over the last year and a half.

The Long Branch Council has approved a zoning change for the area around the Long Branch Train Station on Third Avenue.

Another busy weekend of running is coming up on May 18 and 19, 2013. On Sunday it is the Annual Thorne 4 mile race in West Long Branch, N.J. A very popular event which also includes youth races for kids of all ages.

A Manalapan man was indicted by the Monmouth County Grand Jury last week for reportedly committing aggravated assault to another person.

DW Smith Associates, LLC is the recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Engineering Award for its work on Manahassett Creek Park project in Long Branch.