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Lion’s Strawberry Festival coming soon

The Oceanport Lions’ 2019 Strawberry Fair returns to Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport from Wednesday, May 29th through Sunday, June 2nd.

Gem of the Jersey Shore

By Patty Booth O’Neill Long Branch – It’s just as impressive on the inside as it is on the outside. The Wave Resort is one of the more recognizable and talked about new hotels on the boardwalk due to its … Continue reading →

Garage Sale Weekend May 18 and 19

The City of Long Branch’s annual Garage Sale weekend is this Saturday and Sunday. Here is a list of participating places submitted to the paper:

Pogwist runs for council on trees, taxes and traffic platform

By Neil Schulman Ocean Township — Ray Pogwist, the former chair of the Ocean Township Environmental Commission and prize-wining beekeeper, is running for a seat on council in next week’s election on a three-T platform: trees, taxes, and traffic.

Nine people looking for five seats in Ocean

By Walter J. O’Neill Jr Ocean Township — May 14, the residents will have to decide which of the nine people running for council will get the five seats up for vote. Ocean holds nonpartisan elections, meaning it does not … Continue reading →

Irate Irace wants harasser to be exposed

Editor’s Note: This article contains references to parts of the male anatomy some may find offensive. In our next issue there are reports of worse “pranks”.   By Walter J. O’Neill, Jr Oceanport — Saturday afternoon was a normal day … Continue reading →

Zero Tolerance Approach Adopted by LBPD for Unsafe Bicycling!

Over the last year, especially in the summer, we have received numerous complaints about youths riding bicycles in and out of traffic, while performing “wheelies”, in all sections of the City.

Man baracades himself in house

Long Branch schools were on shutdown on Wednesday morning due to an incident taking place on 6th Ave.

Mon. Beach is stricter on non-resident rates this year

By Neil Schulman Monmouth Beach — Mayor Susan Howard says that 90 percent of the applications for the beach club this year have gone through without a hitch, but some people are having issues as the borough works to enforce … Continue reading →

Bartlett and Herr lead Spartans over Dragons

By Walter J. O’Neill, Jr Saturday morning the Spartans girls lacrosse team at Ocean Township High School hosted the Dragons of Brick Township in a nondivisional Shore Conference game.