
Angel Ruiz, a third-grader at Holy Trinity School in Long Branch, sings along with classmates as they entertain residents at Monmouth Care Center in Long Branch on March 6.
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Building owners: We want right to develop our own properties
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
An overflow crowd filled Long Branch City Hall last week as residents and business owners pleaded with the City Council to vote down an ordinance that would allow the city to acquire properties in the Broadway Arts Redevelopment Zone. More...
Platform includes working with schools, anti-gang initiative
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
LONG BRANCH - Mayoral candidate Alfred "Alfie" Lenkiewicz announced the names of five council candidates Monday night who will run on his ticket in the May election. More...

Holy Trinity School third-grader Ben Brizuela, 9, Long Branch, reads to Mary Poll, a resident at Monmouth Care Center, on March 6 during a celebration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss. More...
Festival events include 'Godot,' short plays, films, panels, concert

BY KATHY HALL Correspondent
'Waiting for Godot" was so popular in the 1960s that theaters programmed it whenever they wanted a hit. But it's Samuel Beckett's artistic value that motivated Two River Theater Company [TRTC] artistic director Jonathan Fox to organize a three-week festival celebrating the playwright's cente More...