
Nita Batal watches kindergartner Rachel Scheburt squeeze a tennis ball through a segment of "intestine" during a "Little Dragon's Digestive System" assembly presented by Liberty Science Center at the Amerigo A. Anastasia School in Long Branch on March 31.
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Will voters reject $83.7M budget for 2nd year?
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
Cuts in Abbott district funding by the state mean the Long Branch school district will lose $2.2 million in Abbott funds for the 2006-2007 school year, according to the district superintendent. More...
Students advised to support, protect, confide in each other

BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer
WEST LONG BRANCH -- At the culmination of the "Take Back the Night" march staged at Monmouth University last week, candles held by about 200 students illuminated the darkness near the steps of Woodrow Wilson Hall. More...
Corzine budget aims to maintain funding, curb fraud and abuse
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
LONG BRANCH -- Reform of the state's Urban Enterprise Zone Program is on the agenda of Gov. John S. Corzine and could affect more than three dozen municipalities across the state, including Long Branch. More...