BREAKING NEWS: Planners call for new zones, shuttle, parks Long Branch board sends master plan re-exam to City Council BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Read the Story...      CHRIS KELLY staff Michael Egner, 9, Shrewsbury, prepares dough to be made into matzah during a session of the Passover Model Matzah Making Institute held at the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal March 25. Passover will begin at sundown on Monday. More ... Many firms interested in mapping fort's future Fort reuse panel will announce choice of consultant April 18 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer       Everyone is interested in the fate of Fort Monmouth, including master plan consultants across the country. The director of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitaliza-tion Planning Authority (FMERPA), Frank Cosentino, reported that the authority has received an unprecedented number of re... More ... 10th Annual Sgt. Pat run set for April 7 BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer       LONG BRANCH - More than 1,000 people are expected to gather on the Long Branch shore next week to participate in the 10th annual run and walk to honor slain Long Branch Police Officer Sgt. Patrick King. The Sgt. Pat's 5K Run and 2-mile Fitness Walk is scheduled to be held April 7 on ... More ... Spring brings new year for members of Bahá'í faith Faith, family, community central to Bahá'í beliefs BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer       It's the dawn of a new year for members of the Bahá'í faith, of which there are reputed to be 5 million across the globe. The first day of the Bahá'í calendar was March 21. Monmouth County Bahá'ís, like their fellow Bahá'ís in ... More ... Matzah made easy      CHRIS KELLY staff Fair Haven's Eric Black grinds wheat into flour at a hands-on Passover Model Matzah Making Institute at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Monmouth County in Ocean Township on March 25. Passover begins at sundown on Monday. More ... Notes Around Town       The Greater Long Branch Chamber of Commerce's 30th annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held April 1 at 11 a.m. at West End Park on Brighton Avenue. The rain date for the event is April 7. For more information, call (732) 222-0400. ***** St. Luke's United Methodist Church on Broadway in... More ... County park system recognizes volunteers 141 individuals cited for 1,000+ hours of service to parks       Among the 141 volunteers cited for their service to the Monmouth County Park System, Catherine Barry stands out. In 2006. Barry, of Deal, reached a record-setting 3,000 hours of cumulative volunteer time given to the park system that began in 1989. More ... Resident reports bear sighting       OCEAN TOWNSHIP - On March 21 at 3:45 p.m., township police received a report that a bear was sighted in the wooded area behind the senior residence on Stacey Drive in the Hidden Meadows complex. More ... Lecture at Vietnam Era Center March 31       The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation will host an author lecture by Philip J. Briggs, "Avoiding Armageddon: John F. Kennedy and American Foreign Policy," March 31 at 1 p.m. The lecture is based on Briggs' book "Making American Foreign Policy: President-Congress Relations... More ... Police: Altercation ends in hit-and-run       OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Police were called to Wanamassa Point Road March 19 at 2:17 a.m. in response to a report that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle that left the scene. A resident who witnessed the incident described the vehicle as a 1993 white Ford pickup truck. More ...