Strong helping hands      PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top: Monmouth University football player John Nalbone (No. 16) and other members of the university's football team unload donated turkeys at the Food- Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Neptune, Nov. 13, in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Right: Bobby Giles (No. 34) ... More ... Long Branch students perform at board meeting       Students at the Amerigo A. Anastasia School attended the Nov. 14 public meeting of the Long Branch Board of Education to put on a performance in remembrance of Veterans Day. The students carried flags, signed American-themed songs, tap-danced and a choir sang while the school's band performed. More ... WLB resident heads special-needs school Sheryl Gavaras named principal at medical and education center BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer       WEST LONG BRANCH - One West Long Branch woman calls her recent promotion to head the educational department at a medical and learning center for the developmentally disabled the pinnacle of her career in education. Sheryl Gavaras was named principal at the Matheny Medical and Educational Center ... More ... Monmouth U fundraiser to support troops       Monmouth University radio station WMCX will host "Rock Out (Support Our Troops)" 6-11 p.m. Dec. 8 in the student center on the university's campus in West Long Branch. The event is a fundraising concert being held in honor of Marine Christopher Cosgrove, class of 2005, who was killed in Iraq in 2... More ...      ERIC SUCAR staff A group of second-graders practice a Thanksgiving skit at the Woodmere School in Eatontown Nov. 16. Pictured from left: Olivia Johnston, Madison Fruchter, Skylar Kramer, Awanti Desai and Alyssa Reyes. More ...