Long Branch News

The city has completed a feasibility study for the creation of a shuttle service to connect the train station, beachfront and the Broadway commercial corridor, as part of its nearly completed master plan review.

In Monmouth County, there is speculation that Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider will not seek re-election in the May 2010 municipal election.A Of course, there is talk all the time that Schneider won't run - usually just before he does.A Some locals think the number one reason he'll seek re-election could be spite: his desire to stop rival Brian ...

A new Monmouth County Million Mom March Chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence will have an organizational meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. today at St.

Rumors of the death of news may have been greatly exaggerated. According to a Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll, Garden State residents get their news from a variety of sources, with television and print media used about equally.

It's like a blanket - but with sleeves. And this Saturday it will be the attire of choice for a pub crawl benefiting the Ronald McDonald House.

One of the city's big mysteries has been settled: what would officials opt to do with the old Gregory School, which the board of education had transferred to the city in exchange for other property closer to Broadway? One rumored use - the relocation of the city's Senior Center - was vehemently opposed by Councilwoman Mary Jane Celli and members of ...

Early Thursday morning, two men tried to rob a pizza deliveryman, so early this morning, a police sergeant posed as a deliveryman as part of an undercover operation.

Police are checking a suspicious substance found on an NJ Transit train. Spokesman Dan Stessel says Train 3221 had left New York City for Long Branch at 7:01 a.m. Thursday.

One of two men sentenced to prison for starting a fire that killed three students, including a West Long Branch man, at a Seton Hall University dormitory has waived his right to parole.

It was unclear who was having more fun, 7-year-old Logan Robinson or his grandfather, Bernie O'Keefe. Both of them took on the sway ramp, a wobbly platform replicating the bouncy ride of a boat on water, at the new playground at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch.

Being uninformed on a key issue relating to Long Branch's finances didn't stop Councilman Brian Unger from giving a five-minute dissertation at the Oct.

As part of our Autumn Program Series, the Long Branch Free Public Library will be hosting three string musicians from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Violence, fiscal mismanagement and the old perennial, corruption , were the subjects of the most important state and local news stories of 2006.

Dealers show there's more than one way to grow in a down market. "It's a miserable market," said Mark Burris, president of Rudd Equipment Co, based in Louisville , Ky.

A 41-year-old Freehold man stabbed the mother of his child, critically injuring the woman, authorities said.

The last time Stephen Colbert gave his patented "bump" to a professional stage company in Monmouth County, it was to appear as an actor in a reading of the script "The Good German" at New Jersey Rep in Long Branch - an event that flew largely under the radar there in the early days of his Comedy Central program.

West Long Branch voters should vote "no" on the public question asking if the borough should dissolve the public library and change its current status from a member of the Monmouth County Library System to a branch of the county system.

THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, supporters of Family and Children Service will gather at Deal Country Club to celebrate the achievements of an agency that has been a source of help and hope to people in need for a hundred years.

Sometimes, you can beat city hall. Sometimes, the "little guy" wins. Sometimes, it is a mistake for the wealthy and the powerful to underestimate the tenacity and fortitude of a small group of citizens.

An 18-year-old Long Branch man allegedly commandeered a taxi at knife point on Bangs Avenue Thursday night, but was stopped moments later, police said.