Long Branch News

Nelson Villanueva, 24, of the Neptune area, is serving 25 years for homicide. While out on bail, he was charged with sexual assault.

Valentine's Day whoopie pies in red velvet with cream cheese filling from La Bonbonniere Bake Shoppe in Edison.

A Long Branch man was sentenced Friday to five years in state prison for his role in the sale of heroin in his hometown, after police seized nearly 2,500 packets of the drug from an apartment just weeks before Christmas 2009.

McLoone's Pier House, 1 Ocean Ave., Long Branch : This upscale oceanfront restaurant is offering a dinner package in its Atlantic Room on Valentine's Day and this Sunday.

A The Long Branch Police have arrested a man who allegedly pulled a resident from his car and robbed him.

A In the wake of 81 incidents involving NJ Transit trains over the last two years, the state is looking to improve safety along railroad tracks.

According to the latest Monmouth University/NJ Press Media poll, President Barack Obama's job rating has ticked up over the 50 percent mark.

A A light snow is falling in Long Branch, but the National Weather Service is predicting "little or no accumulation." Residents can breathe easily and should not be headed for their garages to dig out the snow shovels and salt, as the snow could simply make things a little slippery on the roads and sidewalks.

A section of Church Street from Lloyd Road to Atlantic Avenue in Aberdeen remains closed this afternoon due to a break in a New Jersey Natural Gas Company main.A The break is under a county owned bridge over Mohingson Brook in Aberdeen.

A The Junior Board of the Ronald McDonald House of Long Branch will host the Second Annual Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday, Feb.

A pair of brothers are in the county jail after investigators nabbed them here for dealing drugs, according to State Police.

A Wednesday afternoon fire heavily damaged a second floor garage apartment in Long Branch, forcing the tenant from his home.

A 71-year-old Toms River woman was bilked out of $11,200 after she received a phone call telling... 'I did story notes on 'Air Force One' . I want to help people go far in Hollywood.

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Weather According to the National Weather Service, today there will be a chance of showers in the morning.

A Rutgers will not be losing a recruit after all. Long Branch offensive lineman Ryan Brodie is sticking with his original commitment to attend Rutgers in the fall, according to the Long Branch School District Athletic Department.

Timothy Charles Huggins was arrested this week on charges stemming from a December home invasion.

1984 - Boy George and Culture Club earned their biggest hit in England with their tune, 'Karma Chameleon.' The song would be their only No.

Reaching beyond Ocean to explore countries around the world, seventh-graders at Hillel Yeshiva put their families' ancestral legacies on display in the school's sixth annual Jewish Heritage Fair.

A A Long Branch woman has been indicted forA shoplifting from a Long Branch jewelry store.