Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drive for September: • Sept. 15 from 2-4 p.m. at Two River Bank, 4050 Asbury Ave., Tinton Falls. Donors must be age 17 or older, weigh at least 120 pounds, and bring a signature ID. For more information, call the center at 732-842-5750, ext. 264. More...

T he righteous jihad against the anonymous cockroaches who hide in the darkness — slavering and mumbling to themselves like Gollum in a Tolkien pageturner — to post libelous and defamatory comments about their fellow human beings on the Internet is moving more rapidly than I could have predicted. More...

Mr. Pallone, 83, of Long Branch, died Aug. 30, 2009, at the Health South Rehabilitation Center, Tinton Falls. He and his brother coowned F&J Motors, Long Branch. He was also a mutuel clerk at Monmouth Park Racetrack, Oceanport. More...

The Monmouth University men's soccer team is still the team to beat in the Northeast Conference. In the NEC coaches preseason poll, the Hawks were once again picked to win the conference championship. Coach Robert McCourt's Hawks from West Long Branch have won the last four NEC regular season titles. More...

In Richard Wells' recent letter, he incorrectly stated that a local citizens group, Save Sandy Hook, wanted to tear down some unused buildings at Fort Hancock. The group never ever took this position. More...