Question:  Who Started the Long Branch Music and Arts Scene? Answer: Art Cobb

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Prior to 2008, there was no live music in Long Branch.  There were no live performances at El Golfo and El Gavilan restaurants.  And it hadn’t yet even occurred to…

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First-Ever ‘Store Next Door’ Open House Exceeds Expectations

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Paul Grenier Monday, April 10, some two hundred Long Branch residents, including a great many families, crowded into the Oak View Elementary School cafeteria to get to know local store…

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As Long Branch Fest Approaches, We Pause to Ask — Why Are There Festivals?

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The third annual Long Branch Festival is coming up this September 9th and 10th (Friday through Saturday).   For Long Branch residents, the Long Branch Festival means good music, good…

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Long Branch’s Cinco de Mayo, 2022: ‘Crazy,’ But in a Good Way

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The Cinco de Mayo celebration in Long Branch this year – which took place on May 5, 2022, to be precise — featured several firsts, among them Discover Long Branch-branded…

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Long Branch Cleanups Offer Occasion to Socialize

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On Friday evening, March 18, a group of Long Branch residents and small business owners came together for a clean up on Flower Ave. The work started inside the Flower…

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Taking Advantage of Take-Out in Long Branch

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Maybe it’s the cold weather.  Maybe it’s the couch-potato effect of so much social isolation. Whatever the explanation, several Long Branch restaurants have told the Newsletter that fewer groups are…

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2021 Year-End Roundup: Long Branch Holds Historic Election, Hosts Santa

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A historic election – the first such election in a decade — and a visit from Santa Claus were high points for downtown Long Branch this November-December.   Meanwhile, increased loitering…

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Big Business League Meeting Discusses Streetscape Changes in Long Branch

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Streetscape improvements dominated the agenda at the Long Branch Business League’s very well-attended meeting this Oct. 7th. What streetscape improvements are these? According to the DHCA’s Kristina Ellis, the guest…

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Long Branch Festival 2.0: Better Than the First?

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The second ‘annual’ Long Branch festival held from Sept. 10 through Sept. 12, was, by popular acclaim, as successful as the one held in September 2019. If not, indeed, more…

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Flower Coffee Collective Opens in Long Branch

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Even before her big-bang opening, on Aug. 21, which drew a crowd and local celebrities, local resident Rosemary Wilson’s Flower Coffee Collective mobile coffee truck was already a hit. Lines…

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