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Candidates Discuss Fort Monmouth + Amazon Fresh Coming Soon

From talks about Fort Monmouth to a new kind of grocery store coming to Eatontown, here's what's going on in Long Branch-Eatontown.

An Amazon Fresh supermarket is coming to the old Toys R' Us site in Eatontown.
An Amazon Fresh supermarket is coming to the old Toys R' Us site in Eatontown. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)

Up and at 'em, Long Branch-Eatontown Patch readers! It's Monday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today.


First, today's weather:

Some sun, then turning cloudy. High: 76 Low: 60.

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Here are the top stories today in Long Branch-Eatontown:

  1. What should happen to Fort Monmouth Mega Parcel? Eatontown council candidates sound off (Asbury Park Press)
  2. Amazon Fresh coming to Monmouth, and its technology could shake up supermarkets (Asbury Park Press)

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Today in Long Branch-Eatontown:

  • Grievance Hearing - Monmouth Regional High School (7:00 AM)

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About me: Hi, I'm Brian Harris, a field editor for the Manasquan-Belmar, Wall, Asbury Park, Point Pleasant, and Long Branch-Eatontown Patch sites. I grew up in Long Branch and graduated from Brookdale and Rutgers-Newark. I have experience in all different areas of the media landscape, from interning at Complex Media to covering multiple towns in Monmouth and Ocean County for Star News Group, where I won a New Jersey Press Association award for my work.It recentlI was a part of Google's live news content and crisis response teams, and now I'm here at Patch to take all of that varied experience and give readers all the info they need. Feel free to contact me at any time by email at brian.harris@patch.com, text me at 732-485-2379, or follow me on Twitter @ByBrianHarris

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