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First Responders Revive Baby + Zombie Walk To Make A Return

Here's what's happening in Long Branch-Eatontown as we head into the last weekend of summer.

The Asbury Park Zombie Walk will be making its return to the Asbury boardwalk on Sat. Oct. 2.
The Asbury Park Zombie Walk will be making its return to the Asbury boardwalk on Sat. Oct. 2. (Getty Images)

Good morning, Long Branch-Eatontown Patch readers! I'm Brian Harris, and I have a new edition of the Long Branch-Eatontown Daily for you all as we head into the last weekend of summer.


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First, today's weather:

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Overcast throughout the day. High: 75 Low: 68.


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

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  1. Firefighters and Police in Eatontown help revive 2-week old infant (wobm.com)
  2. ATTENTION ZOMBIES! A Fan Favorite Event Returns To Asbury Park In 2021 (943thepoint.com)
  3. Congratulations to Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, Sworn in as President of Statewide Constitutional Officers Association (TAPinto.net)
  4. Monmouth County has 531 Additional Positive Cases of COVID-19 between Sept. 14 and Sept. 16 (Atlantic Highlands Herald)
  5. What's the status of COVID in Monmouth County? Town-by-town case list for Sept. 16, 2021 (Asbury Park Press)

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Today in Long Branch-Eatontown:

  • Tennis: Girls Varsity vs. Woodstown (Home) (3:45 PM)
  • Tennis: Girls Varsity vs. Penns Grove (Home) (3:45 PM)
  • Field Hockey: Varsity vs. Gloucester County Institute of Technology (Home) (4:00 PM)
  • Covid-19 Ramis heart memorial (6:00 PM)

Long Branch-Eatontown Patch Notebook

  • Monmouth University Football: "Gene had a career day last weekend!" (Facebook)
  • EASTERN MOUNTAIN SPORTS: "The best way to see the foliage is from above. Get out with @emsguides! 📷: @peterkbrandon" (Facebook)
  • Long Branch Free Public Library: "Spirit Week continues at the library! On Sept. 16, we wear green, white, and red to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. 🇲🇽💚🤍❤️ On this day, people of Mexican ancestry honor Mexico’s 10-year fight for independence from Spain which..." (Facebook)
  • Shore House: "#Repost @monmoutharts ・・・ Welcoming our new member, Shore House! @shorehousenj is a local community resource for adults living with a mental illness. Shore House is not a treatment program or mental health service, but rather a place where..." (Facebook)
  • Ronald McDonald House of Central & Northern New Jersey: "Katarzyna, who is a medical student at Rutgers RWJ Medical School, provided a meal for our families this week. Thank you!" (Facebook)
  • The City of Long Branch, NJ: "Covid vaccine scheduling for homebound seniors" (Facebook)
  • Long Branch Free Public Library: "THIS SATURDAY @ 4 p.m. is Latino Fest! 🌶🥙🎉💃🏽🎊🇪🇸🇲🇽🇵🇹🇧🇷 The Long Branch Free Public Library will be hosting this festive event in Slocum Park (the park next to the library). Stop by on Saturday, Sept. 18th to eat, dance and ..." (Facebook)
  • Chabad of Monmouth University: "Thank you to everyone who came out to our Welcome BBQ we had an amazing time! More pics to come 📸 If you’d like to come for Friday night Shabbat dinner at the Rabbi's house, please DM us or text Linda (RSVP isn’t necessary). You can bring..." (Facebook)
  • Long Branch Soccer: "Long Branch Recreation Soccer starts tomorrow at Manahassett! Pre-K / K: 9-10 League: 10:15-11:15, Practice Wednesday 6-7 Elementary and Middle School Clinic: Wednesday’s 5-6 Please arrive early to register if you have not already done s..." (Facebook)
  • EASTERN MOUNTAIN SPORTS: "“I pulled my phone out once more—And then it died.” (Facebook)
  • The City of Long Branch, NJ: "Long Branch Recreation Pickleball Clinics for Beginners & Advanced Players" (Facebook)
  • The City of Long Branch, NJ: "Fall Clothing Giveaway Sept. 18, 2021, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Manahassett Creek Park" (Facebook)
  • Murry & Leonie Guggenheim Memorial Library: "Monmouth University Associate Professor Dr. Megan Delaney's book Nature Is Nurture: Counseling and the Natural World has arrived at the Library (https://sierra.monmouth.edu/record=b7930146). It examines the impact of interacting with the..." (Facebook)

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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. I recently 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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