🌱 Patch AM: How a Junior Guard became a Long Branch Ocean Rescue sergeant

Coffee in hand, Long Branch? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Junior Guard became a Long Branch Ocean Rescue sergeant
• Remember when a Long Branch native made it onto a U.S. stamp?

Also on today's calendar: Golf for a Great Cause and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 69.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Meet Brooke Bowler: From Junior Guards to Fifth Season With Long Branch Ocean Rescue (tapinto.net) — Long Branch residents can get to know lifeguard Brooke Bowler, now in her fifth season with Long Branch Ocean Rescue and serving as a sergeant at Villa Beach. She shares how Junior Guards, local athletics, and her Clemson health-science studies shape her passion for safety and helping others on the city's shoreline.
   

• Virgin Mary appears to Marlboro man: From Asbury Park Press archives (app.com) — From the archives, readers revisit a moment when Long Branch native Dorothy Parker was honored with a U.S. postage stamp despite her once-controversial politics. The same piece recalls a 1990s Marlboro backyard where thousands gathered monthly, drawn by a local man's claimed visions of the Virgin Mary and the town's scramble to manage crowds.
   

📸 Around Long Branch

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Long Branch

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★ Featured events ★

Monday September 28
• Golf for a Great Cause →
  Eagle Oaks Golf & Country Club, 20 Shore Oaks Dr, Farmingdale
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Tuesday August 25
• Tuesday on Broadway →
  Long Branch, NJ Calendar, Broadway & Third Avenue, Long Branch
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• West End Farmers' Market →
  Long Branch, NJ Calendar, Brighton Avenue, Long Branch
  9:00 am
• Pier Village: Thursdays By The Sea Concert Series →
  Pier Village, 50 Chelsea Ave, Long Branch
  7:00 pm
• Thursday by the Sea →
  Long Branch, NJ Calendar, 10 Ocean Avenue North, Long Branch
  7:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Karaoke with Giuseppe at Max's in Long Branch →
  Max's Bar & Grill, 25 Matilda Terrace, Long Branch
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Long Branch Jazz and Blues Festival →
  Long Branch, NJ Calendar Long Branch, NJ 07740
  1:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Moving Sale →
  7 Cecilia Court, 7 Cecilia Ct, Howell Township
  11:00 am
Thursday September 10
• Win the HABcore Cup! →
  Battleground Country Club, 1 Covenhoven Rd, Manalapan Township
  11:00 am
Saturday September 12
• Jersey Shore Ride For Food Justice →
  Trinity Church, 503 Asbury Ave, Asbury Park
  7:00 am
• 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival →
  County Road 530, County Rd 530
  11:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Back to School Dance Theme Sunday Funday Karaoke at Nip-N-Tuck in Long Branch →
  Nip n Tuck Bar & Grill, 23 Norwood Ave, Long Branch
  2:00 pm

📣 Long Branch Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in Eatontown. Apply here.
• Lions Water Adventure posted a job opening for Lifeguard (Summer Season) in Little Silver. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Long Branch here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oceanport

• Monmouth Park Entries & Results for Friday, 8-28-2026 (horseracingnation.com)

Ocean

• Support local music this week in Monmouth, Ocean counties (Aug. 24) (app.com)
• Four Jersey Shore Lottery Players Win Big (jerseyshoreonline.com)
• Jersey Shore traffic watch: Traffic slowing at Brick, Toms River exits (app.com)

Red Bank

• Man Fired Gun Through Window Of Red Bank Home, Police Say (patch.com)

Ok Long Branch! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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