Elinore Avenue,  Long Branch, NJ, 07740

Fall Native Plant Sale Located along the Whale Pond Brook, the park features pollinator gardens of native plants and shrubs and a young mini micro forest. The sale offers 325 native specimens grown by our dedicated garden volunteers that includes over 20 species of native grasses, trees and perennial flowers.&nbsp; Questions concerning plant and pollinator interactions and the identification of cultivars will be answered by our park curator, Matt Vicari.
Tours will be conducted covering the history of Ross Lake Park and the curious Stone hut situated along the pond.
Come early for the best selections
The gardens are cultivated and maintained by a corp of volunteers known as the Garden Friends of Ross Lake Park under the guidance of our curator, Matt Vicari.

Local Event: Fall Native Plant Sale  From 11 AM - 3PM

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Manasquan-Belmar

New Jersey

Fall Native Plant Sale  From 11 AM - 3PM

Fall Native Plant Sale Located along the Whale Pond Brook, the park features pollinator gardens of native plants and shrubs and...

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Join us for an evening of hope, healing, and community featuring a curated selection of fine wines from around the world. This benefit event includes light bites, gift basket raffles, and live music, with all proceeds supporting the Rae of Light Foundation in memory of Jillian Rae Ludwig. Tickets are $45.

Local Event: Wine Tasting In Support Of Rae Of Light Foundation

Wine Tasting In Support Of Rae Of Light Foundation

Join us for an evening of hope, healing, and community featuring a curated selection of fine wines from around the world. This...

A 1990 anti-LGBTQ bias-related assault is now part of a New Jersey Superior Court fight over police body-camera evidence and firearms-related records more than three decades later.
The lawsuit concerns former Asbury Park Police Capt. David DeSane and cites his 1990 bias-related simple-assault conviction involving Bruce A. Lehman. Lehman would later become a prominent openly gay federal official in the Clinton administration, serving as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and becoming the first openly gay man confirmed by the U.S. Senate. (<a href="https://www.clintonlibrary.gov/research/gay-and-lesbian-rights-topic-guide?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Clinton Presidential Library</a>)
The complaint argues that DeSane&rsquo;s documented conviction, together with a subsequent history containing serious allegations of violence and weapons-related conduct, strengthens the public interest in disclosure under New Jersey&rsquo;s common-law right of access. The filing references later alleged incidents involving knives, a stabbing, and a 2019 incident in which DeSane was accused of threatening a retired police lieutenant with a knife. Those later incidents are allegations and are distinct from the documented 1990 conviction.
The case now asks a larger question: when a former high-ranking police official has a documented bias-related assault conviction and later allegations involving violence and weapons, what should the public be allowed to know about his police encounters and firearms-related records?
The lawsuit remains pending, and the later allegations have not been adjudicated.
Full complaint and proposed Order to Show Cause:
<a href="https://www.calameo.com/read/0083074281dd71fa3f722" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.calameo.com/read/0083074281dd71fa3f722</a>

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1990 Anti-LGBTQ Bias Assault at Center of New...

A 1990 anti-LGBTQ bias-related assault is now part of a New Jersey Superior Court fight over police body-camera evidence and firearms-related...

1990 Anti-LGBTQ Bias Assault at Center of New Jersey Police Records Lawsuit

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