Author: Greater Media
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Team Ohana to raise funds to fight cancer
Relay for Life’s Matawan NJ Team Ohana will be wrapping store purchases 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Nov. 28 at the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 2134 Route 35, Holmdel. Donations to Team Ohana’s fundraising efforts to fight back against cancer will also be accepted. Relay for Life is a nationwide, community based event sponsored by the…
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Liu-Rudel wins write-in vote for school board
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Joanne Liu-Rudel has won a three-year term on the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education. Monmouth County election officials said Liu-Rudel received 299 write-in votes to win the seat. Three seats on the board were available in the Nov. 4 election, but only two residents, incumbent Debbie Despina Mattos…
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The Long Branch Elks Lodge 742 will host an All-You-Can-Eat Italian Buffet 6-8 p.m. Nov. 21 at 150 Garfield Ave., Long Branch. The buffet is open to the public. The cost is $8 per person and includes meatballs, sausage, chicken Parmesan, linguine with clam sauce, ziti, stuffed rigatoni, cavatelli and broccoli, salad, coffee and dessert.…
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Message of inclusion at heart of Tyler Clementi Foundation
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer A family photo shows James Clementi and his younger brother, Tyler, as children. Right: James Clementi speaks to students at Monmouth University about his brother’s struggle as a gay college student. COURTESY OF JAMES CLEMENTI Students in Monmouth University’s School of Social Work received an intimate look at the hardships…
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Salkind, Walsh served towns as suburbia was developing
By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Two men who were involved in municipal government as their respective communities developed into suburban enclaves died within a month of each other. According to an obituary published in the Nov. 4 edition of the New Jersey Jewish News, Morton Salkind, 82, of Denville, who in the early 1970s served…
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Registration open for wrestling program
Registration is open for boys and girls in kindergarten to eighth grade for the South Brunswick Police Athletic League’s 2014- 15 wrestling season. All experience levels and nonresidents are welcome to register by visiting www.sbpalsports.org and following the prompts. Online registration will remain open through Dec. 5. Practices will be held 6-8 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays…
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School officials may consider temporary home in Colts Neck
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — A possible “godsend,” as one school board member described it, for two school districts arose at a recent Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education meeting. At the Nov. 11 meeting, board members discussed the possibility of temporarily conducting a full-day kindergarten program in a Colts Neck school…
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Charges pending in pepper spray incident at school
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Pepper spray that was released inside Freehold Township High School by a 14-year-old male student on the morning of Nov. 5 sent one school cafeteria employee to CentraState Medical Center for evaluation. Authorities said 17 additional employees were evaluated on-site in the aftermath of the incident.…
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High school to stage ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
Every time a bell rings from Nov. 21-22, an angel will get its wings, courtesy of the Colts Neck High School Drama Club’s production of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The play is about George Bailey, who learns the impact his life has had on others from the quirky yet endearing angel Clarence Odbody. Show times…
