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Members of Not Your Ordinary Dance Team perform outside Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank on May 4 during the kickoff for Paint the Town Pink, a weeklong breast cancer awareness event. SEAN BRADY
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O’Scanlon: Legislature looks to cut budget by $1B
Fort closing probe, DEP changes topics of luncheon address BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – District 12 Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon was the keynote speaker at the county’s Fifth Wednesday Squire’s Luncheon April 30. O’Scanlon was a last-minute replacement for scheduled speaker state Sen. Jennifer Beck (D-12), who was called out of town…
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Wilkins resigns as R.B. middle school principal
Supervisor of world languages to serve as interim BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Red Bank Middle School Principal Terrance Wilkins resigned his position May 1 after he was arraigned on charges that he arranged to have his leased vehicle set on fire in 2006. Wilkins, who has held the position of principal at the middle…
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Paint the Town Pink
Clockwise from top: Red Bank artist Pinky draws a portrait of Colette Gagliano,Middletown, during theMay 4 kickoff for Paint the Town Pink, a breast cancer awareness event held in Red Bank.Ashley Stiles, 12, Oakhurst, comes bouncing down an inflatable slide during the celebration, which was spearheaded by Riverview Medical Center. The “pink” theme was carried…
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Partnership seeks to stem fort brain drain
State, Army team to keep skilled workers in N.J. BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TRENTON- According to current estimates, more than half of the 5,000 civilian employees at Fort Monmouth will be looking for jobs after the fort closes in 2011. Projections by the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) and planners EDAW estimate…
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Residents get into the budget-trimming act
Many say 7-cent tax rate increase is too high BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – Residents unleashed their growing concerns April 28 about the increase in the municipal tax rate proposed in the 2008 municipal budget. The 2008 municipal budget, which was introduced March 10, calls for an increase of 7.7 cents per…
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O’port planners hear revised fort reuse plan
Officials see need for expansion of mass transportation BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer OCEANPORT- Borough officials asked redevelopment planners to revisit their numbers during the third and final municipal presentation of the evolving plan for Fort Monmouth’s reuse. Representatives of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization PlanningAuthority (FMERPA) and their planners from EDAW Inc. presented a…
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Housing obligation concerns
BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – As many as 200 additional units could be added to the borough’s COAH (Council on Affordable Housing) obligation by the preliminary Fort Monmouth re-use plan, according to planners at the April 23 Planning Board meeting. Representatives of the FortMonmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) and their planners,…
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New Jersey beaches awash in litter
Left: Rumson’s Karl Buch, along with Roxanne, walk along the oceanfront during Beach Sweeps in Sea Bright. Above: Sea Bright’s Natalie Skurat participates in the cleanup on April 26. SANDYHOOK- Local ocean advocacy group Clean Ocean Action (COA) released data April 24 from the 2007 Beach Sweeps that reveals volunteers removed a record number of…
