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Girl Scouts will honor Women of Distinction
The Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts will pay tribute to five women who have achieved extraordinary accomplishments throughout their lifetimes on March 16 at the Deal Country Club during the 19th annual Women of Distinction Dinner. The women are being honored for exemplifying courage, confidence and competence, and for being positive role models to young…
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Post office station will remain on west side
USPS: Shrewsbury Ave. station may reopen in new location BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — The Shrewsbury Avenue Post Office on the borough’s west side will reopen after a mold and mildew cleanup is completed, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service said last week. George Flood, regional spokesman…
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Firefighters complete training at academy
The Monmouth County Fire Academy graduated 31 volunteers from its Firefighter I class on Dec. 11. Twenty-five other Firefighter I volunteers were graduated on Dec. 3. The fire academy is on Route 33, Howell. According to a press release from the county, the firefighters attended weekend classes beginning in September and have logged 135 hours…
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Girl Scout cookies are coming!
Thin Mints, Dosidos, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Samoas and all your other favorites are back and ready to be delivered to your home. Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts is taking orders and planning booth sales to make sure that these delicious cookies are available to all that want them. This year a new cookie has been added…
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At least 10 will try for freeholder’s opening seat
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A special election to fill Freeholder Amy Handlin’s open position won’t be happening anytime soon. According to Fred Neimann, Monmouth County Republican Committee chairman, the election will definitely not occur in January, but most likely “sometime in late winter or early spring.”…
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Beck readies Assembly bill to repeal S-1701
Assemblywoman-elect says schools can BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Red Bank RED BANK — Jennifer Beck, Red Bank councilwoman and state Assemblywoman-elect, is currently drafting legislation that would repeal the controversial law that imposes spending caps on school budgets. The law was put in place by the state in July 2004.…
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Police academy graduates ready to join local depts.
FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Police Academy on Dec. 12 graduated 31 recruits, many of whom will go on to serve as police officers, park rangers and sheriff’s officers. The graduating class, three of whom paid their own way through the academy and do not have promises of employment, trained for nearly 750 hours over…
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Planners set Jan. 12 for bank hearing
Residents say application will bring traffic, noise to Queen Anne Drive BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY — A hearing before the Planning Board on an application for a bank on Route 35 south and Queen Ann Drive has been rescheduled for Jan. 12. The application by JPMorgan Chase Bank is…
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PAT HICKEY Children join in caroling at a community sing held outside the former home of Felix Molzer on Cross Street in Little Silver last Saturday. The neighborhood event was a tribute to Molzer and benefited the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, which was founded by Molzer, who died in August.
