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Manalapan will get FEMA funds
MANALAPAN — Municipal officials learned last week that Manalapan will receive $3,937,500 to help cover the cost of debris removal from Hurricane Sandy. Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) announced the first round of funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “This FEMA assistance is going to play an important role in rebuilding our communities,”…
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Beach Music will rock the Pony for young hurricane victims
As seen in TheBeachBeat.com BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Every year, Danny White, owner of Beach Music Studios in Belmar, hosts a holiday party for families of his students to attend at the historic Stone Pony in Asbury Park. He usually asks families to bring one unwrapped toy to be donated to Manna House, a…
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Residential zoning makes use of land problematic
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Kathleen McKeever of Marlboro has felt like a “prisoner” in her home since the late 1980s. McKeever, who lives in a house on Route 79 near the intersection of Tennent Road, has tried without success to sell her house for years. Due to the home’s frontage on the…
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Atlantic Brass Quintet tops bill
FREEHOLD — This year’s annual Christmas concert hosted by the First Presbyterian Church will feature two nationally known performers. The Atlantic Brass Quintet will entertain guests with a unique Christmas program at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8. Monmouth County’s Rock ’n Roll Chorus, directed by Joseph Cantaffa, will open the show. The Fire Presbyterian Church is…
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Share your cherished traditions
Do you remember the excitement of lighting the eighth menorah candle; listening for reindeer hooves on the roof; being allowed to stay up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve; celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa; offering food and chanting the Buddha’s teachings? Does your family have a special holiday or festival tradition…
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VoiceWorks will perform show to benefit Red Cross
The Marlboro-based musical theater company VoiceWorks is looking to spread a bit more than holiday cheer this year through its “Christmas Extravaganza!” concert. Proceeds from a Dec. 8 performance will be donated to the American Red Cross to benefit victims of post-Tropical Storm Sandy, according to managing director and artistic director Ryan Guth. VoiceWorks will…
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‘100 Square Inches’ at the Art Alliance
The December exhibit at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County is “100 Square Inches.” As the name implies, each piece in the exhibit measures 100 square inches. The window artist for this exhibit is potter Christina Paraskevas Carlson, who has been creating pottery for more than 20 years and is a pottery instructor at the…
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Title IX marks 40 years
Girls at home on fields of competition BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer This year marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX — federal legislation that prohibited discrimination based on an individual’s gender in schools and opened the door for female participation in sports at the high school and college levels. JEFF GRANIT staff Title IX…
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Residents concerned about plan for dorm
Yeshiva will seek use variance for apartment space at Freehold Borough hearing BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A group of residents from the Broad Street neighborhood in Freehold Borough are expected to attend an upcoming Freehold Borough Land Use Board meeting that will include a public hearing on a proposal to establish a dormitory…
