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Dec. 13 all-ages show at Pony will benefit Samaritan Center
Greater Media wants to fuel the holiday spirit by providing good music and a way to help the hungry at Greater Media’s Good Samaritan Holiday Bash to be held Dec. 13 at the Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park. Proceeds and nonperishable food donationswill benefit the Samaritan Center, a food pantry headquartered in Manalapan…
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Driver faces DWI charges
MANALAPAN — A resident of Hendersonville, N.C., was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle stop on Route 9 at Symmes Road on Nov. 30. According to information provided by the Manalapan Police Department, Wayham Michael Heath, 36, who is unemployed, was observed by Patrolman Dominick Donatelli Jr. traveling north on…
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N.J. bill seeks analysis of housing conversion
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Legislation that would require a cost benefit analysis and security report to be conducted on the pending conversion of military housing to civilian housing at Naval Weapons Station Earle has been moved out of its state Assembly committee. The legislation is sponsored by Assembly members Declan O’Scanlon…
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Sounds of the season
CHRIS KELLY staff Freehold Township’s Courtney Rago, 16, and Amanda Zorzi, 15, sing with the Cantaffapella Rock and Roll Chorus during a performance on Long Branch’s oceanfront during the city’s holiday event on Nov. 29. CHRIS KELLY staff
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Vote for governor gets final approval from Board of State Canvassers
The New Jersey Board of State Canvassers met on Dec. 1 and certified the ballots cast in the Nov. 3 gubernatorial election, as required by law. Republican Chris Christie was certified as the winner of the gubernatorial election with 1,174,445 votes (48.5 percent), to Democrat Jon S. Corzine’s 1,087,731 votes (44.9 percent). There were 10…
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In the Service
Army Pfc. Brian S. Delle Donne, the son of Annemarie and Frank Delle Donne of Colts Neck, has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and…
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A Night for Gabriel to aid child battling leukemia
Young entertainers will perform for a good cause at Freehold Borough church BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent P erformances by talented young singers and musicians, as well as a dinner, are included in A Night for Gabriel, a fundraiser for Gabriel Garcia, a 4-year-old boy who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. The event will be held…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Pupils at the St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold Borough, participated in a “Day of Giving Thanks” program on Nov. 25. The youngsters sang songs of thanks and presented certificates of appreciation to people they called “everyday heroes,” those individuals who help them on a daily basis. The honored guests included police…
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WMUA budget contains no rate increase in 2010
MANALAPAN — The Western Monmouth Utilities Authority Board of Commissioners has introduced the authority’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget, which contains no rate increase for the third consecutive year and increases spending by merely six-tenths of 1 percent. “Our 2010 budget is an austere spending plan that maintains our core responsibility to ratepayers: providing an affordable,…
