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GUEST COLUMN .
Emergency preparedness is essential MARY E. O’DOWD COL. RICK FUENTES EDWARD DICKSON JENNIFER VELEZ Even as New Jersey continues its recovery from superstorm Sandy, we’re reminded that a new hurricane season is upon us. Now is a good time to consider your personal and professional readiness for any emergency, but particularly for a natural disaster.…
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Reader recalls impact of Supreme Court ruling
A major anniversary in the history of women’s reproductive health has just been celebrated. June 7 was the 48th anniversary of the 1965 Supreme Court ruling, Griswold v. Connecticut, which found that married couples have the right to contraception. Forty-eight years after this decision, 99 percent of women say they have used birth control at…
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Strawberry Festival set for June 21 in Oceanport
OCEANPORT — The annual Oceanport Lions Club Strawberry Festival will be held from 6-9 p.m. June 21 at Maple Place School in Oceanport. Some of the attractions will include an “American Idol”-style contest, a dunk tank, music and entertainment by DJ Corey Fox, free pitching and putting lessons from golf instructor Rob Connelley, a rock-climbing…
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High-risk flood zones scaled back under new FEMA maps
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Nearly half of the highest-risk flood zones in Monmouth County have been reduced to more moderate zones under new preliminary maps released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on June 16. The maps, which will be used by local governments throughout the state to guide new construction and post-superstorm…
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‘Liberty Extravaganza’ coming to Tower Hill
The 25th annual “Liberty Extravaganza,” which includes a concert of all-American music and an audience sing-along of patriotic songs, will be held at 7:30 p.m. July 7 at the First Presbyterian Church (Tower Hill), 255 Harding Road, Red Bank. The concert will be preceded by a strawberry festival, children’s fair, and music by the Dixieland…
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Navesink River Rowing hosts Learn-to-Row Day June 23
RED BANK — Navesink River Rowing (NRR) will host its annual Learn-to- Row Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 23. Visitors to the NRR site at the end of Maple Avenue off West Front Street can enjoy a variety of fun rowing-related activities. The event is free and open to the public. NRR…
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For the birds
By JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent A lone American oystercatcher sits on a nest at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. If the nest proves successful, it would be the first one known at the park. Harden Fowler stood on the beach at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch, nearly deserted of humans, telling two…
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New flood maps reverse zones in Sea Bright
By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer A FEMA map of Sea Bright shows the new flood zones, including the V and A zones bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Shrewsbury River. Sea Bright officials on Monday welcomed new preliminary flood zone maps after waging a seven-month campaign to have the designations reversed. The maps, released by the…
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Towns seek to recoup $246M in local court fees
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Unpaid municipal court fines and fees have become a $246 million problem in New Jersey, and towns throughout the state are turning to collection agencies to bring in some of that money. In the last 20 years, local courts from Sussex to Cape May counties have accrued thousands — and…
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