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Students surpass goal of reading challenge
By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — First-grade students at Margaret L. Vetter School were among a select group of students throughout Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties to exceed the challenge to read 1,000 books in three months. Two classes each from schools in Eatontown, Hazlet, Old Bridge, Perth Amboy, Brick and Point Pleasant participated…
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Long Branch to hold beach yoga classes
The Long Branch Department of Recreation is holding morning and evening yoga classes at the West End Avenue beach from June 15 through Sept. 15. Morning classes will be held seven days a week at 7 a.m. Evening classes will be held at 6:30 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Fourteen alliance-certified yoga instructors will…
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Clearwater Festival moves to Long Branch
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Circle of Song is a tradition at the annual Clearwater Festival, which will be held in Long Branch on Sept. 15. LONG BRANCH — Organizers of the annual New Jersey Friends of Clearwater (NJFC) Festival are hoping that a move to Long Branch will lead to larger crowds and…
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Advocate: ‘Hiring veterans is good for business’
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN –— Jeff Cantor, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, delivered a message to corporate representatives attending a recent event: Hiring veterans is good for business. Cantor, speaking at a meeting of the Monmouth Chapter of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), said that while veterans bring…
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Demolition of former municipal complex slated
By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — In the next few weeks borough officials will begin issuing requests for proposals (RFP) for asbestos remediation at the former municipal complex, which is slated for demolition later this year. According to Borough Clerk Lori Cole, the asbestos removal is the first step before the borough…
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Lions’ golf outing to benefit charities
The Eatontown Lions Club will host the 15th annual Phil Wellington Memorial Golf Outing on June 13, at the Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. Proceeds will benefit the Capt. James M. Gurbisz Foundation for children at risk, the Fisher House Foundation and Lions’ sight-related projects and charities. A scramble format will be used, with a…
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Birdsall sold to California engineering firm for $5.6M
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer While seven former Birdsall Services Group (BSG) executives await trial on criminal charges of campaign finance violations, much of the nearly 100-year-old company is being sold to a California-based engineering firm. On June 5, a federal Bankruptcy Court judge approved the sale of BSG’s name, trademarks and other assets to…
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U.S. Army intelligence analyst seen as a hero
The Manning family has produced great football quarterbacks to lead teams to victory. But U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning is the most inspiring Manning on and off the field. He has stood up to forces larger than any linebacker. He has endured more pressure than from any Super Bowl game. He plays for a team,…
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FEMA monies shouldn’t pay for TV ads
Yes, we were stronger than the storm, but not stronger than the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and not strong enough to withstand the flood of TV ads paid for with $25 million in federal disaster aid that should have gone to victims (“Christie Gets Star Billing in State’s Tourism Ads,” Asbury Park Press, May…
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