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Cornelia Jane Altier
Ms. Altier, 81, of Shrewsbury and formerly of Lincroft, Red Bank and Matawan, died April 29, 2013, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was born in Queens, N.Y., to Peter and Mabel Buchanan Johnston. She was a YMCA director and librarian in Red Bank. She was predeceased by a son, Robert C. Altier; and…
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HUD approves state’s Sandy recovery plan
Christie’s $1.83B plan allots funds for rebuilding, buyouts, low-interest loans BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie The state’s plan to provide $1.83 billion to homeowners and business owners whose recovery efforts remain stalled six months after superstorm Sandy was greenlighted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday. Gov.…
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Fair Haven Garden Club plant sale
The Garden Club of Fair Haven will hold its annual plant sale at the Fair Haven Fire House parking lot at 645 River Road on May 10 from 5-7 p.m., and May 11 from 8 a.m. to noon. Proceeds will benefit the club’s efforts to maintain and beautify the town’s parks, scholarships and more. Member-grown…
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Borough man faces animal cruelty charges
A Tinton Falls man has been charged with eight counts of animal cruelty involving three dogs. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Joseph A. Valentino, 41, of Cherry Street, is charged with four counts of animal cruelty by abusing a living animal and four counts of animal cruelty by causing…
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With sale pending, Birdsall to dole out bonus money
Trustee: 100 employees have left firm since ‘pay-to-play’ indictments BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved $728,000 in bonus payments for employees of embattled engineering firm Birdsall Services Group (BSG) on Monday, a move officials said would help stabilize the firm’s workforce as plans move ahead to sell the firm’s assets.…
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Monmouth Regional BOE to hold public meeting
TINTON FALLS — The Monmouth Regional High School Board of Education (BOE) will hold its regular public monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. May 14 at the high school in the John Schleig Conference Room 1, Norman J. Field Way. The meeting has been rescheduled from May 21.
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Mastro Montessori will hold alumni picnic and celebration
Mastro Montessori will be hold its annual end-of-the-year and alumni reunion picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at the Barn View Picnic Shelter at Dorbrook Park, 209 Route 537 east, Colts Neck. Sasha Cherniavsky’s 20th anniversary will also be celebrated at this event. Children should wear a bathing suit and…
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Curchin Group sponsors essay competition for nonprofits
RED BANK — The Curchin Group, an accounting firm based in Red Bank, will hold an essay contest open to all 501(c)(3) organizations to determine the two beneficiaries of the eighth annual Curchin Open, a nine-hole indoor miniature golf tournament for charity. Nonprofits located in Monmouth and Ocean counties are eligible to enter by writing…
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TV couple celebrates the ‘Little Things’
NICOLE ANTONUCCI Giuliana and Bill Rancic pose with members of a local Girl Scout troop for the “Paint the Town Pink” event sponsored by Meridian Health on May 4. The stars of the reality TV show “Giuliana and Bill” spoke at the Algonquin Arts Theater in Manasquan about the “Little Things,” such as getting a…
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