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Conserve water when gardening, landscaping
GUEST COLUMN PETER ESCHBACH Spring is finally underway. For many in New Jersey, this means the start of new gardening, lawn and landscaping plans. The spring planting season also coincides with the beginning of the area’s months of peak water demand. In the height of summer, water usage in Monmouth County alone reaches 80 million…
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Eatontown Lions Club to sponsor benefit run
The Eatontown Lions Club, supported by the Jersey Shore Running Club, is sponsoring the annual Sandy Hook Lighthouse 5K Fun Run/Walk for the Blind on May 4, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The event will be held at Sun Eagles Golf Course, 2067 Tinton Ave., Eatontown. Proceeds will benefit the NJ Blind Citizens Association and Camp…
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LBHA readies final phase of Woodrow Wilson project
Housing authority lines up tax credits, grant application for final 52 units BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Construction on the first two phases of the Woodrow Wilson public housing complex in Long Branch is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The Long Branch Housing Authority announced plans last week to seek…
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New developer poised to take over Broadway Arts
Realty firm assumes mortgage for properties tied up in foreclosure proceedings BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Diversified Realty Advisors last week confirmed plans to become the redeveloper of the Broadway Arts Center zone on lower Broadway in Long Branch, where the condition of properties has continued to deteriorate. KENNY WALTER With the current owners mired…
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Tough choices after Sandy
As a new hurricane season approaches, many still struggle to rebound from superstorm BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer This text will be replaced A home on Harris Avenue in Union Beach had to be raised an additional 13 feet above sea level after being ravaged by flooding during superstorm Sandy. Residents throughout the state still…
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Allentown runners stepping up for injured teammates
Three Redbirds relay teams compete at Penn Relays BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent A rash of injuries to key members have not set back Allentown High School’s girls and boys outdoor track and field teams, as different studentathletes have stepped into larger roles. “In one week recently, we had three people out with sprained ankles,” Allentown…
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Allentown High School’s Dakota Wojcik (l) tries to direct a shot past New Egypt High School goalie Jacob German during the April 25 lacrosse game played in Plumsted Township. The visiting Redbirds were victorious, 18-0. ERIC SUCAR staff
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State Theatre celebrates 25 years of rebirth
Performing arts center was reopened in 1988 as an expanded live venue More than 2.5 million people have walked along Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick over the past 25 years. They were all walking toward the State Theatre, which celebrated its 25th anniversary of its grand reopening as a performing arts center on April 24.…
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JCP&L ratepayers upset with proposed increase
Utility attempting to recoup significant costs associated with rebuilding infrastructure BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A standing-room-only crowd of New Jersey residents and officials packed the large meeting room at the Freehold Township municipal complex on April 24, and most of those people had turned out to ask the state Board of Public Utilities…
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