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Yard sales benefit homeless animals
Used items are being collected for the Needy Tails spring yard sale to help homeless animals. All proceeds will benefit organizations that help homeless animals. For more information or to donate items, email [email protected], call 732-233- 2342, or visit Yard Sales for Needy Tails on Facebook.
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Rutgers president bears burden of blame for Rice
CODA GREG BEAN Like nearly everyone else in New Jersey, I’ve been angered and appalled by the disgusting and abusive behavior of the now-disgraced and unemployed former Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice. But newspaper coverage over the weekend had both my temper and my BS detector reacting like one of those DIVE! DIVE! claxons…
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Help for Sandy’s emotional impact is available
It’s hard to believe how quickly time has gone by since superstorm Sandy devastated many of our New Jersey communities, damaging homes and businesses and wreaking widespread havoc on the lives of Garden State families in its path. In the wake of Sandy’s destruction, we also saw the character of our New Jersey communities. Our…
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Community members to be honored at gala
The 3rd annual Black and White Gala to benefit the Community Affairs and Resource Center of Monmouth County, Asbury Park, will be held at 7 p.m. April 26, at the Sheraton Eatontown, 6 Industrial Way East. Members of the community who will be honored include Marta C. Silverberg, Monmouth Family Health Center; Carlos M. Rodriguez,…
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Eatontown introduces $23M municipal budget
Proposed spending plan calls for 5.5-cent increase in tax rate BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council introduced a $23 million municipal budget at the March 27 meeting, a 1.9 percent increase over last year. The proposed 2013 spending plan calls for a $15,458,728 tax levy, which represents a $731,305 increase over…
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Building hope in the midst of tragedy
New playground dedicated to Jack Pinto, Conn. school shooting victim BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Dean Pinto, father of 6-year-old Newtown school shooting victim Jack Pinto, speaks during the April 5 groundbreaking for a playground built in his son’s honor at Fireman’s Park in Union Beach. To his left, Jack’s brother, Ben, and mother, Trisha,…
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Mayor: Beach replenishment will delay boardwalk rebuild
Estimates put cost of boardwalk, bluff and new seawall at $70M BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The remains of the Long Branch boardwalk destroyed during the Oct. 29 superstorm are fenced off. City officials say the boardwalk will not be rebuilt until next year. KENNY WALTER Plans for rebuilding the Long Branch boardwalk hinge on…
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Birdsall bankruptcy moves forward
Judge OKs $1M in funds, appoints trustee to oversee company accounts BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Headquarters of Birdsall Services Group in Eatontown. Despite vigorous opposition from the state Attorney General’s Office, a federal judge upheld Birdsall Services Group’s (BSG) bankruptcy filing on Monday, saying the dissolution of the company could negatively impact towns trying…
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