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Teen Arts Festival takes place March 20-22
BY MARIE MABER Correspondent Judges adjudicate student art during the 2012 Teen Arts Festival at Brookdale Community College. The Monmouth County Arts Council presents the festival in collaboration with Brookdale. Teens representing middle and high schools throughout the county attend the event, which includes workshops and master classes in all disciplines of the visual and…
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Study: Renters hit hardest by Sandy
Lower-income residents, renters make up close to half of FEMA registrants BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The main entrance to the Keyport Leisure Bay Apartments complex on March 12. Robert Laughlin, manager of the complex, said the senior living facility needs an additional $1 million to fund repairs, but he is unsure where the money…
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Channeling the aid
As FEMA moves out, local groups step in to help Sandy victims BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer A house in Sea Bright was reduced to a pile of debris by superstorm Sandy. Long-term recovery groups are now being set up to work with storm victims in Monmouth and Middlesex counties. ERIC SUCAR staff Those affected…
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Keyport mayor resigns, citing political infighting
BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Mayor Robert McLeod has resigned, citing ongoing political conflicts within his own party as the primary reason. “I was running out of steam by the end of last year,” he said in a March 18 interview. “But it climaxed with that hearing on the replacement of [former councilwoman]…
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Coldwell Banker New Homes announces family finds happiness at Coddington Hill in Howell
For Kimberly and Patrick Costa, finding a new home was a long search that ultimately brought them to what their son, John Patrick, coined, “the happy house” at Coddington Hill in Howell Township. According to Coldwell Banker New Homes, one of the nation’s largest award-winning residential brokerage firms, the family feels this collection of three-…
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Weichert Real Estate Affiliates introduces new franchise intranet for brokers and agents
Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc., the franchise division of Weichert, Realtors, has announced the roll out of its own intranet system called WeichertWorks. First previewed at the company’s 2012 national convention, WeichertWorks.net allows Weichert franchise agents to access tools and resources that help them in their business. Weichert’s franchise offices previously had access to the…
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Jaguars’ bowlers win third straight Group IV title
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial I t was no surprise to knowledgeable bowling fans around the Shore that Jackson Memorial High School’s boys bowling team would enjoy another great season. Few, however, expected it to be the greatest in school history. The Jaguars not only won the NJSIAA Group IV championship for the third…
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sport shorts
The Freehold Area Running Club’s 25th Annual St. Paddy’s 10-Mile Run and Leprechaun 5K will be held on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. The 10-Mile Run, which takes runners from Michael Tighe Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township, onto the scenic back roads of Freehold and Jackson townships and back to the park, will start at…
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Jaguars fall in CJ IV girls basketball finals
Jackson Memorial High School’s girls basketball team fell short of defending its first NJSIAA Group IV championship when top seed Rancocas Valley Regional High School ended the No. 2 seed Jaguars’ season, 58-36, in the Central Jersey Group IV finals on March 5. It was the ending of a great career for guard Hannah Missry,…
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