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Betty McElmon Elementary kindergarten registration
Kindergarten registration for the 2013-14 school year at Betty McElmon Elementary will take place on Feb. 20 and 21 at the school’s Media Center, 20 Parker Road, West Long Branch. Registration for children whose last names begin with the letters A-M will be on Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 9-11:30 a.m. For children whose last names…
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Committee wants safe boardwalk and roadways
GUEST COLUMN OCEAN AVENUE COMMITTEE The article published in the Feb. 7 edition of the Atlanticville is only a very small part of the story of the unsafe walking conditions along Ocean Avenue. The Ocean Avenue Committee, formerly called the Save Ocean Avenue Committee, has been working with Adam Woolley, Mayor Schneider and two different…
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But what if she donned one of those for church?
CODA GREG BEAN Next year, I’ve got you gentlemen out there covered if want to get your Valentine something more original than the box of chocolates and the bouquet of cheap roses you picked up at the gas station on the way home tonight (Feb. 13), in a panic, because you’d forgotten, once again, to…
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Cody Fleisher, of Monmouth Beach, snowboards down the hill at Glenwood Cemetery in West Long Branch on Feb. 9. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Mayor’s Book Club challenges students to read 1,000 books
Eatontown and Hazlet schools among those selected to participate in reading initiative BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Eatontown Mayor Gerald Tarantolo (l-r) is presented with a plaque by Monmouth University President Paul G. Gaffney II and William Dressel, executive director of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, at the kickoff of the Mayor’s Book Club…
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Two Rivers authority storm-proofs plant
Flooding from Sandy caused millions in damage to sewage treatment facility BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — The Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority (TRWRA) is flood-proofing its treatment plant after nearly 4 feet of water surged through the facility during superstorm Sandy, causing several million dollars in damage. Michael Gianforte, TRWRA executive director,…
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Christie: Rebuild and they will come
Gov. says buyouts could be considered at request of towns BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, listens as Gov. Chris Christie announces $1.8 billion funding allocated to the state for recovery from superstorm Sandy during a Feb. 7 press conference in Sea Bright. The…
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County fraud task force to monitor Sandy rebuilding
Prosecutor, FBI, state agencies to investigate, prosecute fraudulent contractors BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Freeholders John Curley (l-r) and Serena DiMaso listen as acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announces the new Superstorm Sandy Fraud Task Force at a press conference on Feb. 6. The multi-agency program will help protect storm-impacted residents from unscrupulous contractors.…
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Mayor: Long Branch needs bluff before boards
Schneider estimates it will be 18 months before restoration work begins BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Pilings are all that remains of the Long Branch boardwalk following the Oct. 29 superstorm. KENNY WALTER While some Shore towns are already rebuilding boardwalks, Long Branch officials say a replenishment project is needed before the boardwalk destroyed by…
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