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23rd annual Jersey Shore Home Show this weekend
When homeowners get the urge to spruce up the house, the first things they tend look for are inspiration and expert help. There’s no better way to find up-to-the-minute ideas and top professionals than a visit to a home show, and the 23rd annual Jersey Shore Home Show will be held this week. The show…
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Marlboro council ready to meet 2013 challenges
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The arrival of the new year has brought a change in leadership to Marlboro. At its Jan. 3 reorganization meeting, the members of the Township Council voted unanimously to elect Councilman Frank LaRocca to serve as president of the governing body in 2013. LaRocca told the News Transcript…
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datebook
An antiques and collectibles auction will be held at the Morganville United Methodist Church, 215 Conover Road (off Route 79), Marlboro, on Jan. 12. A preview of items will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by the auction at 11 a.m. Donations of quality consignments are now being accepted. A food kitchen will be on…
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Do not be so quick to discard the Second Amendment
Whenever an unfortunate and tragic clustering of deaths caused by people using guns occurs, there is always the predictable, semi-rational, kneejerk, do-something response calling for a ban of guns, as criminal-coddler Dennis Levinson did in his Dec. 26 guest column, “Time to Ban All Guns.” I wonder how Mr. Levinson’s attitude would change if he…
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Placing armed officers in America’s schools will not solve problems
Placing armed police officers or security guards in schools is foolhardy and leaves a board of education and town open to huge lawsuits if a shooting does occur. Also, police officers give students and parents a false sense of security. No one could have prevented or stopped the Newtown, Conn., incident, except for Nancy Lanza,…
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Banning guns in America is not the answer
This is in response to the recent Your Turn guest column by Dennis Levinson (“Time to Ban All Guns,” Dec. 26, 2012). First of all, statistics, 2009, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/ deaths.htm: Number of deaths for leading causes of death: heart disease: 599,413; cancer: 567,628; chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353; stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842; accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021;…
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Photo
In a photo taken on Dec. 30, 2012, a northern harrier, also known as a marsh hawk, flies off from the East Brunswick Dog Park, Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. The northern harrier had just been hunting for small mammals, flying only a few feet off the ground above a field. The species is considered…
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Plan for two homes approved by Freehold Borough board
FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Land Use Board has approved a subdivision of property that will bring two new homes to the Jackson Terrace and McElwaine Drive neighborhood. On Dec. 12, the board unanimously approved the preparation of a positive resolution for a project that will yield a subdivision of three residential lots and two…
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Coaches, other volunteers will receive CPR training
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee has voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance that will make it mandatory for anyone who serves with a nonprofit organization for youths under the age of 18 to be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). With this action, Freehold Township is…
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