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Gymnastics classes for children
The Hazlet Recreation Commission has announced that gymnastics classes for boys and girls ages 5-15 will begin Jan. 2 and run for eight weeks. Classes will be held Mondays and Wednesdays at the Cove Road Elementary School, 8 Cove Road, Hazlet, 5:40-6:40 p.m., 6:50-7:50 p.m. or 8-9 p.m. The high-energy classes are designed to excite,…
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Middletown holds PBA toy drive
The annual Middletown PBA Local 124 Toy Drive is under way. New toys can be brought to the Middletown Police Department, 1 Kings Highway, Middletown, or given to any Middletown police officer. Toys can also be dropped off at any of the township’s 11 firehouses or to Colonial American Bank, 1405 Route 35, Middletown. Toys…
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Storm accelerates sale of fort housing
FMERA moves up plans to solicit proposals from developers for officers’ housing BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Plans to privatize permanent housing at Fort Monmouth are being expedited to meet the needs of residents displaced by the Oct. 29 superstorm. Members of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) unanimously approved a resolution…
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Don’t worry, be happy, it’s not the end of the world
Scholar debunks theory that Mayas marked Dec. 21 as end of days BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Donate those stockpiled canned goods to the hungry, and repurpose that underground bunker as a hiding place for holiday gifts — which, by the way, must now be bought — because the world will not end on Dec.…
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Colts Neck rallies volunteers to help rebuild Union Beach
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Less than 15 miles from Colts Hall Town Hall sits the borough of Union Beach, which shouldered a harsh beating on Oct. 29 at the hands of superstorm Sandy. Now, with the help of residents and community organizations, Colts Neck officials have signed on to help with…
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Storm victims should not have to abandon their property
Eight weeks in and there was still a need to provide a hot meal to approximately 150 of the 250 or so folks who showed up for clothes and dry goods in Keansburg. How do we as a state, a nation, look at ourselves in the mirror when children and seniors are still going to…
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CODA
Trying to come to grips with the unthinkable GREG BEAN I think I probably started writing this column 50 times in the last few days, but nothing seemed to work. I was writing about the incomprehensibility of municipalities like Marlboro selling solar energy credits, but by the third paragraph, I found myself simply staring at…
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Pallone: Trailers fall short of meeting housing need
First FEMA trailer for residents displaced by storm delivered to Eatontown BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The 50 mobile homes the federal government is providing are not adequate to meet the need for temporary housing for people displaced by superstorm Sandy, according to Rep Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District). Pallone remains critical of the Federal…
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