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Green Wave relying on depth to get through rugged B North
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Long Branch High School’s Avery Griffin scrambles for extra yards during the Green Wave’s scrimmage with Trenton Central High School in Long Branch. The Green Wave will open the regular season on Sept. 8, kicking off the 2012 season at Manasquan High School. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The Long Branch…
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Back to the landscape
BY MARIE NAPLES MABER Correspondent “Bridging the Gap,” oil on canvas Sidney Godwin has taught in the art department at Brookdale Community College for 35 years. The retiring professor was awarded a transitional sabbatical for the fall 2011-spring 2012 academic year, ending his teaching career and sparking a return to his life as a full-time…
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Panel will discuss sea level rise Sept. 29
MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Cool Cities Partnership, a grassroots organization dedicated to educating community members about environmental issues, will host a symposium, “Sea Level Rise in New Jersey: Causes, Effects and a Call to Action.” The symposium is scheduled for Sept. 29, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Brookdale Community College, Warner Student Life…
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‘Ed Gallucci: The Crawdaddy Years and Beyond’
Monmouth U exhibit catalogues photographer’s prolific career BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer One of Gallucci’s most popular photos features a 23-year-old Bruce Springsteen, taken in 1972. © ED GALLUCCI 2012 Ed Gallucci — the nationally renowned photographer whose work will go on display this week at Monmouth University — could have had a quiet, unremarkable…
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Volleyball players in Long Branch
Beachgoers play an impromptu game of volleyball Aug. 25 on the beach in Long Branch. ERIC SUCAR staff
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SCAN to hold 3K mall walk on Sept. 8
The Senior Citizens Activity Network (SCAN) will hold its first Family and Friends 3K Mall Walk 8-10 a.m. Sept. 8 at Monmouth Mall. This free walk is held in honor of — or in memory of — grandparents. “Whatever you call your grandparents — Grandma, Grandpa, Nana, Pop Pop, we know they are national treasures…
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Celebration of Life to take place Oct. 18
The sixth annual Celebration of Life, run by the Cancer Support Community, will take place 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club in Farmingdale. The event will feature food, wine and fabulous fashions modeled by brave and gorgeous cancer survivors. The first Celebration of Life Ambassador will also be welcomed…
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Village Center will expand O’port downtown
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Oceanport’s small stretch of downtown is scheduled to get a facelift within the next two years with a mixed-use development planned for East Main Street. Business Administrator Kimberly Jungfer said in an interview last week that the project, which will be constructed on 4.7 acres at the intersection of Port…
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Military veterans will protect and serve at home
Five military vets become Middletown police officers BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Kent Thornton is sworn in as a Middletown police officer by Mayor Anthony Fiore on Aug. 20. KEITH HEUMILLER MIDDLETOWN — Following two years without a new hire, the Middletown Township Police Department welcomed five new officers to its ranks on Aug. 20.…
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