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Send us your summer photos
It’s back to school and back to work for nearly everyone, but you don’t have to let summer go just yet. Greater Media News/StringFly wants you to submit your photos of people having fun in the summertime. Consider submitting photos of your family picnic, splashing in the pool, building a sandcastle at the beach, catching…
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Hunger a hard reality in local communities
FoodBank kicks off Hunger Action Month to raise awareness and donations BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Carlos Rodriguez, executive director of the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Neptune, speaks during the kickoff of Hunger Action Month. KEITH HEUMILLER More than 125,000 residents of Monmouth and Ocean counties experience hunger on a daily basis,…
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Employees get counseling after shooting
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene of a shooting at a supermarket on Route 9 north, Old Bridge, on Aug. 31. Two employees working the overnight shift were killed by a gunman who then committed suicide, authorities said. JEFF GRANIT staff During an overnight shift at the Pathmark supermarket on…
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Experts: Motive hard to ascribe immediately after shooting
BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Experts in workplace violence and criminal justice reacted to the Aug. 31 shooting in an Old Bridge Pathmark supermarket by analyzing what the alleged shooter’s motivations may have been. A Pathmark employee allegedly shot and killed two fellow employees before turning the gun on himself during the 4 a.m. shooting,…
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Gunman worked, then returned on deadly day
Tragedy in Old Bridge According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan:The alleged gunman and both victims in the Pathmark shooting had been working an overnight shift Aug. 30-31.Suspected gunman Terence S. Tyler, 23, left the store at about 3:30 a.m. and drove away.He returned about 20 minutes later, dressed in desert camouflage clothing with a…
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Old Bridge in shock after shooting deaths
Neighbor: ‘You’re not safe anywhere. You just never know.’ BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan can be seen through the shattered windows of a Pathmark supermarket on Route 9 north, Old Bridge, on Aug. 31, shortly after a store employee gunned down two coworkers. JEFF GRANIT staff OLD BRIDGE — In…
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School districts agree to share administrators
WLB, Shore Regional will share superintendent, business administrator BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Five years of discussion between the West Long Branch and Shore Regional School districts have culminated in an agreement to share a superintendent and business administrator, providing cost-savings and educational benefits to the districts. “We are at a crossroads in education. Dramatic…
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A young girl chases after a flock of seagulls on a sunny afternoon at the beach in Long Branch on Aug. 25. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Swing Era Dinner Dance Sept. 14
Brookdale Community College’s Center for WW II Studies and Conflict Resolution will host the 2012 Swing Era Dinner Dance Friday, Sept. 14, 6 to 10 p.m. at historic Gibbs Hall, Fort Monmouth, Eatontown. The event will feature the Brookdale Big Band, conducted by Joe Accurso, which will transport attendees to that nostalgic period when music…
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