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The Count’s Courtyard opens at the Basie
New patio features bar, seating for theater patrons BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Workmen construct a bar at the Count’s Courtyard, a new outdoor stone patio that will be open to theater patrons during events at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE COUNT BASIE THEATRE RED BANK — People coming…
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pick of the week Guys and Dolls
The Spotlight Players of Matawan present the classic musical “Guys and Dolls.” Filled with a colorful cast of characters including the smooth gambler Sky Masterson, proper Mission Doll Sarah Brown, lovable hoodlum Nathan Detroit and his long-suffering fiancé Miss Adelaide, Guys & Dolls is a light-hearted and lively jaunt through the streets of old-time New…
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CODA
Even Club Fed doesn’t have a golf course for inmates GREG BEAN One thing is pretty sure: Where Peter F. Burnham, the disgraced ex-president of Brookdale College, is likely going, they won’t have a golf course. Burnham, who pleaded guilty July 24 to a number of the charges against him for siphoning money from the…
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New Jersey’s absent governor deserves pink slip
Ever notice how much time our illustrious Gov. Chris Christie spends out of New Jersey campaigning and making political speeches for the Republican Party and involved in fundraisers for out-ofstate candidates? It seems to me that this poor excuse for a governor is out of state when he should be in Trenton performing his job…
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With youth hotline, help is just a phone call away
School is out, and thoughts of a carefree summer vacation dance in many parents’ heads. But the challenges facing New Jersey teens and young adults don’t take a summer vacation. Issues such as bullying, depression, self-esteem struggles and family problems, often times eased by the school counselor, trusted teacher or compassionate coach, continue throughout the…
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Seminar will shed light on human trafficking
There are between 12 million and 27 million human-trafficking victims worldwide. Victims are women and men, children and adults, American citizens and people born in other countries, all forced into modern-day slavery. And New Jersey is a hub for this horrific situation. In the past, the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education (Chhange)…
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Firefighter honored for years of community service
Fred Gould (l-r), commander chairman, State of N.J. V.F.W.; John Beslanovitz, Hazlet fire official; John Conti, commander of VFW 4303; and newly elected State of N.J. V.F.W. Commander Warren George. HAZLET — Longtime volunteer firefighter John Beslanovitz was recently recognized for his many years of service. Beslanovitz was honored with two awards, the Monmouth County…
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Army 2nd Infantry Division vets sought
The 2nd (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who ever served in the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division at any time. For information about the national association and its annual reunion in Reno, Nev., to be held Aug. 23-27, 2012, visit www.2ida.org or contact the association’s secretary-treasurer, Bob Haynes, at [email protected] or 224-225-1202.
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