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Oceanport passes $6.9M budget with flat tax rate
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council has gone ahead with a $6.97 million budget that comes with no tax increase for property owners in 2012. The council voted during the April 19 meeting in favor of the spending plan that calls for a $5.3 million tax levy, with Councilman Joseph Irace explaining…
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Treasure hunting on the Navesink
RED BANK — The Friends of the Red Bank Public Library are organizing the fifth annual Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale on Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Complete details for shoppers and sellers alike, including registration information, are available at the Red Bank Public Library, 84 West Front St. and the library’s…
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Mary’s Place to hold its first walk May 12
Mary’s Place By The Sea is holding its first walk 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. May 12. The 2½-mile walk will begin across the street from Mary’s Place, 15 Broadway, Ocean Grove. Mary’s Place By The Sea provides an innovative approach to caring for women with cancer during and after treatment. Guests receive individual oncological…
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Ocean Museum hosts Hindenburg program
In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, the Township of Ocean Historical Museum will present Navy Lakehurst Historical Society president Carl Jablonski 7:15 p.m. May 8 at the Old Oakhurst School auditorium, 163 Monmouth Road. Jablonski will present a program detailing this moment in history and provide an overview of World War…
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Greater Media Newspapers takes home 15 awards in NJPA contest
Jeff Granit, “Balance,” first place, Feature, Independent Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 15 awards from the New Jersey PressAssociation for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2011. The photography department swept the feature category, taking home first, second and third places. The prestigious Robert P. Kelly Award…
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International Festival in Red Bank May 6
RED BANK — The Red Bank International Flavour Festival will be held May 6 from noon to 7 p.m. in downtown Red Bank in the White Street parking lot, rain or shine. Organizers plan to make the festival an annual event. Admission is $5 for anyone over 13 years of age. The Red Bank International…
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Tradition in third-best little town needs to be kept alive
I t’s happening more and more. How many more American traditions are going to stop? I read that the KaBoom! event in Red Bank is called off this year and that Red Bank was voted the third best little town in the country. How ironic! Excuse after excuse: • Soaring cost to run it: from…
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They’ve drawn one more ridiculous line in the sand
CODA GREG BEAN Here’s today’s theoretical question: What’s lower than whale manure? Answer: The national approval rating for Congress if they don’t get this student loan nightmare sorted out by the July 1 deadline, and the interest rate on 7.4 million student loans doubles from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. According to the folks who…
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