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Walk to End Brain Tumors will return to New Egypt
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Eighteen years ago, Plumsted resident Bruce Blount was repairing a car when he started to experience strange symptoms. He was sick all the time, would periodically get very dizzy, and during coughing fits he would black out altogether. For two years, Blount, 54, went to various doctors in…
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ARE WE THERE YET
Grandma throws caution to the wind LORI CLINCH Way back in my single days, I wasn’t much of a decorator. I adorned my first apartment with a $10 table and unstable chairs, an oversized beanbag and a macramé plant hanger to pull it all together. What it lacked in style, it made up for in…
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Care package drive for Military working dogs
WEST LONG BRANCH — The Monmouth University Veterans Association will host a care package drive for military working dogs overseas on March 29 in the Rebecca Stafford Student Center at the first-floor information booth. Military working dogs (MWDs) face many of the same dangers as our troops in combat. Handlers and canines patrol together, day…
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Titanic survivors’ stories to be recounted April 15
Titanic was the largest ship the world had ever seen, and her end was the greatest maritime disaster known — the world has yet to recover from the shock. On April 15 — which is the 100th anniversary of the sinking — Traveling Literary Theater will present a world premiere production of “100 Years: Titanic…
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Monmouth freeholders adopt $487.35M budget
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has adopted a $487.35 million budget for 2012. The budget contains a $4.15 million decrease in spending from 2011 and marks the second year in a row that the amount to be raised by taxation has not increased, according to a press release from the county. The vote to…
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DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS
Child’s introduction to sports LIZZ DINNIGAN Growing up in a house with a mom who enjoys writing, art projects and keeping lists, and a Dad who reads sci-fi books, quotes Bugs Bunny and chastises their mom for not knowing the different robotic life forms on Dr. Who — my two kids will likely gravitate toward…
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Bands vie to be part of Bamboozle
Every year, local bands compete for the honor of playing on the main stage at the annual Bamboozle music festival in New Jersey. This year’s three-day Bamboozle event will be held May 18-20 at various locations in Asbury Park. Several local original bands are participating in the regional finals of the Break Contest 2012 to…
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Council introduces amended property maintenance ordinance
HOWELL — The Howell Township Council has introduced an ordinance further amending size requirements for boats and recreational vehicles that are stored at residential properties. The latest ordinance was introduced at the March 26 meeting after the council previously adopted an ordinance that changed the size requirements as well as several other aspects of Howell’s…
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Route 9 to be resurfaced
The New Jersey Department of Transportation has announced a project to resurface more than 8 miles of Route 9 in both directions from the vicinity ofAlexanderAvenue in Howell to just south of Route 79 in Freehold Township. “DOT is committed to improving our state’s aging infrastructure and providing safe travel for all motorists,” Transportation Commissioner…
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