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Advocates fault revised beach-access rules
Public hearing on amended beach-access rules to be held April 18 in Long Branch BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The state’s revised public-access rulebook falls short for some local environmentalists, who see the proposal to allow towns to create their own beach access plans as a failure to protect the public interest. “[The…
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All are welcome at church’s egg hunt
First Baptist Church of Red Bank, 84 MapleAve., invites the community children to join in its annual egg hunt 10 a.m. March 31. Upon arrival, the children are broken into age groups and gathered together for their time to start the hunt. In good weather, the hunt is outdoors, and in rainy weather, it moves…
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Sixth ‘Paint the Town Pink’ May 4-12
RED BANK— Riverview Medical Center will host its annual Paint the Town Pink for the sixth year to raise awareness of the importance of annual mammography. Beginning May 4, Pink Bank (Red Bank), Pink Beach (Monmouth Beach), and Pink Haven (Fair Haven) will once again be transformed for the Paint the Town Pink event. For…
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Dorn’s collection chronicles generational narrative
Severinis conserve Dorn’s Classic Images and plan for archive’s future BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer This 1898 photograph of the Seabird steamboat is one of thousands of historic photographs in the Dorn’s Classic Images collection. PHOTO COURTESY OF DORNS CLASSIC IMAGES The vintage photograph shows a 3-year-old boy wearing a dress and holding a Felix…
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Planning Board votes not to spare tree
Board members’ difficult decision blamed on boro’s shade-tree ordinance BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer This 100-foot tulip poplar’s days are numbered after the Fair Haven Planning Board approved a developer’s application to remove the tree, which is in the footprint of a planned subdivision. KRISTEN DALTON Despite months of impassioned pleas from residents and extended…
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Volunteers remove debris from the grounds of the Red Bank Primary School on River Street on March 24, part of a cleanup of the local watershed sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Red Bank Environmental Commission to mark World Water Day 2012. More photos, page 39 and gmnews.com. ERIC…
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“Power in silence, strength in numbers”
Nearly 200 people take part in silent stand for Trayvon Martin by KRISTEN DALTONStaff Writer Protesters remember the memory of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old boy killed in Florida by a neighborhood watch captain, at an April 2 demonstration in Red Bank. Among the many signs that read “We are Trayvon Martin” held in the hands of…
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South Brunswick High School shortstop Sean Keenan fires one over to first base to get a Metuchen runner during the March 24 preseason scrimmage hosted by Metuchen. The Vikings were getting ready for the April 12 season opener in Sayreville. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Lady Vikes softball team looking to contend in GMC Red Division
BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The South Brunswick High School girls softball team will be looking to make its mark in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division this spring, under new coach Heather Wells. Last season South Brunswick showed promise in posting a 12-10 mark and battling top-seed Rancocas Valley in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group…
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