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City gears for change in Broadway Arts Zone
Long Branch forced to acquire properties due to developer’s financial woes BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer A rendering of the Broadway Arts Center proposed for lower Broadway in Long Branch. Plans called for a mixed-use district to include performing and visual arts venues, restaurants and residential apartments, including housing for Monmouth University students. Long Branch officials…
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Art Hillard, Old Bridge, looks over the engine of an auto featured at the Winter Classic Luxury Car Show held on the Long Branch oceanfront on Feb. 18. CHRIS KELLY
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How to get your sports news in the paper
If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Give complete information, such as dates, full…
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The NJ Marlins seek dedicated and hardworking baseball players ages 10-18 for the 2012 spring/summer and fall seasons. All interested players must fill out a player prospect form at www.njmarlins.com. The Marlins 17U teams will play a highly competitive schedule with maximum exposure, including invitation-only events and 12 local, regional and national tournaments. The 2012…
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Perretti Farms will remain in the breeding business
The reports that Perretti Farms is going out of business, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are greatly exaggerated. Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge is in the market for fillies coming off the track to add to the broodmare band of the state’s largest standardbred farm. This marks a reversal in plans for the Perrettis — William…
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Redbird girls happy to be starting CJ tourney at home
Basketball team will host Jackson Liberty BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Dana Sensi and the other two senior starters on Allentown High School’s girls basketball team — Leah Ogrodnik and Carlee Corvasce — are eager to wind down their high school careers in solid fashion in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Tournament as they prepare…
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Allentown High School’s Drew Shreck, shown here battling with Notre Dame’s Angelo D’Amico during the regular season, finished fourth at 145 pounds at the NJSIAA District 25 Wrestling Tournament held Feb. 18 at New Egypt High School. The Redbirds finished in second place, just two points behind New Egypt, 126.5-124.5, in the team competition. SCOTT…
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Libraries hold ‘Share a Story’ book drives
Whether it’s the ever-popular “Harry Potter” series, a classic like “Winnie the Pooh” or a modern bestseller like “A Ball for Daisy,” books continue to play an important role in children’s lives. For the past seven years, the Monmouth County Library Children’s Department and New Jersey Natural Gas Co. have been partners in the “Share…
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Students invited to enter poster contest
“Soil to Spoon” is the theme for the 2012 conservation poster contest sponsored by the Freehold Soil Conservation District and the N.J. Association of Conservation Districts. Students in the second through 12th grades in Middlesex and Monmouth counties are invited to create a poster highlighting their artistic talents while exploring the important role soil plays…
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