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business briefs •••
Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, is hiring more than 4,100 employees, including 200 interns, for the 2012 season. The park will host a job fair Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Six Flags offers a variety of positions and paid internships and offers team members many benefits including flexible hours, health and medical…
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Plumsted board moves school vote to November
— Andrew Martins PLUMSTED — The members of the Plumsted SchoolDistrict Board of Education voted unanimously on Feb. 8 to move the date of the annual school election from April to November. Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law on Jan. 17 that gives school boards the option to move the annual election for…
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Options for new playground to be considered in Plumsted
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — A new panel that will investigate the possible options for a new park in Plumsted has been given the green light by the Township Committee. The Playground Equipment Committee has already started to set up meetings with playground equipment vendors to assess potential costs. The panel of 12…
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DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS
Tubing during a snowless winter LIZZ DINNIGAN Give me a tube and a snow mountain, and I turn into a child. If you’ve never tried it, snow tubing has the same sensation as sledding, except it’s bumpier and you don’t have to hoof it back up the hill. Aslow-moving, flat conveyor belt, typically called the…
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datebook •••
• Kimball Closet, a thrift shop in Jackson that is owned and managed by the Kimball Medical Center Foundation, needs volunteers to work from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays. Volunteers are also welcome Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duties will include pricing donated…
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Howell residents stew as bridge project lingers
BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL— The Echo Lake bridge replacement project in Howell which was initially slated for a Dec. 31, 2011, completion date is now targeted for completion in March, according to Monmouth County officials. Delays on the bridge project, which also includes repairs to a nearby dam, have been a source of…
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Volunteers needed for Kimball Closet
Kimball Medical Center, a Barnabas Health facility, seeks volunteers to assist at Kimball Closet, one of three thrift shops owned and managed by the Kimball Medical Center Foundation. Volunteers are needed immediately on Tuesdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Volunteers are also welcome Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4…
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Parents Night Out slated for Feb. 24
A Parents Night Out program for parents with special-needs children and their siblings will be held 6-9 p.m. Feb. 24 at the DeBows United Methodist Church. The program, which is open to the public at no cost, involvesmusic, games, crafts and sports, and is for children ages 3 to 12. The church is at the…
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ARE WE THERE YET
He says I don’t need my floppy anymore LORI CLINCH I s it me, or is technology moving at the speed of light? It seems like just yesterday that I was riding around in my car with a new-fangled cassette player as I sang Foreigner at the top of my lungs. Then the next thing…
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