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College tour preps students for future success
‘Get on the Bus’ tour visits historically black colleges, universities BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Students pose for a group photograph before departing on the 2011 “Get on the Bus” tour of colleges and universities. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARL JENNINGS LONG BRANCH — Carl Jennings has seen the “Get on the Bus” tour make a difference…
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New law lets a little more sun shine on government
CODA GREG BEAN Over 30 years in the news business, and much of that in New Jersey, I learned firsthand how hard it is to find out how some branches of government are spending your tax dollars. When state governments or local municipalities released their annual lineitem budgets for public inspection, the numbers were often…
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Memo to Pres. Obama
I n your studies to be a community organizer you may have missed the 13th Amendment. It did a couple of things: made slavery and involuntary servitude illegal. Your recent “Obama Care” commandment says insurance companies will now provide free birth control stuff for all. Even you must recognize free birth control stuff costs money.…
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All honest work is respectable
This letter is in response to Sharon Fernandez-Gades’ letter (“Writer’s swipe at custodial work is misguided,” Feb. 9) regarding my letter condemning Newt Gingrich’s comment about hiring urban youths as janitor aides (“Resident sees racism in candidate’s remarks,” Feb. 2). Fernandez-Gades states “ … what is so wrong with being a janitor? Why is there…
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Art imitates life
GUEST COLUMN Gilda Rogers The movie “Sparkle,” which stars Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks, is due to be released in August. This is a remake of the movie by the same name that appeared in theaters in 1976 and was a big hit in theAfrican American community. The original storyline centers on three sisters who…
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Beck: Horsemen, state near accord on racetrack
Sen. Jennifer Beck Stakeholders may be inching toward a resolution that would allow the state to finally secure a lessee to take over operation of Monmouth Park. Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-11th District) said in an interview last week that she expects the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) and New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association…
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Brookdale hosts Feb. 24 job fair
LONG BRANCH — Brookdale Community College will host its annual Community Job Fair at the Long Branch Higher Education Center, 213 Broadway, on Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Priority Pass holders will be welcomed from 9 to 10 a.m., with open admission from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Priority Passes will…
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Emergency Response open house Feb. 25
Shore Area Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Eatontown Firehouse on Broad Street, Eatontown. Residents from Eatontown, Little Silver, Oceanport, Red Bank, Shrewsbury, Tinton Falls and West Long Branch are welcome to attend. Sponsored by the local government — often a…
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