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Suspect sought in armed robbery
MIDDLETOWN — Police are looking for a suspect in the armed robbery of a Lincroft pharmacy. According to a press release from the Middletown Township Police Department, the suspect entered a Rite Aid pharmacy on Newman Springs Road at approximately 5:50 p.m. Jan. 31. “Police say the suspect entered the pharmacy, lifted up his sweatshirt…
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a concert
MATAWAN— A special Valentine’s Day celebration concert by Oasis Players will be presented 4 p.m. Feb. 12 at the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan, 883 Route 34. “Friends and Lovers” will present love songs from past and present. The vocalists of Oasis Players will delve into movie music, Broadway songs and concert standards for an…
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Temple Beth Ahm hosts talk on Operation Lifeshield
ABERDEEN — Temple Beth Ahm, 550 Lloyd Road, will host guest speaker Rabbi Shmuel Bowman, executive director of Operation Lifeshield, on Thursday, March 1, at 7 p.m . Rabbi Bowmanwill be visiting the United States from Israel to raise both awareness about the need for bomb shelters in Israel and about much-needed funding for Operation…
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MRHS expands science courses
Anatomy & physiology and 21st-century physics open to all students BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Matawan Regional High School will add two new science courses in September to provide students with more options and a stronger science background. Members of the Board of Education unanimously approved adding Physics of the 21st Century and…
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Brian Yeh and Katherine Lin perform as the Golden Lion in the Lion Dance during the Jersey Shore Chinese School’s Year of the Water Dragon new year celebration held at Holmdel High School on Feb. 4. CHRIS KELLY
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Towns, county to work on regional disaster plan
County OEM: Evacuation routes to be revisited, social media integrated into county’s plan Signs mark a coastal evacuation route. Monmouth County and each of its 53 municipalities will be required by the state to prepare emergency/disaster response operations for the development of a regional, coordinated emergency/disaster response plan for the coastal area. Plans must include…
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NAMI New Jersey celebrates heroes
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NJ has launched its 2012 Celebrating Our Heroes campaign to acknowledge and celebrate the heroes who serve our country, who battle mental illness and who fight for their loved one’s recovery. The public is invited to submit the names and/or pictures of heroes to be featured on its website…
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Residents’ turn to challenge Four Ponds proposal
Height at issue in hearing on 270-unit town home development BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Contact Mike Davis at [email protected] MIDDLETOWN — After eight months of testimony from the applicant, cross-examination began last week by an attorney retained by Lincroft residents opposing a hotly contested housing development proposed for the former Avaya site. At the Feb.…
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Gas main break temporarily closes Church St.
— Mike Davis ABERDEEN — A broken gas main under a township bridge forced the county to temporarily close parts of Church Street. According to a Monmouth County press release, the leak was discovered on Feb. 3. “A gas leak in a New Jersey Natural Gas Co. main, discovered this morning under a county-owned bridge…
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