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Before you step under the mistletoe …
Mistletoe is one of our most iconic holiday symbols. You see it in pictures, hear about it in familiar carols, and either look for it or avoid it depending on your romantic status! But what do you really know about the plant, the origins of the many customs surrounding its use, and New Jersey’s unique…
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Zoning board OKs expanded parking at sports center
Tab Ramos Sports Center will add on-site parking BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — After a year and a half of testimony, the Zoning Board of Adjustment approved additional on-site parking for the Tab Ramos Sports Center on Blair Road. During the Dec. 14 meeting, four members of the Zoning Board voted to grant…
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on campus
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg, conferred 420 degrees on graduates at its winter commencement ceremonies. Local graduates are: Chris M. Harnett of Aberdeen, Jennifer Curran of Hazlet, Marc A. Rosner of Port Monmouth, and Amanda M. Wright of Middletown. Amy Laudicano of Middletown, a communications major at Manhattan College, class of 2012, was…
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Pt. Monmouth beach replenishment funded
Pallone secures $2.94M in federal budget; project to begin in September BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — With the aftermath of Hurricane Irene still evident along the coastline, Port Monmouth residents can expect some preventive relief in the future. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th District) announced on Dec. 15 that funding for beach replenishment in Port…
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Brightbill lauded for service to community
Deputy mayor ends tenure on Twp. Committee BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Deputy Mayor Pamela Brightbill (background) watches students weigh produce grown in the Tonya Keller Community Center community garden this summer. MIDDLETOWN — Six years after she was the new committeewoman, Deputy Mayor Pamela Brightbill presided over her final meeting of the Township Committee on…
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Lunch Break looks to ‘spark a movement’
Significant contributions create new ways to connect to community BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Lunch Break Pantry Supervisor Peg Rizzo (center) helps Howard Leipzig, of Dogs on the Farm, unload pet food donated to the Red Bank soup kitchen and food pantry through a drive sponsored by the Middletown doggie day care facility. PHOTOS BY…
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Matawan raises concerns over turbine transport
Five towns have not yet approved route for components BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI & MIKE DAVIS Staff Writers Municipalities along the transport route for a wind turbine bound for Union Beach are not yet on board with the transport of 200 tons of components through their borders. “The concern the council has, and that includes myself,…
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Howard Leipzig (l), his wife Karen Leipzig and their dog Missy, of Dogs on the Farm doggie day care in Middletown, deliver donated pet food to Lunch Break in Red Bank on Dec. 21. See story. page 3. ERIC SUCAR staff
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