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Height variance delays Hampton Inn proposal
Attorney reminds planners that ordinance sets 50-foot height limit at riverfront BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer RED BANK — An overlooked zoning ordinance became a sticking point at the Planning Board’s Dec. 19 meeting regarding a proposal to build a Hampton Inn at the foot of Cooper’s Bridge. While the Planning Board listened to testimony…
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New year, new programs at R.B. Library
REDBANK— The list of special and regularly scheduled programs offered in the Adult and Children’s Departments of the Red Bank Public Library will continue to grow in 2012. Starting at 1 p.m. on Jan. 6, the library will offer a free weekly one-hour Friday yoga class for adults. Amy Richardson, a graduate of the Institute…
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You’re not getting fat, you’re just a survivor
CODA GREG BEAN I got on the scale last week after avoiding the thing since summer and thought I had forgotten to change the batteries because it was giving me such a crazy reading. Instead of the svelte guy I see in my mind’s eye every morning, it was informing me I’d somehow transformed into…
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Banning religious symbols may violate Constitution
A s we are now in the Christmas season, we are once again confronted with arguments over the public display of religious scenes, most notably the Christmas tree and the crèche, both of which are important to followers of the various Christian religions. In recent times, protests have been made that the display of items…
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Group seeks sponsors to help donkeys, horses
This holiday season, please consider extending your compassion and generosity to poor people and exhausted animals in India by becoming an Animal Rahat sponsor. (“Rahat” means “relief” in Hindi.) Throughout India, thousands of bullocks, horses and donkeys are forced to pull heavy carts for miles. Many suffer from muscle strain and painful sores. The exhausted…
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Letter to Fair Haven mayor about trees, freedom
Thank you for your response to my email of Dec. 15, 2011. In 1957 I owned a home on River Road in Fair Haven and had a crabapple tree in the backyard. I didn’t like the tree, so I cut it down. This was possible because in those days residents were free from the long…
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Beck: Monmouth Park accord expedites rebid
NJSEA will continue to operate racetrack while new lessee is sought BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Agreements reached between stakeholders in a last-minute deal to save the 2012 racing season at Monmouth Park will shape the state’s follow-up attempt to lease the rights to operate the racetrack. Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12th District), who has…
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Seagulls a problem for some T.F. residents
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Some borough residents feel as if they are under attack from the skies, and now they have let the council know about the problem. Several residents from the borough’s Fox Chase development in the southern sector of the borough complained during the Dec. 6 Borough Council meeting about…
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