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Goodwill opens donation center, store in Ocean Township
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer OCEANTOWNSHIP— Residents will be able to shop for bargain items at the new Goodwill Store and Donation Center that recently opened in the township. The grand opening of the retail store and donation center on North Mall Drive, the nonprofit agency’s second location in Monmouth County, was held Sept. 15.…
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L.B. beaches bring in record revenues
City collects $1.6M in fees despite rain, hurricane at season end BY KENNYWALTER LONG BRANCH — For the third straight summer Long Branch officials touted the city beaches for producing record-setting revenues. Finance Director Ron Mehlhorn Sr. said that the city took in $1.6 million in beach badge fees in 2011 and that total would…
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Museum presents ‘New Jersey Goes to War’
OCEANTOWNSHIP— This yearmarks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and local historical consultant and author Joseph Bilby will tell stories about New Jerseyans caught up in the struggle including soldiers, civilians, men, women, heroes, scoundrels and those just getting by in “New Jersey Goes to War.” Bilby’s presentation will take place at 7:15 p.m.…
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Eatontown accepts civilian students from Earle
T.F. district balks at educating students who are not Navy dependents BY KENNYWALTER TINTON FALLS — Tinton Falls Public School District officials are once again embroiled in a controversy over educating children living on Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, this time civilian children. School district Business Administrator Tamar Sydney-Gens said in an interview…
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Voters defeat $12.3M MRHS referendum
BY KENNYWALTER Monmouth Regional High School educates students in Tinton Falls, Eatontown and Shrewsbury Township. KRISTEN DALTON TINTONFALLS— Monmouth Regional High School District officials will go back to the drawing board after voters failed to approve a proposed $12.3 million referendum in a special election last week. The referendum failed with 655 no votes vs.…
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Byrne to serve as Monmouth U. public servant in residence
Gov. Brendan Byrne will guest lecture in classes and give several talks on campus as Monmouth University’s public servant in residence during the 2011-12 academic year. Byrne served two terms as New Jersey’s 47th governor from 1974 to 1982. According to a press release from the university, he is most proud of his role in…
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Block party & pooch parade
Denise Santini, of The Baby Galleria, tends her table at the first Long Branch Block Party and Pooch Parade held along Brighton Avenue in West End on Oct. 1. The family event featured a pie-eating contest, foods from local restaurants, crafters, rides, fire truck rides and the return of the Pooch Parade, an event that…
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Eatontown begins final phase of restructuring Police Dept.
Chief: Changes will save $10K, make dept. more effective BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI The Eatontown Police Department will begin the final phase of restructuring, including reorganization of administrative posts and adding patrol officers, to create a more effective police department. “This is going to make the department run more efficiently,” Police Chief Michael D. Goldfarb said…
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