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Lions to lean on pitching during tournament play
By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Liberty High School’s baseball team is geared up for the beginning of state tournament play. Despite starting three freshmen, Jackson Liberty, which is 9-9 overall, was 8-7 at the 15-game state cutoff for NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III, with spots guaranteed to teams with winning records. Jackson Liberty was also seeded…
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Stage set for Red Bank girl in ‘School of Rock’
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK — A sixth grader at the Red Bank Charter School has been chosen to play the role of Britney in “School of Rock” at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. Lily “Grace” Riddle, of the Count Basie Performing Arts Academy, is set to take on the role.…
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Red Bank parking fees going up
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK — Members of the borough council say they have found a solution in order to ease a tax increase in this year’s budget — an increase in the parking rates. “We know this is a topic of great concern to the business community, but also to all of…
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Red Bank reader is a world beater
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK – Red Bank Middle School student Karina Linares Huerta was recognized by the borough council for beating out more than a million students around the globe in an online reading program. Karina, a seventh grader at the middle school, is a participant in the Achieve3000 online reading program.…
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Oceanport holds off on affordable housing decision
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council remains undecided on where Habitat for Humanity should be permitted to construct a pair of affordable housing units that would meet the borough’s affordable housing requirements. During a May 12 special meeting, the Borough Council passed a resolution asking for the planning board to recommend…
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Safe boating course set for June 6, 7
Coast Boating School LLC will conduct a New Jersey mandatory safe boating course, under the New Jersey State Law, at Oceanport First Aid, Oceanport, from 6-9:30 p.m. on June 6 and June 7. The cost is $75. For more information or to register, call 732-279-0562.
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Shrewsbury re-enters county’s Demonstration Program
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — After spending time weighing facts and gaining input from local leaders and surrounding municipalities, the Borough Council unanimously voted to opt back into the Monmouth County Reassessment Demonstration Program. The decision occurred at the council’s May 2 meeting, where a resolution was adopted stating that the borough…
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Rumson appoints new acting municipal judge
RUMSON — Judge Nicole Sonnenblick was appointed as the acting municipal court judge for the Borough of Rumson through an April 12 Borough Council resolution. She is filling in for Judge Richard Thompson, whose term expires Dec. 31. Mayor Ekdahl conducted the swearing-in ceremony while Sonnenblick’s husband, Peter Licata, held the Bible. “Judge Sonnenblick was…
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Operas slated at high school
LITTLE SILVER — The vocal majors of Red Bank Regional High School’s (RBR) Visual & Performing Arts Academy (VPA) will present operas at 7 p.m. May 20 and 21 at 101 Ridge Road. Both shows will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra. On May 20, “Orfeo ed Euridice,” by 18th-century composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck, will be…
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