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What’s in a name?
Monroe board undecided on what to call new theater BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer MONROE — As a new high school building prepares to open its doors to students in September, the Board of Education is deciding on a name for the school’s performing arts center. At their Aug. 17 meeting, board members discussed options…
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Vendors space open at OLOL Fall Festival
The sixth annual Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) School Fall Festival is set for 5-10 p.m. Sept. 30, noon-11 p.m. Oct. 1, and noon-6 p.m. Oct. 2, outdoors on the school grounds, 44 Cleveland Ave., Milltown. The event will take place rain or shine. Vendor spaces are available at a cost of $15 per space…
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S.R. Office on Aging sets events, programs
The South River Office on Aging/Senior Center, 55 Reid St., offers a variety of activities 9:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. The office will be closed Sept. 5 in observance of Labor Day. The September schedule is as follows: fitness room, Mondays-Fridays, 9:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; membership photo identification cards, daily, noon-2 p.m.; light-chair exercise…
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Power out in Milltown due to flooded substation
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Hurricane Irene’s fierce winds and severe flooding has left the borough in the dark. Power remained out since about 4:15 a.m. Sunday, when officials made the decision to shut down the electric substation on Washington Avenue before it flooded, Police Chief Raymond Geipel said. “We have our officials…
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Floodwaters wreak havoc in Monroe during Irene
Numerous residents evacuated, placed in emergency shelters BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Members of Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 help a woman out of a boat after an evacuation on Grabowski Court in Helmetta on Aug. 28. JEFF GRANIT staff Floodwaters resulting from Hurricane Irene were so severe that officials said the township…
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Surging waters flood downtown Jamesburg
Mayor: Community’s efforts staved off injury, loss of life during Hurricane Irene BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Severe flooding from Hurricane Irene has caused major damage to about 60 homes and businesses in Jamesburg. Mayor Anthony LaMantia said that although the water had subsided early this week, many families still cannot return to their homes…
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Irene’s wallop delivers heavy flooding, outages
Widespread damage, but few injuries reported after storm BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Emergency personnel rescue Jessie Talnagi and her mother Linda from their home on Grabowski Court in Helmetta on Sunday after Hurricane Irene flooded the street. For more photos, see page 28. Additional photos of the storm’s effects on area towns are available…
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Monroe farm severely impacted by flooding from hurricane
Gasko’s cleaning up with hopes of reopening in near future Above left: Pete Gasko looks over acres of displaced trees and shrubs left in the wake of Hurricane Irene at his farm in Monroe on Tuesday. Above right: Workers clean up the fields. Gasko estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 mums and about 20,000 shrubs were…
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Season opener
Monmouth University’s Nicole Close (l) and Seton Hall University’s Christina Cinelli grimace as they go up for a ball during the season-opening women’s soccer match played on the Great Lawn in West Long Branch on Aug. 26. Seton Hall edged the Hawks, 1-0. The match was part of a women’s-men’s double-header at Monmouth. Monmouth’s nationally…
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