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Family seeks bone marrow donor for Bayshore man
MIDDLETOWN — Jason Nappi, a 30-year-old man from Union Beach, needs a marrow transplant to save his life. His family is holding a bone marrow donor drive July 16 from noon to 6 p.m. at VFW Post 2179, Veterans Lane, Port Monmouth, as part of a search for a lifesaver. In September 2009, Nappi’s family…
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Travelin’ music for the Jazz and Blues Festival
Music series to be held in Middletown, Long Branch and Asbury Park BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Lionel Young MIDDLE- TOWN— The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation’s long-running threeday Jazz and Blues Festival will be divided among three towns on three dates this summer. “We’re actually bringing the music to a couple of new…
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Town needs accurate figures before assessing solar projects
nyone who attended the Middletown Township Committeemeeting on June 20 got to see Birdsall Engineering’s presentation of its solar feasibility study. A PDF version of that presentation is now on the town’s website. The Birdsall representative, Jessica Vogel, repeatedly emphasized the 9-cent solar electric rate assumed in Birdsall’s savings analysis, and the town committee joined…
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VA must help veterans before it’s too late
Every time the shock begins to fade from the last Veterans Affairs (VA) health care scandal, you can count on theVAto do or have done something else outrageous relative to their obligation to care for our wounded and suffering veterans. Veterans disabled by PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and a host of other mental health issues…
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Camp Jinka honored for innovative program
Summer camp open to children with relatives affected by brain tumors BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Volunteers help campers search for fossils in a brook at Poricy Park in Middletown during a session of Camp Jinka, a camp for children and teens that have been affected by a loved one’s diagnosis of a brain tumor.…
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Dispose of old documents safely on July 22
Monmouth County has scheduled a summer paper-shredding event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, July 22, at the Ocean Township Elementary School, 555 Dow Ave., Oakhurst. “Monmouth County residents can get rid of their confidential files and documents safely at this event,” Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone said in a press release. “This summer…
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Keyport introduces police structure ordinance
Public hearing scheduled for Aug. 2 council meeting BY JAMES McEVOY Correspondent KEYPORT — The ongoing discussions regarding the restructuring of police administration continued with the formal introduction of an ordinance by the Keyport Borough Council at the July 5 meeting. The introduction was approved 4-1, with Republican Councilman Warren Chamberlain being the lone dissenter.…
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Mission Matawan aims ‘to learn, to love, to serve’
Volunteers repair homes, connect with elderly and disabled residents BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Above: Perry Neare, Diana Noble and Tom Sung dismantle and move a trailer on a Morganville property as part of Mission Matawan’s work on July 1. Left: Kyle Wolf removes dead wood on the property. Beneath a pile of trash and brush,…
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