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Council endorses Gregory School conversion
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Architect’s rendering of the proposed senior housing project LONG BRANCH — With a series of resolutions, the City Council has given the green light to a proposal to convert the former Gregory School site into a senior housing complex. The council approved a resolution endorsing the project as well as a…
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Resource Center hosts public law workshops
As part of its community outreach initiative, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth Vicinage, Self-Help Resource Center will hold a series of workshops on court-related topics. These seminars are conducted in conjunction with Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services and held at the courthouse of the Monmouth Vicinage, 71 Monument Park in Freehold. Sessions are free and…
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Seashore Day Camp marks 85th anniversary
Campers have been enjoying summers at Seashore Day Camp since 1926 LONG BRANCH – Local officials and generations of Shore families who have attended Seashore Day Camp for the past eight and a half decades will come together July 23 to celebrate the camp’s 85th anniversary. The reunion will take place at Seashore’s 345 Second…
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Momentum builds to keep fort commissary open
Local representatives’ efforts to protect the commissary at Fort Monmouth are gaining steam in Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) said during a July 7 teleconference that House leaders have joined the fight to keep the post exchange open. He spoke on the floor about the commissary during debate on the Defense Appropriations…
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11th District to hold mobile office hours
State Sen. Sean Kean, Assemblyman Dave Rible andAssemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini, Republicans representing the 11th District, will hold mobile office hours this summer at three locations in the district. Office hours will be held at the Long Branch Public Library on Wednesday, Aug. 3; Wall Township Public Library on Friday, Aug. 12; and Ocean Township…
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Democratic Club to meet July 21
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Coastal Monmouth Democratic Club, serving Ocean Township, Tinton Falls, Allenhurst, Interlaken and Loch Arbour, will sponsor a presentation by Barbara and Fenton Hudson, a former township manager, at the Thursday, July 21, meeting. The Hudsons distribute a comprehensive nonpartisan email on the actions taken at each Ocean Township Council meeting. Their…
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Dispose of old documents safely on July 22
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Monmouth County has scheduled a summer papershredding 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…
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Oceanfest
Crowds pack the boardwalk for Long Branch’s OceanFest 2011 celebration on July 4. The annual event features a sand castle competition, strolling entertainers, vendors, children’s activities, dance and capoeira demonstrations and live music. PHOTOS BY JOHN LALANAS
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Grant will get O.T. complex above water
$4.4Min FEMA funds will help rebuild part of Poplar Village on higher ground BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The Poplar Village complex was inundated in 2005 after eight days of heavy rains caused Poplar Brook to overflow. Ocean Township’s Poplar Village senior complex will undergo extensive reconstruction to help mitigate flooding with funds from a $4.4…
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