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T-Mobile proposes cell tower at church site
Residents say 100-foot-tall pole would impact property values BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Residents in the Rolling Meadows section of the township are up in arms over a proposal by TMobile to construct a 100-foot-tall mobile phone tower on the grounds of the nearby Wayside United Methodist Church. Roughly 100 residents turned…
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Christie to HUD: Approve fort plan
BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Gov. Chris Christie has joined a growing chorus of state officials ratcheting up the pressure on Washington to approve the Fort Monmouth redevelopment plan. In a letter addressed to Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Christie calls for the agency to…
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Inventory surveys city’s natural resources
Environmental Resource Inventory reveals problems at Lake Takanassee BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Faith Teitelbaum (c), of the Long Branch Environmental Commission, Charlie Sherman and Laurel Von Gerichten clear debris and invasive plants from Ross Island and along the shoreline of Lake Takanassee in Long Branch on May 21. Below: Volunteer Wayne Trester, Elberon, cuts through…
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County receives $1.5M for fort workers’ assistance
Career center provides training/support to displaced employees of Fort Monmouth BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The county’s assistance program for workers displaced by the closure of Fort Monmouth has received a $1.5 million boost from the federal government. The $1.5 million is the final installment of an initial $3 million National Emergency Grant (NEG) awarded…
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Kassidy Candella and fourth-grade classmates use teamwork to keep a ball in play during Field Day held at Margaret Vetter Elementary School in Eatontown on June 1. More photos, page 33 and at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Future looking up for Allentown track team
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Sophomores Annie Lee and Brianna Colette, who were the last students to carry theAllentown High School track and field teams’ hopes of reaching the NJSIAA Meet of Champions, missed advancing out of the Group III championships held on June 3 and 4 at Jost field in South Plainfield. Caroline Ticse, an…
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Close call: Defending state champ ends Redbird playoff run
Allentown High School’s Alex Dominiei tried to score on this play against Colts Neck and its catcher Alex Dominiei in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III playoffs played on May 26 in Allentown. The Redbirds were victorious but saw their playoff run end May 31, when they lost a heartbreaker to defending…
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Millstone honors fallen veterans with Memorial Day ceremony
Clockwise from top: During Millstone’s Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial on May 30, Commander Rick Brody, of Post NJ-03 of the Veterans of the Vietnam War and The Veterans Coalition, honors those who lost their lives while serving in the military. A flag waves as a soldier stands at attention. New Jersey Army…
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Elementary school salutes local veterans
Right: Barry Rosenzweig, of Post NJ-03 of the Veterans of the Vietnam War and The Veterans Coalition, holds a photograph of what Harry Leonard (r) looked like when he served in the military during the patriotic singalong held at the Newell Elementary School in Allentown on May 26. Far right: Rosenzweig leads students in singing…
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