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Rutgers to offer MBA in Jewish studies
The Department of Jewish Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University New Brunswick is now offering a master’s degree program in Jewish studies. The program focuses on Jewish history, the Bible, Jewish literature and cultural studies, religious studies, and Yiddish and Israel studies. The program was established, in part, through an…
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L.B. extends beach fees to 14- to 17-year-olds
Some residents cite impact on low-income families BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — In an effort to close a budget deficit, the City Council approved an increase in beach fees last week, much to the dismay of a handful of residents. The council unanimously adopted an ordinance that will raise seasonal and daily beach…
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They could probably list it as a ‘handyman special’
CODA GREG BEAN File this one under: Better Late Than Never. For years, I’ve thought that if I lost my home and needed a place to live for a very long time, I’d just break into the McGinnis School building on the intersection of Dunhams Corner Road and Hardenburg Lane in East Brunswick, and squat.…
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Surfer happy that deal creates access to beach area
The deal struck between the City of Long Branch and developer Charles Kushner for beach access between his Elberon properties is a good one. It creates five legal parking spaces for fishermen, surfers, and beachcombers, and guarantees access to the sand buffer and bulkhead at the end ofAdams Street. It also widens the street so…
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Poverty main cause of student underperformance
The media, the Republicans, Arne Duncan, and Bill Gates are fond of talking about the “educational crisis” in this nation, because the United States placed in the middle among 30 industrialized nations on the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test. But it is seldom noted that the U.S. also has the highest poverty…
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Council candidates debate issues ahead of May 10 election
Audience members question municipal spending, nepotism BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Ocean Township Council candidates, (l-r) Robert Ades, Councilman W. Michael Evans, Councilman William Garofalo, Mirco Kaja, Mayor William Larkin and Councilwoman Donna Shepiga, participate in a debate moderated by the Ocean Township League of Women Voters on April 28. LAUREN CASSELBERRY OCEAN TOWNSHIP —…
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W.L.B. Library to host book, music programs
WEST LONG BRANCH — The West Long Branch Library, 95 Poplar Ave., will host a book club discussion on the novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” at 6:30 p.m. May 5. This old-fashioned historical novel has a narrative that alternates between the early 1940s and 1984. The novel is a quietly moving,…
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Local school budgets pass muster with voters
District superintendents ‘grateful’ for voter support BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer A fter years of budget defeats at the polls in some school districts, local school boards are expressing their appreciation to voters for casting their ballots in favor of their districts’ 2011-2010 school spending plans. Boards of Education in Ocean Township, Eatontown, West Long…
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