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Organ donors give hope, help make miracles happen
The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) was founded 25 years ago when residents of Bloomington, Ind., rallied around a little boy who needed a life-saving liver transplant. In less than eight weeks, the community raised $100,000 to place the boy on the organ waiting list. But the child died before an organ became available. Those…
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Funding of Planned Parenthood applauded
Last week a handful of members of Congress, including Representative Chris Smith (R-4th District) of New Jersey, tried to use the debate over our national deficit to pursue an extreme agenda that would have cut off health care to millions of women for pap tests, tests for cancer and HIV, breast exams, and birth control…
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Businesses urged to participate in Denim Day
A pril is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual assault happens every day, everywhere around the world and to individuals from every background. It affects men, women and children. It is estimated that one in six women will experience an attempted rape in her lifetime. Most assaults — whether of women or men — go…
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It’s duck and cover in Fair Haven
Council: Ducks can stay, but they must be screened from view BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — The Borough Council decided at itsApril 11 meeting to permit 12- year-old Nikki Vuille to keep six ducks in the backyard of her home at South Woodland Drive if she meets the conditions set by the council.…
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School board races largely uncontested
With a few exceptions, the majority of school board races on local school boards are uncontested in the April 27 election. In the Monmouth Regional School District, which educates students from Eatontown, Tinton Falls and Shrewsbury Township, there is a contested race between incumbent Joseph Gaetano and Barbara Van Wagner, both of Eatontown. Incumbent Steve…
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‘Tina Colella: Essence … Simple, Timeless, Beauty’
“L.A. Night Sky”Monmouth University is hosting the first solo exhibit of images by Oceanport photographer Tina Colella, “Essence … Simple, Timeless, Beauty” will run through May 20 in the Pollak Gallery on the West Long Branch campus. Colella, a professional lens woman for most of her life, is a passionate proponent of the captured image,…
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T.F. revisits solar, wind energy rules
Changes favor rooftop solar systems, restrict turbines to larger lots BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — For the second time in 2011, the Tinton Falls Borough Council will consider revisions to the standards for wind and solar energy systems. Borough Planner Paul Gleitz brought the topic up at theApril 5 workshop meeting after speaking…
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Three candidates seek four seats on R.B. Board of Ed.
Board seats, $15M budget on April 27 ballot BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — Three incumbents and one challenger will compete for three seats on the Red Bank Public School District Board of Education. Ernest Anemone, Janet Jones and Peter Noble are running for re-election, with newcomer Allan Palma challenging the incumbents. Suzanne…
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