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DOT awards $39M for Bayshore projects
— Jacqueline Hlavenka MIDDLETOWN — Various road improvements for six areas in the Bayshore were included in the state’s Department of Transportation (DOT) fiscal year 2012 capital program, officials announced March 24. In a press statement, Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-13th District) said the plan includes investments of $39 million in District 13, including infrastructure projects…
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Historic county sites to be open for visits
‘W eekend in Old Monmouth” returns again with 40 historic sites throughout Monmouth County opening their doors to visitors interested in local history. Hours for most sites are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 30 and from noon to 5 p.m. May 1. “Forty historic sites will participate in the third ‘Weekend in Old…
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Seminar on veterans’ benefits April 2
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation (NJVVMF) will host a free seminar on the V.A. health care system 10 a.m. April 2 at the Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center, adjacent to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, located off the Garden State Parkway at exit 116. Members of the V.A. Community Outreach Team…
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Swing your partner and do-si-do
Middletown Ramblers teach students the art of square dance BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Above: Nick Pappagallo, a student in Thorne Middle School’s multiple disabilities program, do-si-dos with a partner during a square-dancing session with the Middletown Ramblers on March 28. Below: Patrick Hoey (center) and Al Savage (l) swing their partners for the square-dance…
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Middletown school budget, tax levy increase
Positions eliminated; cost of benefits trimmed BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Middletown Township Public School District Board of Education unanimously approved a proposed budget with a 1.4 percent tax levy increase at its meeting on March 23. According to Business Administrator Amy Gallagher, the increase equates to a $74 increase for the year for…
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Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America, N.J. Shore Area, Chapter 12, open “Commemorating Fort Monmouth: Contributions to County and Country 1917-2011” on March 26, a program presented by the Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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sport shorts
The Jackson Herricanes U11 girls travel soccer team traveled to New York to take part in the 2011 Manhattan Soccer Club Kickoff Classic Tournament, and they came back to Jackson as champions. The Herricanes played against a team from New Jersey (the Parsippany Hawthorns) and two teams from New York (the New Hyde Park Wildcats…
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Lions’ softball coach returns to sidelines
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent When the Jackson Liberty High School softball team opens its 2011 season at Jackson Memorial High School on April 1, Lions coach Laura Borrelli will be on the sidelines in a wheelchair. The coach, who has been with the program through its first three varsity seasons, is recovering from an extremely…
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Guarino aims for title at East Stroudsburg
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s Eric Sousa throws a pitch to a Central Regional batter during the Jaguars’ preseason scrimmage against the Golden Eagles on March 17 in Jackson. The Jaguars will open the 2011 high school baseball season on April 2 vs. Hamilton West High School of Mercer County. ERIC SUCAR…
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