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GreaterMedia Newspapers garners NJPA awards
Eric Sucar, “High Noon Sledding,” third place, Feature, Independent Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 11 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2010. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 10 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. Former Greater…
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March 2011: The rational optimist
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “So much is written of the gardener’s role in the creation and enjoyment of flowering beauty and so little said of the relish of honest labor that gardening requires.” Author unknown March — a roller-coaster month full of promises, but unreliable to the last day. Spring officially starts this month, and…
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March 30 program to focus on Leni-Lenape
Learn about the coastal lifestyle of the Leni-Lenape of the Delaware Nation, New Jersey’s native people, when the Long Branch Historical Association’s Al Avizius presents “Lenape of the Jersey Shore.” This free event will be held 7:30 p.m. March 30 in the second-floor auditorium of Long Branch City Hall, 344 Broadway. Refreshments will be served.
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Child Find under way in local schools
Each year, the school districts in Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright and West Long Branch seek to identify and evaluate children ages 3 to 14 who may be experiencing physical, sensory, communication, cognitive or social difficulties. This search includes migrant and homeless students, 2-year-olds reaching the age of 3 within 120 days, preschoolers between 3…
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Holocaust Butterfly Project to memorialize children set to begin
I n an effort to memorialize the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished during the Holocaust, the Holocaust Museum Houston, Texas, is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies for a special exhibit in 2013. The Monmouth County Library Teen and Young Adult Program will be taking part in this effort. Eight different library branches will hold…
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5K to benefit Kortney Rose Foundation
The second annual 5K Walk/Run, sponsored by the Global Understanding Convention and the Political Science Club at Monmouth University will be held 2:30 p.m. April 8 in front of Wilson Hall on the school’s campus in West Long Branch. All are welcome to join the event, which will include refreshments, music and awards. Finishing off…
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Tarantolo offers insight into Ft. Monmouth closure
Army asks host towns to help secure vacant fort property BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Mayor Gerald Tarantolo last week held the first of what he says will be a series of informational meetings on the status of Fort Monmouth’s closing at Borough Hall. During the March 10 meeting, which drew only a…
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Second Saturdays at the Studio
Photography by Jenifer Rutherford is featured for March as the “Second Saturdays at the Studio” series continues at Joel McFadden jewelry design studio in Red Bank. “Triptych Landscapes” by Rutherford will be on view at McFadden’s studio through Wednesday, April 6. Second Saturdays showcases the work of a different local artist each month, inviting all…
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Jewish women in politics focus of talk at museum
Amy Handlin, Amy Mallet & Barbara McMorrow to sit on panel at museum BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Barbara McMorrow FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Three well-known women who serve in public office will participate in “Jewish Women in Politics: A Panel Discussion” at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County on March 27. The event…
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