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Keith McHeffey Run set for March 12
SEA BRIGHT — The KDM Foundation will sponsor the 10th annual Keith McHeffey 3-Mile Fun Run on Saturday, March 12. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. and the run will start at 11 a.m. Sponsors recommend preregistering at http://www.raceforum.com/kdm/. The Mad Hatter, located just steps from the finish line at 10 Ocean Ave. in Sea…
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A St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl in Red Bank to benefit the New Jersey Blind CitizensAssociation (www.njbca.org) of Leonardo will be held 2-9 p.m. March 26. The cost is $25 and includes a commemorative T-shirt and drink and appetizer specials at Red Bank’s hottest bars and restaurants. For the Lucky 7 Bingo, the entry fee…
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Poet Aracelis Girmay reads selections of her own work at the Monmouth University Wilson Hall auditorium in celebration of Black History Month on Feb. 21. CHRIS KELLY
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on campus
Bryanna Schroeter of Ocean has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I. Pauline L. Ades of the Elberon section of Long Branch earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Binghamton University, State University of New York. Villanova University, Villanova, Pa., has named the following…
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Park service once again plots future of Fort Hancock
Pallone urges NPS to lease buildings to nonprofits BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent Members of the public still have time to share their vision for the future of historic Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook. The National Park Service will accept comments concerning plans for the fort on line until March 15 at http://www.nps.gov/gate/parknews/futureof fort-hancock.htm. “Comments will…
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There might be an upside to a government shutdown
CODA GREG BEAN A s this is being written, it looks like there could be a federal government shutdown as early as this Friday, March 4. Even if there’s a stopgap measure passed to give our representatives and senators more time to come to a meeting of the minds, it would likely only provide the…
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Congress should continue Title X funding
The newly elected leaders in the House of Representatives have launched the most devastating legislative assault on women’s health care in American history. They want to eliminate the national family program called Title X, which has provided millions of women with preventive care since 1970, when President Richard Nixon signed it into law. In addition,…
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Burry addresses criticism of library employee
GUEST COLUMN LILLIAN G. BURRY For the better part of a year now, the library has come under an undue share of criticism. Last year, after an intense scrutiny of the library budget, the library commission formed a threeperson budget committee, and with the help of the county’s finance director, brought in a $16 million…
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