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Chabad of Holmdel to dedicate new Torah
HOLMDEL — A Torah scroll will be ceremoniously inducted for ritual use by the Chabad Jewish Center of Holmdel on a day of dedication and celebration at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 6. Chabad invites the community to welcome the new Sefer Torah. Participants will have the opportunity to fill in a letter of the Torah…
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FMERA vows to address environmental concerns
Activist and committee member arrested for trespassing BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) is responding to complaints that it lacks transparency and is not doing enough to address possible environmental contamination on the fort property. At FMERA’s Feb. 10 board meeting in Tinton Falls, Executive Director Bruce Steadman said…
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‘Edward E. Jankowski: Art and Influences’
Exhibit at Monmouth University throughMarch 11 BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer “Bye Bye Billy One” by Edward Jankowski WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University Professor Edward Jankowski’s hands-on approach to creating and teaching shines in his current show, “Art and Influences.” His first one-person show, by choice, since 1990 exhibits a selection of work from…
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One more lost opportunity to avoid looking foolish
CODA GREG BEAN I wonder if anybody at the New Jersey Education Association took a look at what was happening in Wisconsin last week and said, “Man, as much as we don’t like Chris Christie, things could get a whole lot worse around here.” Last week, the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison looked a lot…
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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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U.S. soldiers overseas are in need of many items
On Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, a fundraising event was held at the Kat Shack in Matawan in support of Help Us, Help Them, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to show support to our troops abroad by providing them with comfort items from home. On behalf of Help Us, Help Them, I would like to…
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Know the red flags of abusive relationships
February brings to mind Valentine’s Day and love. And love brings to mind dating and relationships. But what if a relationship is not based on love, but control and abuse? And what if the person in that relationship is too young or naïve to see what’s happening? Many relationships (too many in fact) fall into…
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Aberdeen OKs amended townhouse plan
Project to include 115 condos with 37 affordable units BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The township Planning Board gave the green light to a new townhouse development on the northwest side of County Road in Cliffwood on Feb. 16, a plan that drastically reduces the original number of affordable housing units proposed for…
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