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Food bank thanks donors, community at large
On behalf of the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties’ board of trustees, staff and 260 emergency feeding programs, we would like to thank everyone who helped the FoodBank meet the requests for food this past holiday season. Because of the overwhelming generosity in our communities, 10,444 turkeys were distributed — an increase of 4.5…
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Husky Brook Park debate reopens
Council votes in favor of concept plan for park project BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Despite being all but killed in 2009, a controversial plan to build a park at the corner of Route 36 and Grant Avenue has been resurrected by the Borough Council. In an informal 4-2 vote cast at the…
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Eatontown to consider capping council salaries
Talerico: Cap would avoid contributions to state retirement program BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Members of the Borough Council’s Finance Committee are mulling a plan to cap or lower the salaries of council members. Introduced by Councilman Anthony Talerico Jr. at the council’s Jan. 12 meeting, the proposal would alter a borough ordinance…
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W.L.B. seeks grants for public works upgrades
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Borough officials are hoping to stockpile grant money to minimize costs of improvements to the Department of Public Works building . Borough Administrator John Kennedy recommended that the borough apply for the second round of Energy Efficiency Community Block Grants, a federal grant program from the Department…
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L.B. charter school fails to gain state approval
Pneuma Academy application not among 23 approved BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Rita Thornton will continue to pursue her vision for a new, science-based charter school for the city until she succeeds in obtaining state certification, the Long Branch native said last week. Thornton’s application for Pneuma Academy Charter School for Science and Technology failed to…
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Pearls as a metaphor for healing
Amanda’s Easel art therapy program exhibits works by domestic violence survivors BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Cindy Westendorf (l-r), program coordinator, and Samantha Muccini, case manager, for the Amanda’s Easel art therapy program, with artwork created for “The Pearl Project” on display at the Middletown Arts Center on Jan. 19. Survivors of domestic violence created…
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Foreclosures cloud future of redevelopment zones
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Actions impact Broadway Arts, Hotel Campus developments T wo of Long Branch’s six redevelopment zones — the Broadway Arts Center and Hotel Campus — are in financial limbo with stakeholders working toward a resolution of foreclosure actions. Anotice of foreclosure was filed in state Superior Court on Jan. 6 by TICIC…
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Jonathan Davis, lead vocalist of Korn, and drummer Ray Luzier rock the MAC center at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, which hosted the Music as a Weapon Tour on Jan. 22. More photos page 16 and gmnews.com. CLAIRE SHEPROW
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