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Park service seeks input on future of Sandy Hook
Nonprofits interested in leasing told to contact Hook coordinator BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent WEST LONG BRANCH — The National Park Service (NPS) is looking for tenants for the individual historic buildings at Fort Hancock. Peter McCarthy, the unit coordinator of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, said at an open house at…
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Backward Glances celebrates 25 vintage years
RED BANK — Backward Glances vintage clothing store is celebrating 25 years in the borough this month. The store will host a birthday bash held at Fixx, 26 W. Front St., on Sunday, Nov. 28, from 6-10 p.m. The event will be a dance party and vintage dress-up night. Wear your vintage best and there…
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Veterans honored at Atria Tinton Falls
Lou Parisi, of VFW Harold Daley Post 1333, with (l-r) John Anan, Bernie Russell and Albina Schmidt. Anan attended the service in honor of his late brother, George, who served in the Navy. TINTON FALLS — The 12 veterans who call the Atria Tinton Falls assisted and independent living community home were honored at a…
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Holy Cross School to hold annual 5-Mile Turkey Trot
RUMSON — Holy Cross School is gearing up for its third annual 5-mile Turkey Trot race and 1-mile Walk/Kiddie Fun Run, which will take place at 10 a.m. on Nov. 20. The race starts and ends at Holy Cross School, Ward Avenue and Rumson Road, and weaves its way through the scenic streets of Rumson.…
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Recycled computers sought for special-needs individuals
SHREWSBURY — TECHConnection is in need of recycled computers for its Refurbished Computer Donation Program. TECHConnection is a program of Family Resource Associates (FRA), 35 Haddon Ave. The program provides computers to families with a child or a family member that has a disability. A team of retired volunteers work on the computers to ready…
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Holiday Express needs warm gloves, socks for 2010 season
SHREWSBURY — Each holiday season, Holiday Express packs up a bus and throws 50 free holiday parties for those who most need the warmth of human kindness. This year, from Nov. 17 until Christmas Eve, Holiday Express will travel to 15 out of New Jersey’s 21 counties and serve 15,000 special individuals. The troupe, a…
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‘In Memory’
Above: A veteran reads the names on the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Wall following the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Nov. 11. Below: The foundation inducted veterans into the “In Memory” program, which honors those who served in Vietnam and returned home only to die as a result…
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Final members named to fort reuse authority
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Gov. Chris Christie released his nominations for appointment to the final three seats of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority on Nov. 9. Christie nominated James Gorman, of Colts Neck, and Michael Pane and Robert Lucky, both of Fair Haven, to the authority. Lucky served as corporate vice…
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Developer presses F.H. council on tree replacement
Approval sought for 10 new trees instead of 12 BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — Spenser Foxworth, whose removal of the 12 trees caused a storm of protest in the neighborhood, came before the Borough Council at its meeting on Nov. 8 and asked the council to be permitted to replace 10 of the…
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