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Girl Scouts praised for dog park initiative
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The initiative as well as the persistence by Girl Scouts Abigail “Abby” Brooks and Lilith “Lilly” Rebecca Hoover has led to a community-wide dog park expected to come to fruition in spring 2016. Abby and Lilly were presented with county and local proclamations at a Metuchen Borough Council meeting on…
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Redbirds’ Hartshorn reaches 1,000 career points in opener
ALLENTOWN VARSITY REPORT By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s Nicholas Campbell, top, controls Barnegat High School’s Austin Walker during their 182-pound match at the Ice Breaker Wrestling Tournament held at Old Bridge High School. Campbell advanced by scoring a pin. Four starters return from an Allentown High School girls’ basketball team that enjoyed its…
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MATT DENTON Santa Claus arrives at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Pier Village in Long Branch.
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Master gardener class to begin
The Monmouth County Master Gardener program is the way for an individual to become a certified expert in all things related to home gardening. The deadline to apply for the 2016 program is Jan. 4. “As a Master Gardener trainee you can get in-depth, hands-on training in horticulture from the best in the field –…
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Keyport dealership among the first Ford dealers in the nation to sell new F-150
A Monmouth County dealership is among the first Ford dealers in the country to sell a 2016 F-150 truck. Joe Jarock Jr., an auto body shop employee and street rod enthusiast, purchased a new 2016 F-150 XLT from Tom’s Ford in Keyport. An employee of Al’s Auto Body in South Amboy for nearly four decades,…
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A dim view of the road ahead
Today’s automotive car headlamps don’t do an adequate job of illuminating poorly lit nighttime rural roads, which accounts for 40 percent of all miles driven in the United States. That’s according to research conducted by AAA in Orlando, Fla. The organization found that halogen headlamps, currently included in more than 80 percent of new vehicles,…
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School district deals with cases of whooping cough
By MATTHEW SOCKOL Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township K-8 School District is handling a health situation involving pertussis, a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. Pertussis is more commonly known as whooping cough. Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder discussed the issue at the Dec. 14 Board of Education meeting. Feder said a letter was sent…
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Groups combine efforts to spruce up Allentown
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Months after receiving a grant for environmental and aesthetic improvements in Allentown, residents gathered to plant trees in a historic part of the borough. On Dec. 12, members of the Allentown Environmental Commission, the Allentown High School FFA chapter, Boy Scout Troop 180, the Allentown Lions Club, the…
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Pallone proposes improved disaster communications
Proposed federal legislation could one day help residents across New Jersey who lose cell phone service and experience power blackouts similar to what occurred during superstorm Sandy in 2012. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex) has introduced the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act (H.R. 3998) that would, if passed in the House and…
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