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Students are on their way to workshops and performances during the 40th annual New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival held at Monmouth University in West Long Branch on May 27. Students performed and were judged in dance, drama, musical theater, voice, art, creative writing, video and other areas of the arts and attended workshops and…
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L.B. applies for $60K state grant
Funds go toward salaries for two patrolmen BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — In what has become a spring tradition, the Long Branch City Council authorized an application for a $60,000 state grant that bolsters police presence on the streets. The Safe & Secure Communities Program grant is administered by the State of…
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Actor, entertainer to throw first pitch at BlueClaws game
Funds from June 6 nut-free baseball game to benefit children with food allergies Buster the BlueClaws mascot has fun with fans during last year’s nut-free game in Lakewood. The minor league baseball team will hold its second annual game in support of individuals with food allergies on June 6. LAKEWOOD — Children with peanut and…
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House committee advances health compensation act
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), whose congressional district includes part of Monmouth County, lauded the passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act through the House Energy and Commerce Committee during a markup on May 25. The final vote on passage through the committee of 33-12 will send the bill to the…
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Environmental groups oppose power plant
PurGen official says plant would be clean, safe BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local environmental groups are trying to block a proposal for a power plant that would include a 100-mile-long underwater pipeline transporting pressurized liquid carbon dioxide around Sandy Hook, through Raritan Bay and along the coast of New Jersey. Led by the New…
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Community center on track for July opening
Bucky James Center will be open to city groups BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Residents of Long Branch can expect to be able to utilize a new community center by midsummer. Left: Construction of the Bucky James Community Center in Long Branch is expected to be completed by July. Above: Work progresses on the building…
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Brandon Kilroy (l-r), Lucas Beltran, Amber Kilroy and Amanda Kilroy work on their soccer skills during a drill at the Soccer Stars Clinic held at the Ocean Township municipal field on May 26. More photos Page 31. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Solving the real housing crisis
GUEST COLUMN DIANNE BRAKE New Jersey has not one but three affordable housing crises. There is the real crisis. There is a huge backlog of need for work-force and special-needs housing in the right locations and no plan for the future. There is the temporary crisis. The Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) was led into…
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