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Special needs Boy Scouts seek members
Boy Scout Troop 926 meets every Monday at St. Martha’s Church, Herbertsville Road, Point Pleasant, 7:30-8:30 p.m. On Jan. 4 at 7:30 p.m. they will be accepting applications for differently abled/special needs boys who want to join Boy Scouts. It is an opportunity to make friends and have fun while learning life skills. Boy Scouting,…
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Chestnut Street well plans move forward
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK – The plans that will design an emergency back up well on Chestnut Street progresses amidst questions of the borough possibly changing its engineering firm in the coming year. “We don’t know what things are going to be changing in the year to come here. I’m just saying,…
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Oceanport considers opting out of tax assessment program
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council is gathering information and considering opting out of the highly scrutinized tax assessment pilot program. The council discussed possibly leaving the Real Property Assessment Demonstration Program during the Dec. 2 meeting after the Monmouth County Board of Taxation ruled that municipalities could opt out of…
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‘Go Green’ during holidays
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Reuse holiday items such as a festive holiday napkin used as wrapping, newsprint-wrapped gifts, burlap-wrapped gifts and gift tags cut from Christmas cards. PHOTO COURTESY OF NANCY KRAUSS Residents are encouraged to “Go Green For the Holidays.” Trash sent to the landfill increases an average of 25 percent because of…
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Trinity Hall finds new home in Tinton Falls
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The students at Trinity Hall will soon have a new place to call home as the independent all-girls college preparatory high school signed a contract to move to the former Child Development Center on Hope Road in the Tinton Falls section of Fort Monmouth. The school, a not-for-profit that…
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Deer pose danger for N.J. drivers
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Deer management is a crucial process in controlling the population of the wild mammal in New Jersey, a number that could well exceed 200,000 this year, according to state officials The state issues annual warnings during peak deer mating season that occurs usually from late October…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s Max Pfrang (55) and his Bulldog teammates celebrate their NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III title on Dec. 5. The Bulldogs beat previously undefeated Red Bank Regional at Rutgers University’s Highpoint Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, 21-0. It was RFH’s third straight championship.
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Stop and start
Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: I read or heard there’s a mid-size American car (the U.S. part is important to us) — not a hybrid — that has an automatic cut-off/cut-on function for when you’re at stoplights. I haven’t been able to learn what car that is. Can you help? A: The 2014 Chevy Malibu…
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Where motorists spend the most time in traffic
By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features With more cars and trucks on the road, commuters are paying the price with increased travel times. Here’s where to find (or avoid) the worst gridlock while driving. It should come as no surprise to commuters that traffic on our nation’s highways is worse than its ever been, due largely…
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