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College earns recognition for community service
Brookdale Community College, the county college of Monmouth County, has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. According to a press release, the Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers…
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in service •••
Army Spc. Aljerome G. Bailey, a 2001 graduate of Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver, has returned to Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, after being deployed to Afghanistan for one year. The soldier is one of 3,500 members of the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division stationed at Fort Richardson. Airborne combat…
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Let the public be heard
IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN After weeks of debate, discussion and public hearings, New Jersey residents will have their say on budgets that have been proposed by local boards of education in the April 20 school election. This has been a budget season unlike any other I can remember in almost 30 years in…
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Battle of the Bands to support cancer center
EATONTOWN — The Wellness Community, a cancer support center in Eatontown, will host the first Hospitals for Hope – Battle of the Bands on Thursday, April 22. Three local bands — each representing a local area hospital — will compete, and attendees will vote for their favorite. All proceeds from this event will benefit the…
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Council opts not to bond for road improvements
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — After a lengthy discussion and public opposition, the Borough Council decided against bonding almost $2 million to improve roads throughout the borough. Of the five council members, only Scott Larkin and Gary Baldwin supported the measure that required four yes votes for approval at the April 6…
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Meridian team lends expertise in caring for injured in Haiti
Volunteers remark about the Haitians’ strong spirit BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Meridian Health sent medical equipment, supplies and a full medical team to Haiti on Feb. 26 for a weeklong mission as part of the organization’s continued support for earthquake relief. Above: Forty patients are crowded into a medical tent after the January earthquake…
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S.B. mayor advocates for tighter budget
Fernandes seeks to mitigate effects of probable hike in school taxes BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Mayor Maria Fernandes wants to see a “zero increase for taxpayers” in the 2010-11 municipal budget introduced during the Sea Bright Borough Council’s meeting April 6. Last Thursday, Fernandes, a Democrat, said she wants to see the $5.16 million…
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Councilman proposes tax on Red Bank’s nonprofits
DuPont: Tax-exempt entities a hardship in light of state aid cuts BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer ARed Bank councilman contends that it’s time nonprofits stepped up and contributed something toward the services they receive. Councilman Michael DuPont recently wrote to Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12th District) to advocate for ways that would tax the borough’s not-for…
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Members of the Red Bank Regional High School Harp Ensemble perform a piece at Red Bank Regional High School on Friday. The performance was part of the Inter-District Orchestra Festival, featuring Red Bank, Shrewsbury and Little Silver borough schools. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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