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Holmdel Board of Ed. passes $56M budget
Board declines to identify 16 positions cut to save $700K BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The Holmdel Township Board of Education revised its 2010-11 school budget and addressed the public on March 31. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA HOLMDEL — The township Board of Education unanimously passed a $56 million total budget for the 2010-11 academic year despite…
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From Signal Corps to satellites, fort’s role documented
Fort Monmouth archives will follow base to Md. BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer An important chapter in Monmouth County history will come to an end in 2011 when the gates of Fort Monmouth close. Monmouth Park Grandstand blown down 1899 The Department of Defense’s Base Realignment and Closure Commission decided to close Fort Monmouth and…
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Tough economic times sink Middletown turf fields
Twp. mulls options for $2.5M in bonded funds BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Middletown Township officials laid to rest any and all plans for the construction of turf fields in Middletown, including West Front Street Park, at the April 5 Township Committee workshop meeting. “There’s no way, in this economic climate when people’s jobs are…
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“Mad Science” show
Children are engulfed in fog created by one of the experiments performed during a “Mad Science” show sponsored by Hazlet’s Recreation Department and held at Veterans Memorial Park on April 3. More photos, page 16 and @gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Preservation group revives interest in historic sites
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Preservation New Jersey (PNJ), Trenton, recognized the 2 million-square-foot Eero Saarinen-designed Bell Labs building for renewed outreach and advocacy efforts on March 25. The organization honored five historic sites statewide: Bell Labs, Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook, Greystone Park State Psychiatric Hospital in Parsippany, Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson,…
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datebook
• Kindergarten registration will be accepted by the Plumsted Township School District on May 25, 26 and 27. Scheduled appointments are mandatory. Parents must make the appointment and pick up information now. Call 609-758-6800, ext. 111. • “Blackball” in New Jersey and America during the color line era will be discussed by Lawrence Hogan, professor…
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New Egypt students featured on TV show
PLUMSTED — Kindergarten and firstgrade pupils from the New Egypt Primary School will be featured on “Classroom Close-up, NJ” on April 12 and April 17 and then again May 10 and May 15. The show will focus on how the students realize their unlimited learning potential in the spirit of artist Leonardo da Vinci. The…
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Family Beach Ball May 23 in Sea Bright
Clean Ocean Action’s Family Beach Ball will be held 3-7 p.m. May 23 at the ShipAhoy Beach Club, 800 Ocean Ave., Sea Bright. The cost is $50 for adults, $25 for children under 18; there is a $135 family pass discount through April 22. The event will be held rain or shine. Register at www.CleanOceanAction.…
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Car cruise season will begin April 24
The Blue Moon Kruizers will begin its 2010 car cruise season April 24 and will run from 5-8 p.m. each Saturday through Sept. 25 at the Chick-fil-A, 4881 Route 9, Howell. The cruise is open to classic cars from 1980 and earlier and to special-interest vehicles from 1981 to 2010. The festivities will include trophies,…
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