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Donated shoes will help Haitian earthquake victims
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — Borough officials, schools and businesses are working in tandem to help the people of Haiti by collecting much-needed gently used shoes A drive is being coordinated in conjunction with the nonprofit international organization Soles4Souls, Councilman Michael DuPont with the Borough Council’s Education and Technology Committee, borough schools…
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The Arc hosts Job Shadow Day for students
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Work Opportunity Center (WOC) in Long Branch hosted a group of high school students for a day of exploring career options recently. Above: Monmouth Regional High School students tour the Work Opportunity Center (WOC) in Long Branch during a Job Shadow Day at the facility on Feb. 9. Below:…
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Free trees available to celebrate Arbor Day
The New Jersey Tree Foundation is offering free 2-year-old trees (1 to 2 feet tall) to celebrate Arbor Day 2010 in New Jersey. Schools, local governments, tree groups, nonprofit organizations, Scout groups, and any volunteer organization may apply for the free trees. All planting must occur on public lands, be done by volunteers and maintained…
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Students to perform in a children’s opera
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Members of the school community at the Vincent S. Mastro Montessori Academy have spent the past few months immersed in learning about a foreign culture and preparing to tell a folk tale in the form of a children’s opera. On Friday, current students and recent alumni of…
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R.B. council proposes zoning change for YMCA expansion
Appeal made after Zoning Board denied application BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — The Borough Council has introduced a zoning change that would make it possible for the Community YMCA to expand its facility on Maple Avenue. The ordinance introduced at the Feb. 22 meeting is in response to pleas from CYMCA officials…
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Tinton Falls loses bid for open space funds
Boro will revise application for county grant funding BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Borough officials learned earlier this month that their pursuit of county open space funding for improvements at Liberty Park II has been rejected. Borough Engineer David Marks, of T&M Associates, said in an interview last week that the Monmouth…
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Project Paul a beacon of hope for at-risk residents
New scholarship will fund studies in health care field BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer On a typical Friday morning the thrift shop at 211 Carr Ave., the location of Project Paul, is bustling with volunteers. Lionel Menard, executive director, discusses the work of Project Paul at its facility in Keansburg on Feb. 5. Listening are…
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Council tables ordinance curtailing longevity pay
Employees urge boro not to end payment BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Borough employees packed the council chambers at last week’s Red Bank Borough Council meeting in a show of solidarity aimed at convincing the mayor and council not to cap or eliminate longevity pay to certain municipal employees. The crowd was there on Feb.…
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Red Bank hikes parking meter, permit fees
Increases projected to raise $203K in revenues BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council approved an ordinance during the meeting on Feb. 22 that will double the hourly rate for on-street parking meters and increase the cost of parking permits by 33 percent. Effective April 1, the hourly rate for street parking…
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