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School districts face a moment of truth
In the News • MARK ROSMAN Ithink that I know what our local school superintendents and business administrators are going through now as they prepare their budgets for the 2010-11 school year.A recent series of events at Greater Media Newspapers placed me in the unfamiliar position of developing a budget for our entire editorial department…
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Stork Club
Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, announced the following local births: Montana Woodward and Tohron Bunting of Ocean Township, a girl on Feb. 5; Casey Colton and Dale C. Cofer Jr. of Long Branch, a girl on Feb. 8; Ayanna Gonzales of Eatontown, a girl on Feb. 10.
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On Campus
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, has named the following local students to its fall dean’s list: From Eatontown, Samantha Brown, Christopher Busacca, Heather Dome, William Graham, James Greatorex, April Huggler, Eileen Jones, Lorraine Llarena, Laura Marshall, Matthew Miller, Michael Ottaviano, Mae-YungTang and Danielle Truppo; From Long Branch: Yuri Albertao Melannie Barbour, Amanda Benevenia, Paul Carrera,…
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Police seek suspect in store robbery
WEST LONG BRANCH — Police responded to a report of a robbery at the Walgreen’s located at the intersection of State Highway 36 and Monmouth Road at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21. According to police, an employee had been threatened with a knife and forced to surrender cash from the safe. No one…
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Long Branch officer one of two men charged in assault
ALong Branch patrolman was one of two men charged in the alleged assault of a man outside a Neptune Township nightclub on Jan. 31. Patrick Joyce, 26, of Long Branch, was arrested by detectives from the Neptune Township Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office on Feb. 22 and charged with one count of…
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Holocaust genocide film program March 8
The Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County will sponsor its annual Holocaust Genocide Film Education Program on March 8 at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave, Deal. This year’s program, “The Road to Recovery and Reconciliation,” features two powerful films that explore the psychological, emotional and incredible path to…
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Firefighters March part of Belmar St. Patrick’s Day parade
Firefighters from Monmouth and Ocean counties and throughout the state are being invited to join the Firefighters March in the Belmar St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, March 7. The march continues a memorial tradition begun following the Sept. 11, 2001, deaths of 343 members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). The Firefighters…
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Slocum murder trial topic of March 8 meeting
SHREWSBURY — Questions persist about an infamous murder that occurred in what is now West Long Branch in 1863. Peter Slocum, descendant of a prominent Monmouth County family, was found guilty of the murder of his wife and was hanged, but debate about his guilt continues today. On Monday, March 8, the Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter…
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Growing community
Monmouth U. grad student seeks participants for garden project BY LINDA JOHNSTON MUHLHAUSEN Correspondent WEST LONG BRANCH —Community gardens are sprouting up all over Monmouth County as a way for neighbors to come together to grow their sense of community as well as delicious, healthful garden produce. A few months ago Dr. Robin Mama, dean…
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