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MLK message resonates in Long Branch
David Brown announces retirement from council BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer With the words of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. playing over loud speakers, Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider drew a parallel between King’s message and the diversity of Long Branch. Sue Harrison, Ronald Mantley, Edna Daniels and Barbara Warren hold hands in…
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Local nurse, student among earthquake survivors
Ocean Twp. supports Haitian community BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG & DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writers The impact of the devastating Haitian earthquake has affected many area residents, including two locals who survived the temblor as well as those who are responding with an outpouring of support for the earthquake victims. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Still feeling the aftershocks…
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Army Corps plans berm to contain Poplar Brook
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a 15-foot-high berm in Joe Palaia Park to contain flooding from Poplar Brook. The $5 million to $6 million mitigation plan, which the Ocean Township Council discussed during its Jan. 11 workshop meeting, calls for a 50-foot-wide buffer on either side of…
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Rabbi Gordon Yaffe, of Ocean Township, speaks during the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Guild’s annual service held at the city’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park on Atlantic Avenue on Jan. 18. CHRIS KELLY staff
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To turn alarm off, throw entire clock against wall
Coda • GREG BEAN If there’s anything more frustrating than trying to follow a procedure manual for a product that was built in a non-Englishspeaking country and then translated into the King’s Own by someone with a limited grasp of our language, I don’t know what it is. Back in the day when I didn’t…
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Poison information, education system needs protection
‘Never look a gift horse in the mouth,” but that is exactly what the state of New Jersey has recently done by cutting funds to the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System (NJPIES), and potentially forgoing federal funds of over $150,000. The federal funds come with strings attached and cannot be accessed without the…
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Ferraina’s retirement will be loss to Long Branch
I just finished reading the article about Joseph Ferraina. I must say it was well written. Mr. Ferraina is a truly caring man. He always has the best interest of the students in mind. I had one child graduate from Long Branch High School in 2001. He graduated in the top 10 percent of his…
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COAH rules are pushing residents out of N.J.
We have had a longstanding opposition to the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) rules, which have impacted many towns and received resistance from residents throughout the state. Many towns in our district are struggling to come to terms with the enormity of complying with their housing requirements. A recent appeals court decision forcing a community…
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Lillian M. Siracusano
Mrs. Siracusano, 89, of South Setauket, Long Island, N.Y., and formerly West Long Branch, died Jan. 6, 2010, at St. Charles Hospital, Port Jefferson, N.Y. She was a retired sales associate at Macy’s Department Store, Eatontown. Mrs. Siracusano was predeceased by her husband, Anthony Ralph, in 2002; two brothers, Thomas and James Donnelly; and a…
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