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Chauncey’s Special-teas Slated For The Holiday Season
By M. Levine Contact: Michael Levine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Title: Director of Sales & Marketing Phone: 609-279-6471 Email: [email protected] Chauncey’s “Special-teas” Slated For The Holiday Season Themed Teas Featuring Dickens “A Christmas Carol”, American Boychoir Performance Set (Princeton, NJ, December 3, 2009) – The Chauncey Hotel and Conference Center,…
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Town, police pleased with new agreement
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council and the Howell Police Department have finalized the terms of a new four-year contract, and have done so in record time, according to municipal officials. The current current ends on Dec. 31. Officials said the agreement will save the township an estimated $400,000. “Rather than…
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Designer of Bell Labs building focus of museum exhibit
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer After the Second World War, the United States emerged not only as an economic power, but as an architectural one as well. Developers took risks, building taller, more grandiose buildings than ever before, symbolizing the country’s newfound strength and innovative technology. One example of 20th-century modernist architecture is the Bell…
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Bond refinancing helps college
The Monmouth County Improvement Authority (MCIA) refunding of $12 million in Brookdale Community College bonds will generate a present value savings of 7.01 percent, according to a press release from the MCIA. The MCIA executed the sale of bonds on Dec. 10 to take advantage of favorable public bond market conditions to refund the college’s…
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Marlboro calls for end to unfunded mandates
MARLBORO — Township officials passed a resolution on Dec. 17 urging the elimination of state-imposed unfunded mandates. Marlboro officials want Trenton to stop telling them what to do without providing financial assistance for the task at hand. The resolution passed by the Township Council states that in 1995, New Jersey voters approved an amendment to…
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Manalapan certified by Sustainable Jersey
MANALAPAN — Sustainable Jersey representatives announced that Manalapan has met the requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey certification. Manalapan is one of 32 towns out of the 240 registered municipalities that have attained certification in the first year of the program. Manalapan was recently honored at the Sustainable Jersey awards luncheon on Nov. 17. Members of…
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SCI urges limits on public employee perks and benefits
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Excessive and wasteful public employee benefits are gobbling up millions of dollars in cash-strapped New Jersey, according to a report issued by the State Commission of Investigation (SCI). “At a time of economic distress unprecedented since the Great Depression — with government budgets depleted and austerity the theme of…
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Marlboro police seek bank robber
MARLBORO — On Dec. 21 at approximately 2:15 p.m., an individual entered the Capital One Bank at 280 Route 9 north, Marlboro. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the individual handed a threatening note to a teller. In return, the teller provided the individualwith an undisclosed amount of money, after…
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Girl Scouts aid area food pantry
HOWELL — Hundreds of Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore have made it their mission to feed the hungry this holiday season, hoping to make the world a better place for many people in Monmouth and Ocean counties. One example of the girls’ creativity in bringing awareness to this issue is Howell Cadette Troop 1509’s…
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