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Price war could change the look of your library
Coda • GREG BEAN When I was a kid, there weren’t many bookstores in our town. There were a couple of places where you could pick up paperbacks, but because they doubled as pool halls, cigar shops and betting parlors, we weren’t allowed to go in them. There was a store downtown that carried a…
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NOTESAround Town
The Travelling Poets Society and Calvary United Methodist Church, 41 Osborn St., Keyport, will present a Ghosts & Ghouls Ball 7-10 p.m. Oct. 30 at the church. Music will be provided by DJ Nicole Batchelor, and there will be raffles, prizes, a door prize and prizes for best costumes. There will also be roaming ghosts,…
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Take a Walk in My Shoes’ tells stories of courage, growth, inspiration
Exhibit features shoes decorated by domestic violence survivors BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Through shoes decorated with items such as buttons, ribbons, beads and words, stories of domestic abuse and, finally, freedom from it come to life in a traveling exhibit titled “Take a Walk in My Shoes.” Above: Guests view the artwork on display during…
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County establishes email contact
FREEHOLD — In an effort to better serve residents, an email address has been added to Monmouth County’s Internet website to give visitors an opportunity to ask a question. The email address, [email protected]. nj.us, has been added to the bottom of each web page. All inquiries will be handled by staff at the Department of…
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Waterfront park divides Keyport candidates
BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer For months, Republican council candidate Ed Burlew has waged a political war from the front row of Keyport Borough Hall. Christian Bolte He has regularly clashed with Democratic Mayor Robert Bergen and incumbent opponent Councilwoman Christian Bolte, also a Democrat. It has resulted in name-calling, finger-pointing and comments from the…
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South River Metals site to include public senior center
More units of affordable senior housing planned BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Plans to redevelop the township’s South River Metals site on Church Street will be finalized by the end of 2009, according to township officials. At the Oct. 20 Township Council meeting, David J. Samuel, township engineer and managing partner of CME…
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Middletown resident receives presidential award
John P. Gilbride, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and his wife, Danielle, with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. John P. Gilbride, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and a Middletown resident, received the Presidential…
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Colin McTernan dressed as the Mad Hatter
FRANK GALIPO Colin McTernan dressed as the Mad Hatter for the Keyport Emergency Services’ eighth annual Halloween costume parade.
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Study for Harrison Ave. redevelopment under way
Twp. also seeks funding for remediation of site BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council unanimously voted on Oct. 20 to support a redevelopment study of a former industrial site near the train station in Aberdeen. The property at 100 Harrison Ave., formerly occupied by the Ernst Zobel Co., is under the…
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