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Homecoming win
Monroe Township High School running back Blake Bascom eludes J.P. Stevens defenders in the first quarter of the Monroe homecoming game Friday night. The Falcons won by a score of 40-0.
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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
Students from Maple Place School in Oceanport painted Halloween scenes on the store windows of businesses in the Village Center. Their artwork made the center of Oceanport look festive and in the Halloween mood and the students were treated to lunch courtesy of Enzo’s Pizza. The project was a cooperative effort by the Oceanport Quality…
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Arts council honors three county artists
RED BANK — The Monmouth County Arts Council will honor David Bryan, founding member of Bon Jovi, keyboardist and musical playwright; Grace Graupe-Pillard, nationally recognized visual artist and teacher; and Michael Mulheren, Tony Award-nominated Broadway, television and film actor. The Celebration of Excellence will take place 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at McLoone’s Supper Club…
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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 PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Guests view the artwork on display during an opening reception for “Take a Walk in My Shoes,” an exhibit of shoes decorated by survivors of domestic violence to raise awareness of the devastating effects of domestic abuse…
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Incumbents face 3 challengers for 12th District Assembly seats
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Republican state Assembly incumbents Caroline Casagrande and Declan O’Scanlon Jr. will face Green Party candidate Steven Welzer and Democrats Michelle Roth and John Amberg in a race for two 12th District state Assembly seats on Nov. 3. Declan O’Scanlon Jr. O’Scanlon, of Little Silver, and Casagrande, of Colts Neck, are…
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T.F. recycling procedures may change
DPW head asks for $900K in capital investments BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The borough may consolidate the recycling collection because of a lack of manpower in the public works department. Public Works Director John Bucciero gave a presentation at the Oct. 20 Borough Council meeting, urging the Borough Council to adopt…
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Adult school students learn a new way to paint
Art class teaches quick painting method BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Art students show off the paintings they created in a two-hour session. LITTLE SILVER — Jack Kolber’s art students are generally surprised when he tells them they will complete an oil painting during the course of his two-hour class. Kolber teaches at Red Bank…
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