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Library to honor area Holocaust survivors
The Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College will present a program on its “Tribute to the Survivors in Our Community” at 2 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. The tribute, designed to preserve the survivors’ past, and to recognize their resolve as they…
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Boro at work on 2010 budget, new programs
Aim is to offset increases with cost-cutting measures BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN — As 2009 winds down, the Borough Council is already working ahead for the year 2010. Borough Administrator William Garofalo explained at the Oct. 6 meeting that the council is drafting the 2010 budget and working on cost-saving measures for Matawan.…
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Minister and congregation begin new chapter
UUCMC welcomes ‘a woman of quiet strength’ BY LINDA DENICOLA Correspondent Our ancestors understood the importance of stories. It was the way values and mores were passed to future generations before college courses, genealogy searches and the Internet. Above: The Rev. Virginia Harocha-Ernst interacts with a group of young people at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation…
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Lt. governor candidates back shared services
County residents Guadagno and Esposito in three-way debate at Monmouth U. BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The state’s three candidates for lieutenant governor, including two local residents, each touted shared services programs between state municipalities and school districts as a way to provide tax relief to New Jersey residents. Lt. governor candidates (l-r) Sen. Loretta…
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Windmill proposal draws concern of Bayshore group
Sewerage authority says wind power would save $500K Bayshore environmental group the Hazlet Area Quality of Life Alliance (HAQLA) is opposing a proposal that would place a 380-foot-tall windmill near a residential area along the coastline. HAQLA President John M. Curran III has written to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Monmouth County…
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Emiliano Cervantes watches as Cora Baros takes part in a lasso demonstration during the 12th annual Keyport Jamboree held along West Front Street in downtown Keyport on Oct. 10. Another photo, page 13.
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Daniel G. Falco
Daniel Falco, 15, of Middletown, died Sept. 28, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was an honor student at St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel. Daniel was a member of the school’s football and wrestling teams. He was a graduate of Thorne Middle School, Middletown. He played football for Middletown Pop Warner,…
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Sheng Sheng Gong
Mrs. Gong, 71, of Holmdel, died Sept. 19, 2009, at home. She was born in Nancheng, Jiangxi, China. She was a retired teacher at the Chen Keng Elementary School, China. She is survived by her husband, Sheng Xiang Huang; a daughter and son-in-law, Catherine Huangfeng and Michael Vought of Holmdel; and two granddaughters. Arrangements were…
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Salvatore E. Coppola
Mr. Coppola, 94, of Union Beach, died Sept. 17, 2009, at Van Dyke Hospice and Pallative Care Center, Toms River. Until his retirement, Mr. Coppola was a driver for Roadway Trucking, Kearney. He was predeceased by his wife, Vanda DiRenzo Coppola, in 1986; and two brothers, Frank and Anthony Coppola. He is survived by two…
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