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Long Branch plans for H1N1 vaccinations
City receives $90K in state funds for vaccinations BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city has received $90,486 in grant funding from the state Department of Health and Senior Services for the upcoming flu season. The City Council voted 4-0 at the Sept. 22 meeting to approve the resolution that accepted the…
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Peter A. Fragale
Mr. Fragale, 90, of West Long Branch, died Sept. 22, 2009, at Gateway Care Center, Eatontown. He was a pressman at the Newark Star- Ledger and the Long Branch Daily Record. He was predeceased by a brother, Vincent Fragale; and a sister, Sarah Vaccaro, both in 2009. Mr. Fragale is survived by his wife of…
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On Campus
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., announced that the following local student was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester: Emily Carter of Eatontown, a member of the class of 2010. She is a business administration major.
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Ann Elizabeth Calabretta
Mrs. Calabretta, 86, of West Long Branch, died Sept. 21, 2009, at Jersey Shore Center, Eatontown. She was predeceased by her husband, Louis Calabretta, in 1987; two sisters, Mildred Gettis and Doris Tomaine; and a brother, Sebastian Jr. Mrs. Calabretta is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Ann Louise and Joseph Pariso; two grandchildren; five…
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Health care for all is right thing to do
We as a society need to look at health care as a moral issue, the right thing to do. Decades ago we concluded that educating our children is the right thing to do and as a result we have public schools. We all pay for them, whether or not we have children and no one…
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Politicians to host blood drive Oct. 2
Senator Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande will host a blood drive 2-8 p.m. Oct. 2 at the American Red Cross, 1540 W. Park Ave., Tinton Falls. For an appointment, call JoAnn at 732- 866-1695. For information about donor eligibility, call the donor health line at 866-236-3276.
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Long Branch Block Party
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Brandon Thomas, of Long Branch, morphs into Batman as his face is painted during the first Long Branch Block Party on Sept. 26. Jesse Conklin Novak, of Jesse’s Café in West End, cooks up one of her specialties during the block party held along Brighton Avenue. The event also included…
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Sondra Rae Anderson Hammer
Mrs. Hammer, 72, of Eatontown, died Sept. 17, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was predeceased by a grandson, Andrew Hammer; and her stepmother, Bertha Anderson. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, retired Lt. Colonel Ted Hammer; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Theodore and Diane Hammer Jr. of Lancaster, N.Y.,…
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Resident tired of defending Jersey to friends from other states
Enough! That is what I and I am confident many others thought after hearing of yet another corruption sting involving New Jersey politicians. This latest sting busted 44 people including a number of office holders and others associated with politics from both parties. I am tired of trying to defend New Jersey to my friends…
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