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Long Branch’s sweet secret
Baking partners specialty cake business thrives BY RACHEL HOFFMAN Correspondent PHOTOS BY RACHEL HOFFMAN The cactus cake’s dense chocolate interior is revealed. Below: Dann pipes royal icing spines to be placed into the buttercream on the cake. LONG BRANCH — It’s practically a secret. Hidden in a residential neighborhood behind an inconspicuous, white wooden door…
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Volunteers look out for the isolated elderly
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer For Phil Zipser, it is the friendships that have kept him visiting nursing homes for the past 13 years. Zipser, a Monroe Township, Middlesex County, resident, spends several hours every week at a long-term facility in Manalapan, trying to reach as many residents as he can in whatever way he…
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Roosevelt reaffirms its stance
Board finds yeshiva operating unapproved dorm in a residential zone after appeal BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — The borough’s Planning Board has reaffirmed a decision that 28 Homestead Lane is being used as a dormitory, not in accordance with zoning regulations. The Planning Board finished hearing an appeal by Congregation Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah…
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ReRun hosts charity thoroughbred show
ReRun, a nonprofit adoption program for thoroughbred ex-racehorses, will host its annual show at the Horse Park of New Jersey on Aug. 29. UPPER FREEHOLD — It’s time to saddle up for ReRun’s annual horse show. The show, which features Eastern States Dressage and Combined Training Association sanctioned dressage and New Jersey ProfessionalHorsemen’sAssociation pointed classes,…
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Global change campaign launched in Emily’s memory
Friends host benefit concert Aug. 14 to kick off The Emily Fund’s ‘Do One Thing’ BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Family and friends of the late Emily Rachel Silverstein, of Roosevelt, have launched a “Do One Thing” campaign in her honor. The global campaign will have an official kickoff during an Aug. 14 benefit concert…
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More wireless Internet access now available in Allentown
ALLENTOWN — Cablevision Systems Corp. has activated Optimum WiFi wireless Internet access in commercial and high-traffic locations in Allentown and the surrounding area.T he activation is part of Cablevision’s larger initiative to provide Optimum WiFi wireless Internet access across its service area as a free enhancement for its Optimum Online high-speed Internet customers. In addition…
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Shelter renovation nears completion
MCSPCA must raise $3M more to cover cost of project BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer After nearly two years of hard work and dedication, a multi-million dollar renovation project at the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) Eatontown shelter is nearing completion. Above and below: Living accommodations for dogs and…
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Federal, state courts file opinions in yeshiva case
Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah urged to seek variance for school in Homestead Lane synagogue BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer In the past two weeks, federal and state courts weighed in on whether Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah should seek a variance for operating in the Homestead Lane synagogue in Roosevelt. The Superior Court of New Jersey Monmouth County…
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A birthday to remember
8-year-old forgoes gifts to collect shoes for needy girls in Guatemala BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Charitable gifting in lieu of presents isn’t just a holiday season phenomenon. Georgia Borkowski, 8, of Allentown, arranges shoes bound for elementary-school-age children in Guatemala that she asked to receive from her friends in lieu of birthday gifts. Children…
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