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Annual Italian Festival Aug. 13-16
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Ocean Township Italian American Association will present the 33rd Annual Italian Festival at Joe Palaia Park, Deal and Whalepond Roads, Aug. 13-16. The festival draws upward of 75,000 people during its fun- filled, fiveday run. There will be rides, fireworks, games, raffles, food-eating contests, Italian street band, nightly entertainment, children’s drawing…
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Operation Bid Rig III nets 44 for corruption
LONG BRANCH — Authorities are continuing the investigation into an international money laundering operation, which resulted in the arrests of 44 people last week, including two local religious leaders. FBI Special Agent Brian Travers said last Friday “the investigation is ongoing” about the operation that has already netted Long Branch resident Rabbi Eliahu Ben Haim,…
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Friends of Clearwater Festival set for Aug. 15
The 34th annual New Jersey Friends of Clearwater Festival will be held 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at Sunset Park, corner of Sunset Avenue and Main Street, Asbury Park. The theme of this year’s free, one-day festival is “Clean Ocean Zone: Fight for Clear Water!” The New York/New Jersey Bight, that portion…
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Local historian receives rare honor
Joint resolution of Legislature honors Arthur T. Green II BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer SCOTT FRIEDMAN Local historian Arthur T. Green II illustrates the designs of gravestones during a cemetery tour at the West Long Branch cemetery on Aug. 9, 2008. The tour was part of the borough’s centennial celebration. WEST LONG BRANCH — When…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters sponsors school supply drive
EATONTOWN — For many children, back-to-school season is an exciting time filled with shopping for new clothing, notebooks, backpacks and more. Unfortunately, for many children in Monmouth County what should be a happy time is marred by the fact that their families don’t have the funds to buy new clothes or school supplies. To help…
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No leads on pilfered piping plover eggs
Evidence indicates eggs were taken by a human BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer An investigation has been launched after someone removed two incubating piping plover eggs from a nest on Sandy Hook and damaged fencing that protects several other beach area nests. Piping plovers make their nests on the beach in depressions in the…
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Christie makes Monmouth County stops
Candidate for governor speaks to students, GOP officials BY DANIEL HOWLEY and TOM SHORTELL Staff Writers Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie toured Monmouth County Wednesday after choosing county Sheriff Kim Guadagno as his lieutenant governor candidate earlier in the week. Christie spoke to students participating in the state’s Governor’s School of Public Issues for roughly…
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Environmental commission meets in L.B.
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city’s newly formed Long Branch Environmental Commission met for the first time and officially drafted bylaws recently. The group was appointed on June 22 and met for the first time on July 13. The commission members discussed issues including the “Change a Bulb, Change the World”…
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Freeholders oppose Old Orchard rezoning
FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders is urging Eatontown officials not to change the zoning at the Old Orchard County Club golf course to permit construction of a high-density, mixed-use development called Old Orchard Village at Eatontown. Located on Route 36, Old Orchard straddles Eatontown, Oceanport and West Long Branch on its…
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