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Billy’s Blues Day slated for July 26
Billy’s Blues Day, a benefit for Asbury Park blues musician Billy Lilley will be 2- 9 p.m. July 26 at Paul’s Tavern, 1705 Main St., Belmar. Lilley has liver cancer and is on a liver donor transplant list. Featured blues groups include Bobby Burtelson and recording artists The Nighthawks. There will also be a silent…
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Blood drive at M.B. church July 29
American Red Cross Blood Services, Penn-Region Region, will hold a blood drive 2- 7:15 p.m. July 29 at Church of the Precious Blood, 72 Riverdale Ave., Monmouth Beach. To thank donors, the Red Cross will raffle one overnight stay at an Atlantic City casino hotel with a $200 gift card every week this summer through…
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L.B. library offers free back-to-work course
The Long Branch Public Library will hold job-search classes to help people who have lost their jobs get back to work. Registration is open for the free “Back to Work Job Course,” which will be held Mondays and Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 p.m., beginning Monday, Aug. 3. Topics covered will include: overcoming back-to-work jitters; writing professional résumés;…
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Mended Hearts to meet July 23 in Red Bank
The Mended Hearts support organization for heart patients, families, health professionals and other interested individuals will meet noon-1 p.m. July 23 at Blaisdell auditorium at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. A light lunch will be served, and the meeting is free. Registration is required and may be done by calling 800-560-9990.
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‘Sounds of Heart’ gospel concert July 24
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association will present “Sounds of the Heart,” a gospel concert, 7-10 p.m. July 24 at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park. The free concert is supported by HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospitals of New Jersey, Tinton Falls and Toms River. It will feature choirs, soloists and liturgical dance performances. There will also…
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Birdsall to continue zoning duties in boro
Mayor protests: Bids should have been solicited BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council voted last week to extend a contract authorizing Birdsall Engineering, the borough’s engineering firm, to continue performing the duties of municipal zoning officer until the end of the year. Approved at the council’s July 8 meeting by a…
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Governors’ failed policies have been death of New Jersey
The failed policies of Govs. James McGreevey and Jon Corzine have been the death of New Jersey’s once-stellar position as a home to manufacturing. Regulation after regulation and tax upon tax have driven industry to neighboring states and even abroad, and our middle class has suffered the consequences. Chris Christie’s renewable energy initiative is a…
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Beach volleyball tournament benefits youth programs
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The second annual Youth Beach Volleyball Tournament was held Wednesday, July 15, at Pier Village in Long Branch. ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top: Rob Corsi, Rumson, and teammates compete in the Youth Beach Volleyball tournament sponsored by Family & Children’s Services on July 15. Stalin Larco of Long Branch…
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Taxpayer pleads with L.B. to stop spending on lawyer fees
Iattended the most recent city council meeting where the finance director announced that he could not make payroll because the administration spent our surplus funds instead of cutting spending, cutting payroll, and freezing raises for city employees. As a taxpayer who wants to add two bedrooms to my modest house in Elberon, I can’t do…
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