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May: Diligence is the word!
“Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.” Geoffrey Charlesworth Have you lately seen your resident woodchuck? The rapacious varmints have made their spring debut, and their banquet table is laden with tender apple-green shoots of hosta and tall foliage…
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Coastal Evacuation Route study open house June 2
The Monmouth County Planning Board will hold an Open House for the public on the county’s Coastal Evacuation Route Improvement Study on June 2. The event will take place 4-7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Long Branch Higher Education Center, 213 Broadway, Long Branch. The study has evaluated some of the transportation routes…
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Fair Haven marks completion of dock overhaul
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent PHOTO BY LIZ SHEEHAN Dock at the foot of Fair Haven Road FAIR HAVEN — There will be music again on the banks of the Navesink River in the town, where vaudevillians from New York City once spent their summers. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the refurbished dock at the foot…
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Plans for 12-story building draw neighbors’ opposition
Riverview Towers residents say Atrium expansion will block their views BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — A group of residents at Riverview Towers are opposing the expansion of a neighboring senior living complex, saying the resulting 12-story structure would block their river views and lower property values, “Our residents will be looking into…
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Friends’ food drive continues to grow
SHREWSBURY — The Quakers at the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, Religious Society Friends, say response to the ongoing monthly food collection drive continues to grow. Since beginning food collection efforts in December, the Quakers report that they have collected more than 1,000 pounds of canned and boxed food items. With each passing month, volunteers have seen…
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Grant will fund study of incinerator site
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — The borough will use state funds to assess conditions at the former incinerator site on Sunset Avenue and the remediation required for its eventual use as a waterfront park. At the May 11 meeting, the Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution accepting a $249,254 grant from the…
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Shore culture is focus of exhibit
FREEHOLD — Explore aspects of shore culture that developed in Monmouth County at the Monmouth County Historical Association’s “By the Sea” exhibit at the main museum and library in Freehold Borough. The exhibition features a boardwalk showcasing an early wicker boardwalk cart from Asbury Park and a variety of period costumes. Other items on display…
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Children’s programs get creative at R.B. Library
RED BANK — The library will take a hiatus from regularly scheduled programs to launch Be Creative @ Your Library, a summer of creative programs for children and families beginning in June. Regularly scheduled programs, Toddler Time, Story Time, Family Time and the Avice Noblett Book Club, will not be held from June through August…
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Congregation B’nai Israel hosts Shavuot events
RUMSON — Journalist and author Andree Aelion Brooks will speak at Congregation B’nai Israel as part of the celebration of Shavuot, which begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 28. Her topic will be the 2,000- year history of Moroccan Jewry, from ancient to modern times. For almost two decades, Brooks was a contributing columnist and…
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