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Eatontown Mayor Gerald Tarantolo speaks prior to presenting a crystal clock to retired Shrewsbury Mayor Emilia Siciliano (center) as former Tinton Falls Mayor Anne McNamara looks on. Siciliano was feted at a retirement dinner held at the Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury in February. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 22 will present “America’s Boating Course,” 8:30 a.m.-5…
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April: The pace picks up!
William Shakespeare: “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” Dare to dream! Patience has its own sweet rewards. When you are struck with the urge to root in the dirt, you are in your own world. It’s an elusive combination: hard labor with satisfaction on its heels. The speed bumps you encounter in…
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Photographers recognized in state press association contest
G reater Media Newspapers photographers won three awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2008. Eric Sucar, Portrait, second place The newspaper group, based in Freehold, N.J., publishes 12 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. Jeff Granit and Eric Sucar were among the journalists honored at the NJPA awards banquet…
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Rain doesn’t deter runners for 12th Sgt. Pat King 5K
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Trent Karaman, Red Bank, runs on the Long Branch boardwalk during the annual Sgt. Pat’s 5K Run/1-mile Fitness Walk on April 11. LONG BRANCH — Heavy rains and brisk winds didn’t stop some 400 hardy runners from turning out for the 12th annual Sgt. Pat’s 5K Run…
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R.B. men convicted in jewelry store heist
AMonmouth County jury found Michael Livingston, 23, and Carlos Delevry, 21, both of Red Bank, guilty of first-degree armed robbery, second degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with a 2007 jewelry store robbery in Red Bank, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.…
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Second annual river sweep cleanup
CHRIS KELLY staff This riverfront lot at the foot of Maple Avenue has been preserved as open space. RED BANK — A group of local residents has formed the Friends of Maple Ave. and is collaborating with other community groups to preserve and maintain a small piece of waterfront property at the foot of Maple…
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After 50 yrs., Beth Shalom is ‘cool’
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro RED BANK — Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro has a mission and that is to make religious services, in his words, “cool.” “Most people think of the church or synagogue as old and boring, and I’m trying to make it a place where you go to feel comfortable, a…
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COA celebrates Earth Day with Beach Sweeps
Thousands of volunteers will gather at more than 60 sites along the New Jersey coast for Clean Ocean Action’s (COA) 24th annual Spring Beach Sweeps on Saturday, April 25. The largest grassroots environmental event in the state, the COA Beach Sweeps will take place 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Since it began in 1985, more…
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District proposes $14.9M Shore Regional H.S. budget
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Taxpayers in the Shore Regional High School district are being asked to vote on a proposed $14.9 million spending plan that, if approved, would result in tax increases in three of the district’s four sending towns. The 2009-10 budget, which was approved unanimously by the district’s Board of Education (BOE)…
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