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Support group can help children, families
Rainbows is offering a free support program for children age 5-14 and their families who are grieving from a life-altering crisis due to death, divorce, separation, illness or other painful family transitions. Sessions will be held 6:45-7:45 p.m. Mondays at the Precious Blood Parish Center, 72 Riverdale Ave., Monmouth Beach. The program is open to…
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Red Bank Crop Walk will fight hunger locally and globally
By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — For more than three decades, participants in the 5-mile Red Bank Crop Walk have provided food and donations for local nonprofits and food pantries in Monmouth County. “New Jersey is a very expensive place to live, and many people can be working two or three jobs in…
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Did you know …
NBC will premiere its new comedy series, “Truth Be Told,” on Friday, Oct. 16, at 8:30 p.m. The show is about two diverse couples – Mitch (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, “Saved by the Bell”) and Tracy (Vanessa Lachey, “Dads”), and Russell (Tone Bell, “Bad Judge”) and Angie (Bresha Webb, “Hung”) – a fearless foursome who are both…
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Five unforgettable TV memories
By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine What makes for great television? As one psychologist put it, viewers “want to root for characters that struggle to make meaning out of a reality that reflects our own reality.” Yet while most of us aren’t likely to experience the situations below, there’s no denying that the spectrum of…
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Teacher retires and goes into research, as a pioneer in brain tumor vaccine trial
Rita Coakley of Roxbury is a pioneer of many sorts. For example, as a fifth-grade teacher at Lincoln Roosevelt Elementary School, she didn’t always make her students read from books. Instead, she often taught them by telling stories related to the topic to make learning more meaningful. She just retired from teaching — a few…
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How you can lower your risk of breast cancer
Regular exercise can help women lower their risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent…
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FOR THE RECORD
Liens were placed on 51 properties owned by Long Branch Partners, an affiliate of Diversified Realty Advisors, which is seeking to redevelop the 10-acres in the lower Broadway corridor. The tax liens were sold during a Sept. 22 tax sale because property taxes were not current.
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Holiday Express’ clambake a success
LONG BRANCH — More than 400 people attended the eighth annual Holiday Express Clambake on Sept. 20 at McLoone’s Pier House. An estimated $100,000 were raised to support Holiday Express’ mission to deliver music, food, gifts, financial support and friendship to those with the greatest need. This year’s event honored Lowy’s Moving Service, a longtime…
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An out-of-this-world experience
By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com In the new film The Martian, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is a botanist working on Mars as part of the Ares 3 mission. When a storm quickly blows in, the crew is left scrambling to return to the ship for liftoff. Watney is struck by flying debris, and with the window…
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