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Community health centers to receive stimulus funding
Two New Jersey community health centers will receive $2.6 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years to provide health care to low-income medically underserved residents. The Center for Health, Education, Medicine and Dentistry in Lakewood and the Monmouth Family Health Center in Long Branch and are among 126 health centers nationwide that…
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Poplar Brook flood plan will impact park
Army Corps proposes berm, basin at Joe Palaia Park BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Heavy rains caused flooding in October 2005. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A conceptual plan to mitigate the risk of flooding along Poplar Brook could see major changes at Joe Palaia Park, including the loss of some of the park’s fields and structures.…
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Suspect in murder indicted
FREEHOLD — A borough man is facing the possibility of life behind bars after being indicted last week in connection with the August 2008 murder of a Holmdel man. On March 18, a Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment charging Tyrone A. Price, 23, of Eatontown, with first-degree murder for allegedly beating Kevin Martin,…
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O.T. Board of Ed. proposes $52.3M school budget
Budget meetings for residents to be held at schools in April BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Board of Education is asking voters to approve a school-spending plan that calls for a 1.1- cent tax rate increase. The proposed $65.5 million, 2009-10 school year budget was approved unanimously by the board March…
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Egg scramble
Top: Youngsters scramble to gather eggs during Eatontown’s annual Easter Egg Hunt at Wolcott Park on Saturday. Right: Grace Lorraine Pannullo, 3, and her twin John Anthony, 3, of Eatontown, get ready for the hunt. Above: Rachael Orndorff, 6, of Eatontown collects many eggs. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Freeholders back bill to abolish COAH
BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders has joined a growing chorus of state and local lawmakers who are seeking extensive changes to the way affordable housing is handled in the state. During its March 11 meeting in Freehold, the board voted 5-0 in favor of a resolution supporting state…
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Ocean Twp. BOE reacts to consolidation study
Board says merging school districts will be voted down BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Aseries of feasibility studies that could result in the merging of school districts throughout Monmouth County is being called into question by the Ocean Township Board of Education (BOE). During a March 17 meeting, members of the BOE signed a letter…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Maria Ortiz, of Long Branch, participates in a cleanup of Long Branch beaches sponsored by One-USA on March 21. More photos, page 39.
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Jean M. McAneny Douglass
Mrs. Douglass, 88, of Holmdel, died on March 11, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She resided in Shrewsbury, prior to relocating to Holmdel recently. She was a secretary to the superintendent at the Colts Neck Board of Education for 25 years, retiring 23 years ago. She was predeceased by her first husband, Phillip D.…
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