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3-D works a first for art guild
The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury is holding its first 3-D exhibit. The show features 84 works in a wide range of mediums, including glass, wood, paper, clay, metal, as well as installation art, multimedia and photo collage. The works of some 50 artists vary widely, embracing traditional, nonrepresentational and abstract pieces. Wooden bowl…
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‘Over Here’
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Shore Regional High School students rehearse their roles on Feb. 22 for the school’s production of “Over Here.” Olivia Chalakani rehearses.
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MU partnerships to allow students to enter computer programs
WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University announced that it has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with five universities in China. The agreements are primarily designed to facilitate entry of students who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in the appropriate Master of Science program in computer science or software engineering at Monmouth University. In addition,…
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Mon. U plays role in Green Team meeting
WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University is co-sponsoring a “Green Team” meeting next month, which is being held to help create a Climate Action Plan for individual towns. The Monmouth County Cool Cities Partnership (MCCCP), in conjunction with the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University and the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, are co-sponsoring…
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Follies Freeze
PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO Above: Ocean Township Elementary School student Abbey Reisler performs “You Can’t Stop the Beat” on Feb. 19 during the school’s Follies Freeze 2009. Right: Ocean Township Elementary School student Kayla Knop performs “Still in Love With You.”
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NOTES
The kindergarten students at Pope John XXIII Regional Catholic School in Ocean Township celebrated their 100th Day of School on Feb. 18. The children have been recording the school days since entering Pope John XXIII in September. The celebration took place over several days and included different counting, measuring and craft activities, as well as…
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Bargain shoppers turn to thrift shops
Once Again Thrift Boutique sees rising sales during tough times The Monmouth Medical Center Foundation’s Once Again Thrift Boutique on Main Street in Eatontown. EATONTOWN — Three-quarters of thrift and resale shops saw an increase in sales last quarter compared to the previous year, according to a recent report from iStockAnalyst, a virtual community of…
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Environmentalists target proposed LNG facilities
Critics at presentation in Colts Neck argue sites are unnecessary, potentially harmful BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent If three proposals on the drawing board win approval, there will be port storage and regasification (conversion of liquid back to gas) facilities for imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) offshore from the New Jersey coastline. The frontrunner is the…
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Three juvenile girls face charges after fight
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Three teenage girls are facing burglary and weapons charges after an altercation broke out in a township apartment complex last week. On Feb. 16 at approximately 11 p.m., police were called to the Twinbrook Apartment Complex, on Aldrin Road, in response to a report on a physical altercation outside the complex involving…
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