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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Garden State farms have provided a bounty of beautiful vegetables.
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Sports betting proponents mull game plan
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The state and Monmouth Park in Oceanport are once again forced to swing for the fences after their pursuit of legalized sports betting was shot down in court a second time. In an Aug. 25 ruling, two of three Third Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled in favor of the…
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Clearwater Festival celebrates its roots in the life of Pete Seeger
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The 40th annual New Jersey Clearwater Festival will have at its heart a day of remembrance and celebration of the men who started it all — Pete Seeger and Bob Killian. Presented by the New Jersey Friends of Clearwater, the free Clearwater Festival will take place at Brookdale Community…
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Tracing the roots of Matawan’s Italian immigrants
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Left: Pasqualina and Giuseppe Angello on their 25th wedding anniversary in 1926. Right: Santino and Marianna Fedele on their wedding day in 1928. As a child, Gloria Bucco remembers her father telling her stories about older relatives who left Italy to settle in the small town of Matawan, New…
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Commission weighs in against Marine Park proposals
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Three proposals have resulted in three strikes. That is the present view taken by the Red Bank Environmental Commission, which has weighed in on three proposals submitted for Marine Park. And the RBEC has concluded for now that all three have fallen short in securing that the park remain natural…
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Home schooling gives parents more control over child’s education
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Sherry Prioli watches as her sons Joe, 12, and Nick, 10, play a numbers game at the Howell Public Library. The eight Prioli children have been home schooled. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR As summer draws to a close, many families turn their attention to the upcoming school year. Shopping for…
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Bulletin Board
– Monmouth Reform Temple will hold a 9/11 Visual Prayer Service at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at 332 Hance Ave., Tinton Falls. The service will include contemplative music and is open to the community. For more information, visit monmouthreformtemple.org. – Audubon will host bird walk The Monmouth County Audubon Society will host a late summer…
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Dems fill slot on Red Bank ballot
MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK – Local Democrats have named Board of Education member Michael Ballard to run for election to a Borough Council seat in the November general election. Red Bank Democratic Chairman Ed Zipprich announced Aug. 31 that Ballard has been nominated by the Democratic County Committee to run in place of…
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Snooze alert
Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: I heard on “Today” that Nissan has a new technology coming out that alerts the driver who’s falling asleep at the wheel. They explained a little about how it works, but did not say when this car will be out. We don’t have a Nissan dealership in our area so…
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