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Fire rips through Ocean apartment building
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP—A four-alarm fire has displaced 34 people and destroyed 12 units at the Twinbrook Apartment complex. Ocean Township Fire Marshal Chris Pujat said that the Aug. 4 fire has been ruled as a non-suspicious one. “The fire has been determined as accidental, we can not eliminate improperly discarded smoking…
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Jewelry sales honor mother’s memory while helping her children
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — When a borough jewelry maker heard about the death of her friend, Tamara “Tami” Seidle, she put her designs on helping the nine children who had lost their mother. “It’s just a tragic situation,” said Krista Lynn Eggering, the creative force behind Krista Lynn Designs. Eggering,…
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Chamber slates annual comedy night
The Greater Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce (GOTCC) will hold its annual Comedy Night and Gift Auction on Sept. 18 at Buona Sera Palazzo, 1033 W. Park Ave., Ocean. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour and gift auction ticket drop, followed by a buffet dinner. The show starts at 8:15…
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Hair Cuttery will hold its annual Share A Haircut program Aug. 1-15. For every haircut purchased for children up to age 18, Hair Cuttery will donate a free haircut to a child in need in the community. Monmouth County salons include 455 Route 35, Red Bank. For more information, visit www.haircuttery.com. Because of the devastating…
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Wait, it has “Fantastic” in the title?
In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and Sue Storm (Kate Mara) harness their daunting new abilities to save Earth. ALAN MARKFIELD As I settle in to see the new Marvel comic book origin story, Fantastic Four, I assume that the movie will be good and quite possibly great. Marvel has…
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Jon Voight on playing Mickey Donovan in Showtime’s hit series
By Lori Acken, channelguidemag.com “Whenever things get bad, they could always get worse: Mickey could show up,” says Ray Donovan star Jon Voight — who thrills audiences weekly as Clan Donovan’s hustling patriarch. So now that his fortunes have changed, Mickey with money is even more of a loose cannon than he was perpetually chasing…
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Reunion of Slocum family set for October
The Slocums of New Jersey will hold their annual family reunion from 10 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch. All interested parties are welcome to attend. Attendees can bring records and share valuable information with other family members. The Slocums were early settlers of Long Branch…
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Monmouth County Fair winners named
Last month’s Monmouth County Fair at the E. Freehold Showgrounds in Freehold included a home and garden competition. First-place winners of the 2015 Home and Garden Competition for children in the general categories of art, crafts and photography include the following: In the art category, first-place winners were: Crayon: Bethany Martino of Farmingdale; Marker: Victoria…
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Exhibit explores quilts, communication
WEST LONG BRANCH — The Pollak Gallery at Monmouth University is exhibiting, “When Textiles Talk: A Quilting Exhibit,” from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Aug. 28 at 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch. The juried exhibit is free and includes quilts from members of Rebecca’s Reel Quilt Guild in Middletown and the Beach Plum Quiltmakers of…
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