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Flag-themed essays sought for contest
The Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning and PNC Bank invite New Jersey students in second to 12th grades to take part in the 12th annual PNC Bank American Patriot Essay Contest by writing a short essay on the topic “What the American Flag Means to Me.” The essays must be 100 words or…
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Arbor Terrace resident celebrate 100th birthday with Kelly Ripa
BACK TO BUSINESS News of Greater Media Newspapers’ advertisers Hedwig “Hattie” Smelter never imagined she would get up close and personal with two of her favorite morning show hosts. Every morning at 9 a.m. Smelter watches the “Live! with Kelly and Michael” show from her apartment at Arbor Terrace of Middletown. However, to mark her…
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5K pays tribute to Long Branch’s fallen officers
LONG BRANCH — The Jersey Shore Running Club will hold its 24th Celtic Tribute 5K run at 11 a.m. on April 4 at the Great Lawn near McKinley Avenue in Long Branch. The event is held in memory of Long Branch’s fallen police officers, including patrolmen Herman Emmons and William Richards, and Sgt. Patrick King.…
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All the world’s a stage for Shakespeare fans
The five finalists in the 2015 Shakespeare Competition strike a pose, left to right: Guy Rose, Jess Fisher, Lauren Pelaia, Naomi Stuart and Patrick Monaghan. PHOTO COURTESY OF JANET PITMAN MIDDLETOWN — A dozen high school students took the stage at the Middletown Arts Center and — without scenery, costumes or props — brought Shakespeare’s…
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Competitive sports reject the Golden Rule
It should be obvious that a competitive sport is a rejection of the Golden Rule and the command to love your neighbor as yourself, but politicians and the major religious groups within our society have yet to catch on. Vast numbers of people still do not realize that our purpose in living is to help…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A lone walker passes by the Casino in Asbury Park during a recent snowstorm.
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Girl Scouts plant grasses, teach dune protection
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Olivia Cutalo joins in the American Littoral Society’s Beach Grasses in Classes program at the Nut Swamp Elementary School in Middletown on Feb. 27. FRANK GALIPO MIDDLETOWN — As part of their Restore the Shore beach-restoration project, members of Girl Scout troops 744 and 465 of Middletown are partnering…
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ) hosted 2015 New Jersey Business Hall of Fame Laureate Aldonna Ambler, CEO, Ambler Growth Strategy Consultants Inc., at its JA BizTown simulation. The simulation is a real-world learning lab filled with 14 storefronts run by fifthand sixth-grade students who are supported by adult volunteers as they experience life as…
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College to show film on Holocaust hero
LINCROFT — Community members are invited to a free screening of the film, “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story,” at 6:30 p.m. March 23 at Brookdale Community College’s Student Life Center, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The film tells the true story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, during World…
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