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Pupils sample careers at middle school event
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Hairstylist Lori Walsh told pupils about her job during Career Day at the Millstone Township Middle School. Walsh is pictured giving school counselor Deborah Acker a trim as eighth-graders look on and prepare to ask questions. MILLSTONE — Thoughts about the future were on the minds of Millstone Township Middle School…
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Christie is not the man for the presidency
As a 70-year-old, conservative, selfemployed Vietnam veteran, I feel I must share my anger with regard to Chris Christie. He is a fake, wannabe politician. He is always looking at the next step up rather than finishing what he started, or starting what he promised the voters he would start. If the national Republican Party…
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Longtime Allentown resident was involved in community
Betsy Poinsett Betsy Poinsett, 73, a longtime resident of Allentown who was involved in many community groups and projects, died on Feb. 21 at Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse, Philadelphia. Poinset was a resident of Newtown, Pennsylvania, at the time of her death. Poinsett, who was a native of Nebraska, moved to Trenton with her family…
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Freeholders offer support to those who pan pipeline
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has given its support to the residents of Upper Freehold Township as a plan for a high-pressure gas pipeline that would pass through the municipality continues to take shape. Residents initially brought their concerns about the pipeline to the freeholders’ Jan. 22 meeting.…
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Great Adventure employee to pursue karaoke record
Mike Miller of Jackson, who is an employee in the Six Flags Great Adventure safari, will attempt to set a world record for karaoke singing on March 24 at McGinn’s Pub, Route 537, Jackson. Miller will be raising money for the Wounded Warriors Project. Mike Miller is a man from Jackson who likes to sing.…
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Monmouth gains land at two parks
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will acquire a piece of land in Millstone Township and a parcel in Upper Freehold Township to add to existing parks. According to resolutions recently passed by the freeholders, the Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners has found it necessary to acquire the…
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Budget keeps state aid flat
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie Gov. Chris Christie seeks to maintain flat levels of aid to municipalities and school districts in his fiscal year 2016 budget despite making the largest-ever pension payment in New Jersey history. During his Feb. 24 budget address at the State House, Christie outlined a new set of…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The Allentown High School Redbirds huddle for a team cheer prior to a recent game. The Redbirds (21-4) earned the No. 3 seed in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament and played Red Bank Regional in the first round on March 3.
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