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Expo promotes outdoor activities
JACKSON — Visitors to this year’s New Jersey WILD Outdoor Expo spent the weekend enjoying the flora and fauna at the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area as well as activities that promoted the great outdoors. The annual event in Jackson — sponsored by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Division of Fish and Wildlife,…
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Employee says care center should remain with county
JENNIFER GREGORY I am an 18-year employee of Monmouth County and I work at the John L. Montgomery Care Center in Freehold Township. We are a long-term-care facility that takes care of Monmouth County’s most vulnerable young citizens. There are 62 residents under the age of 59. Currently, our youngest resident is just 17 years…
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Guests at Millstone Day enjoy boating on a lake at the host site, Frogbridge Day Camp. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Issues exist with property assessments
I am writing in response to the recent letter to the editor from Monmouth County Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone. I am a victim of the new property tax assessment law, better known as the law to make people unable to successfully file and win tax appeals, which Mr. Arnone helped to put into place last…
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Smith puts ideology on display in VAWA vote
Congressman Chris Smith (R-4) recently voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This legislation, which had enjoyed bipartisan support since it was first passed in 1994, is crucial in providing funding for domestic violence and sexual assault programs all across the country, including funding for the forensic exams done by sexual assault nurse…
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Guests to find large selection of items at fall vendor show
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Members of the CentraState Associated Auxiliaries are gearing up for their 2014 fall vendor event, which will offer a variety of items for sale. The event will be held at the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main St. (Route 537), on the CentraState Medical Center campus. The event will…
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Archives and History Day to focus on Civil War era
Monmouth County Archives and History Day will take place 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. As the county’s caretaker of historic documents for the past 26 years, the staff has prepared a monthlong exhibit, “The Civil War: New Jersey in Focus,” which opened on Oct. 1.…
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Cancer center breaks ground in Middletown
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is building a facility in Middletown. Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center officially kicked off work on a 304,000-square-foot outpatient cancer treatment facility known as MSK Monmouth in Middletown last week. The building that will house the center, which was approved by the township…
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Pianist David Dubal to play at conservatory
The Monmouth Conservatory of Music will celebrate 50 years of excellence in teaching and performance by hosting “An Afternoon with David Dubal” at 4 p.m. Oct. 19 at the conservatory, 50 White St., Red Bank. Dubal is an internationally known pianist, teacher, writer, broadcaster and painter. He will take the audience through a journey into…
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