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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Ocean State Job Lot opens in Shrewsbury SHREWSBURY — Ocean State Job Lot will open its newest store June 7 at 179 Newman Springs Road in Shrewsbury. Ocean State Job Lot is a closeout retailer headquartered in Rhode Island, with 113 stores on the East Coast. The store is the first in the state for…
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La Tavola owners bring family recipes to the table
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Husband and wife Steve and Jill Sullivan stand behind the bar of La Tavola Cucina, the Italian restaurant they opened in 2010 on Old Bridge Turnpike in South River. JACK MURTHA Since its opening in 2010, La Tavola Cucina has served meals that bring people together. The Italian restaurant and…
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Complaints mount over sluggish Sandy recovery
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Borough residents and officials have called on the governing body to create an oversight committee that would steer recovery and mitigation projects they say have been lacking since superstorm Sandy. The comments came at the end of the Borough Council’s May 20 meeting, which touched on a number…
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Web of social services buoys adult with autism
The Autism Puzzle: A New Jersey Angle By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Kevin Petranich performs his tasks at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI This is part six in an occasional series of stories about people with autism in New Jersey. The entire series can be found at www.gmnews.com/autism. K evin Petranich…
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Bungalows could house Sandy victims
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The Eatontown-based Affordable Housing Alliance has announced a new, low-cost modular home program for residents who cannot afford to rebuild homes that were damaged by superstorm Sandy. The Eatontown-based Affordable Housing Alliance has announced two new initiatives to help ease the burden on Sandy victims across northern Monmouth County. In…
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D-Day legacy of service and sacrifice lives on
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Rudolph Schasney, a U.S. Navy gunner first mate who was involved in the D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944, participates in a Memorial Day ceremony on May 24 at Thorne Middle School in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. MATT DENTON Seventy years after D-Day — the Allied…
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Bulletin Board items
– Grace Church of Old Bridge will hold its annual yard sale 9 a.m.-1 p.m. June 7 at 442 Cottrell Road, Old Bridge. Proceeds will benefit outreach funds. For more information, contact the church at [email protected] or visit www.gracechurchob.org. – Free garden talks at Keyport GardenWalk This year’s Keyport GardenWalk will be held from 11…
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High-end Hyundai
Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: My brother called to say that he’d just bought a new Hyundai. We gave him a little good-natured ribbing about his cheapie choice, and he announced, huffily, that it was a $69,000 Hyundai. I love my brother, but he’s given to hyperbole. I seriously doubt he paid $69,000 for a…
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Top used cars for new grads
By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features They’re rated as being safe and reliable and are reasonably affordable, bringing both peace of mind — and pocketbook — to those heading off to their first jobs. While many students get through their college years driving an old “beater” car or borrowing a ride from the family fleet as…
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