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Tensions still high over Trinity Hall proposal
By KEITH HEUMILLER A Planning Board hearing on the Trinity Hall application was standing-room-only. MIDDLETOWN — Opposition testimony has begun in one of the township’s most polarizing Planning Board applications in recent memory. The Trinity Hall application, which seeks approval to build a private all-girls high school on a 64-acre tract on Chapel Hill Road,…
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Local woman receives award for providing medical services
Ramapo College President Peter P. Mercer, left to right, Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference recipient Joyce Jenkins and Russell Berrie Foundation President Angelica Berrie attend a reception for Jenkins on April 30. For her work to provide primary medical services to the underserved in Freehold, Joyce Jenkins of Marlboro was awarded a $50,000…
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Delinquent taxes at issue in firehouse relocation
By GREG KENNELTY SEA BRIGHT — Plans to relocate Sea Bright Fire and Rescue to a temporary site are on hold due to delinquent taxes on the property. Opposition arose to the proposal to raise tents at a temporary firehouse location on the corner of Peninsula and Ocean avenues during the April 22 Borough Council…
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Sea Bright to begin study of underused properties
By KENNY WALTER The storm-damaged former post office on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright is among the properties included in a redevelopment study. The Sea Bright Planning Board will begin a study of 21 vacant, underutilized or storm-damaged properties to determine whether they meet the criteria for redevelopment. A resolution approved by the Borough Council…
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Italian-American club schedules blood drive
The Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean will host a blood drive for the Central Jersey Blood Center from 5- 9 p.m. on May 14, at 1110 Route 35 S., Ocean. Appointments can be scheduled by contacting Felix Spano at 732-585-8281 or visiting www.cjbcblood.org. Walk-in donors are also welcome. Donors must eat before…
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Runners raise $40,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs
ASBURY PARK — A group of local runners recently raised $40,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County (BGCM) at Shore-area races, including the Asbury Park Half Marathon, New Jersey Marathon, Long Branch Half Marathon and Half Marathon Relay. Each member of Team BGCM was asked to raise at least $1,035 to sponsor…
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FEMA offers guidance on home repairs
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has produced materials to give technical guidance to homebuilders and property owners planning post-Sandy construction or repairs in coastal areas. For residential builders and do-ityourselfers, FEMA offers a series of fact sheets — available for free at www.fema.gov — that provide technical guidance and recommendations concerning the construction of…
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Finn Fest set for May 18 in Avon-by-the-Sea
The fourth annual Finn Fest will be held from 2-6 p.m. on May 18 at the Norwood Inn, 618 Second Ave., Avon-by-the-Sea. Proceeds will benefit the Joe Finn Music Therapy Program at the Leon Hess Cancer Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. The program encourages the use of music to relieve symptoms of cancer…
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Hope exists for those with brain tumors
LAURA MUÑOZ The air was fresh with the promise of spring when my 15-year-old son stepped out of his boat after crew practice, and we headed off for a routine MRI for daily headaches. The technician called me to the back room, and I was told that they had discovered a mass in my son’s…
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