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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The remains of the boardwalk along the beaches of Long Branch as seen on April 17.
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Pet-medication toxicity can be avoided
YOUR TURN PATRICIA SMILLIE-SCAVELLI GUEST COLUMN Pets certainly can become ill from ingesting human medications, but the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center reports that they have identified pet medications themselves to be even more dangerous to our pets. It is not the medications themselves that are…
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Plastics still top beach litter list
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Catie Tobin, ocean advocacy and education fellow for Clean Ocean Action, explains that plastic pieces top the “Dirty Dozen” of debris littering New Jersey beaches at an April 17 press conference held on Sandy Hook. GREG KENNELTY/STAFF SANDY HOOK — Plastic debris continues to account for the lion’s share of…
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Hazlet native follows calling to wildlife sanctuary
By CHUCK O’DONNELL Correspondent As the director of Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary on Martha’s Vineyard, Suzan Bellincampi watches over gardens, marshes, nature trails and wildlife at the 320-acre preserve. Her new book serves as a field guide and a love letter to nature. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Suzan Bellincampi spent one recent sun-splashed…
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Holmdel residents blast fire company realignment
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The Holmdel Fire Company No. 1 firehouse on West Main Street. Township employees took possession of the 97-year-old company’s fire trucks on April 10 as part of a departmental realignment, which is pending approval by the Township Committee. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF Holmdel residents, confused and angered by the township’s decision to…
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Emergency managers learn from Sandy
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The boardwalk in Ocean Grove is being rebuilt in sections this year after being battered by superstorm Sandy in 2012. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR I n New Jersey, where tornadoes, wildfires, blizzards, nor’easters and hurricanes are just some of the disasters perpetually on the horizon, it pays to be prepared.…
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22nd Annual Central Jersey RV Show and Food Drive to be held May 2-4
The 22nd Annual Central Jersey RV Show once again expects to draw a record crowd in addition to collecting a record amount of food donations. The dates for this year’s event are May 2-4. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday at the…
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Verdana Howell named ‘Community of the Year’ by New Jersey Builders Association
Monmouth County enclave takes top honor at Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards Banquet in Atlantic City S terling Properties and AST Development announces that the New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) has named Verdana Howell, the joint-venture partnership’s successful rental enclave in Howell, “Community of the Year.” Bestowed during NJBA’s Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards banquet…
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Great things are happening at Hickory Farms in Berkeley Township
Hickory Farms in Berkeley Township — known as the Jersey Shore’s most exciting new community — is experiencing great interest and activity following a recent new model opening. This picturesque single family home neighborhood featured the just-furnished Bayview model, which was extremely well received by buyers. “Adding this model to our community allows visitors to…
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