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Great Adventure to open for 2014
JACKSON — Six Flags Great Adventure and Safari’s 40th year will begin April 12 with the debut of three lion cubs, new shows and special events — and a countdown to the opening of the world’s tallest drop ride, Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom. Guests can see the park’s three newest lion cubs — Kanu, Kondo…
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The right lane
Employees of the Provident Bank raised more than $7,500 for mentoring programs through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth and Middlesex Counties during the Bowl For Kids’ Sake event held at Majestic Lanes in Perth Amboy on March 21. PHOTO COURTESY OF KITCHEN PUBLIC RELATIONS
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Train station work on track for midsummer completion
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer After a difficult winter, work has resumed on the Red Bank train station’s $1.6 million makeover. New Jersey Transit officials say the multiyear effort could conclude by midsummer. GLORIA STRAVELLI/STAFF RED BANK — After a winter of delays caused by record snowfall and arctic temperatures, the remodeling of the historic…
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Monmouth Park aims to add new attractions
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — A concert venue and boardwalk area at Monmouth Park are in the planning stages and will be submitted to the Planning/Zoning Board in the coming months. Dennis Drazin, advisor to Monmouth Park operator Darby Development and the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NJTHA), outlined plans for amenities at…
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Seven Presidents Park to host shorebird walk
The Monmouth County Audubon Society (MCAS) will host a walk to look for nesting shorebirds at 10 a.m. April 12 at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. Participants should meet in the north parking lot on the corner of Ocean Avenue North and Atlantic Avenue. The park is a waterfront preserve that features a…
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Sea Bright agrees to cell tower behind Boro Hall
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — After years of discussions, the Borough Council has decided to move forward with a proposal to locate a cell tower behind Borough Hall to avoid a more intrusive location elsewhere in the borough. Councilman Marc Leckstein said during the April 1 council meeting that if officials do…
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Curley: County health care facilities must be privatized
JOHN P. CURLEY The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has the opportunity to put the county on a more stable financial footing. Since 2007, the county health care facilities — John L. Montgomery, Freehold Township, and Geraldine L. Thompson, Wall Township — have ensued losses of more than $40 million of taxpayers money. This financial…
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Lawn care doesn’t require harsh chemicals
I t is the season to fertilize our lawns, and there is a lot of media coverage about cancer. I suggest that fertilizing and lawn feeding products, as well as weed killers, don’t need to have harsh chemical ingredients. Those poison our water supply and are contributors that are known to be cancerous. There are…
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Criminals don’t count bullets in a magazine
While other crimes are on the decrease in New Jersey, shootings are on the increase every day. When a shooting is recorded, it says nothing about the shooter going for a background check or a firearms identification card, or magazines that hold only 15 rounds. So all the gun control laws are only going to…
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