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Event raises funds for Girl Scouts
The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore raised more than $160,000 while honoring the personal and professional achievements of local individuals and organizations during its Women of Distinction and Community Partners Gala. It was sponsored by Investors Bank on March 7 at the Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club, Howell. During the black-tie affair, the…
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Writer suggests idea for affordable housing
On March 5 at the public portion of the Ocean County Board of Freeholders meeting, I implored the freeholders to use the bully pulpit to bring municipal zoning that will permit homeowners to create room rentals and apartment rentals within their own homes to give affordable housing to those who currently are without it. This…
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AARP supports Caregiver’s Assistance Act
Caregiving is stressful and expensive — in more ways than one. The average American caregiver is a 49-yearold woman who works while taking care of her elderly mother struggling with Alzheimer’s disease or some other illness — maybe several. For the caregiver, it may be a labor of love, but that does not mean it…
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Taking a different look at shooting statistics
I n response to Robin Nowicki’s recent letter to the editor urging support for a U.S House of Representatives gun control bill, I want to challenge her facts and rhetoric. She writes, “… Up to 40 percent of guns are sold without any ID requirement.” FactCheck.org notes that this is a “misleading talking point.” They…
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Bill allows adoptees access to birth certificates
A s an adoptee and an adoptive parent, I applaud the New Jersey Senate and Assembly for passing the New Jersey Birthright Bill. This important legislation will restore a basic human and civil right to relinquished persons who lost their genetic identity upon adoption. Like every minority group, adoptees are often faced with stigma and…
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Exercise is secret weapon in battle against cancer
YOUR TURN DR. REBECCA MOSS GUEST COLUMN Here in America, the rate of diagnosis of colorectal cancer in people in their early 40s is increasing more rapidly than in any other group. If you are the health-obsessed type, you might be taking vitamin supplements in the hope of keeping yourself out of this particular predicament.…
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DATEBOOK
Parachute Playtime for children ages 3-5 will be held at 1:30 p.m. March 24 at the Plumsted Library. Register for the program by calling 609-758-7888. Darrah Carr Irish Dancers will share Irish history, traditions and costumes through Irish dance at 7 p.m. March 26 at the Plumsted Library, 119 Evergreen Road, New Egypt.…
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ON CAMPUS
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, named the following local residents to the dean’s list for the fall semester: From Farmingdale: Tara Aldorasi, Mollie Alexander, Nicole Chechko, Isabella Furmato, Andrew Jones, Elizabeth Neubauer, George Pluhar, Kristi Silver, Stephanie Surgent, Alexandra Tuyahov; From Howell: Stephanie Angilletta, Ashley Bamonte, Alexa Benanti, Brianna Benanti, Jessica Binckes, Erik Braunstein, Christopher…
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