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Visit from hot air balloon top prize in Festival of Ballooning contest
The QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, in association with PNC Bank, is inviting New Jersey students in grades two through 12 to take part in the 11th annual PNC Bank American Patriot Essay Contest by writing a short essay on the topic “What the American Flag Means to Me.” The grand prize winner will…
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Law bans specific type of bonus
Legislation sponsored by state assemblywomen Caroline Casagrande and Amy Handlin (both R-Monmouth) that bans bonuses from being given to school superintendents based on reducing the number of special needs students who are placed in out-of-the-district educational facilities was recently signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie. “It is inappropriate to ever tie a superintendent’s compensation…
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Morning personality Marty Martinez retires from Greater Media’s WRAT-FM
Marty Martinez Greater Media New Jersey announced that longtime WRAT-FM morning co-host Marty Martinez has decided to hang up his headphones and retire after a long and successful career. The radio veteran’s last day on the air was Feb. 28. Martinez served as the official morning co-host of the RAT’s Carl and Marty in the…
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IN THE NEWS
Time is now to ramp up fight vs. blood cancers Mark Rosman I hate cancer with a passion. During my 32-year career with Greater Media Newspapers, our staff writers have authored hundreds of articles about men, women and children who have battled the disease. Some of those articles have had happy endings and some, unfortunately,…
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ARE WE THERE YET
She has had it up to here with winter Lori Clinch I t’s spring! That’s right, I said it. Spring. Oh sure, the calendar says we have a couple more weeks until the official arrival of the auspicious event. Certainly there are folks who will contend that we are still in winter’s nasty clutches. But…
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Millstone Township Community Education, in conjunction with Voice Coaches, will present “Getting Paid To Talk,” an introduction to the world of voiceover acting, on March 20 at the Millstone Township Middle School, 5 Dawson Court, Millstone Township. The class is open to residents of all towns. Attendees will learn everything from the basics of getting…
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East Brunswick High School fans cheer for the Bears during the Greater Middlesex Conference boys basketball tournament championship game on Feb. 27 at the Rutgers Athletic Center, Piscataway. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR
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Arc of Monmouth will honor special month
March 1 marked the start of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. To celebrate this month, The Arc of Monmouth will be joining other chapters of The Arc, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families and friends in getting out in public to raise awareness on March 29. The goal of this one-day event is to…
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Support sought for Toomey-Manchin bill
I recently attended a meeting hosted by the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County that addressed the alarming number of school shootings in America. There have been 44 school shootings since the December 2012 Newtown, Conn., tragedy; 13 of those shootings have already happened in 2014. The auditorium was filled with uniformed and decorated law enforcement…
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