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Library to host parent support group
The Atlantic Highlands Library will host a monthly support group, “Supporting Parents of Special Needs Children,” beginning on March 6 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at 100 First Ave., Atlantic Highlands. The support group will address the emotional needs of parents and caregivers of children with a variety of special needs, and will be facilitated by Andrew…
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Learn about Yiddish influence on English
Temple Shalom will present the program, “You Know More Yiddish Than You Think,” on March 2 from 10 a.m. to noon at 5 Ayrmont Lane, Aberdeen. The interactive program will reveal the many Yiddish words and expressions that have entered the English vocabulary. The public is invited to become a Yiddish maven with a list…
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Towns see drop in tax appeals one year into pilot program
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Property tax appeals are down in municipalities across the county just one year into a pilot program designed to reduce the impact of successful tax appeals on municipal budgets. John Butow, tax assessor for several municipalities, told officials at the Feb. 20 meeting of the Two River Council of Mayors…
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Christie: State will fight for storm victims, push for reforms
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie takes questions from the crowd during a Town Hall meeting at the Port Monmouth VFW in Middletown on Feb. 20. For his first Town Hall meeting in almost a year, Gov. Chris Christie returned to one of the most Sandy-impacted regions in the state to field questions…
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Residents blast state recovery plan
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Jeff Tittle, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, criticizes the Christie administration’s Sandy recovery spending plan at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft on Feb. 21. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF During a public hearing for the Christie administration’s proposed $1.4 billion Sandy “action plan” at Brookdale Community College in Middletown on Feb.…
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Cost of snow removal sets new record
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Local governments are facing steep costs this winter for snow plowing and salting roads, as well as for patching potholes. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Officials throughout New Jersey are licking their financial and logistical wounds following the recent spate of snowstorms that will ultimately cost all levels of New Jersey…
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REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
Yisroel Taub, sales associate with RE/MAX on the Move Realty, Lakewood, was recently awarded membership into RE/MAX of New Jersey’s Platinum Club. The award was presented at the Annual RE/MAX of New Jersey awards ceremony held at The Palace at Somerset Park on Feb. 12. Membership into the Platinum Club is one of the highest…
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Rising values hindering affordability
As value and equity increase for homeowners it becomes more difficult for new buyers to enter the market. Good news and bad news often comes in pairs, and such is life in real estate. Take a couple recent reports from the National Association of Realtors. The good: The bulk of the nation’s metropolitan areas showed…
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Stage direction
By Madhusmita Bora CTW Features Staging often is called upon to help a for-sale home fetch a higher price, but a new study says it doesn’t make as much of a difference as we’ve come to believe. A new study that says home staging does not translate into higher selling price, has sparked a controversy…
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