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Help prevent heart disease in women
National Wear Red Day, designed to raise awareness in the fight against heart disease in women, is Feb. 7. Heart disease is often equated with being a “man’s disease,” but that is incorrect. It is the No. 1 killer in women. Yet only one in five American women believes that heart disease is her greatest…
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Resident says ‘Bridgegate’ defies logic
Did Gov. Chris Christie need the endorsement of the Fort Lee mayor in his quest to thoroughly trounce Barbara Buono in the gubernatorial election? The polls before and the outcome after surely indicate that he didn’t. How would a huge traffic jam in Fort Lee caused by the closing of two lanes of the George…
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School’s new director to focus on alumni
Ranney School has named Tom Moriau of Toms River as its new director of alumni relations. He will lead the development of a new Ranney Alumni Council, the Alumni Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, the Athletic Hall of Fame, alumni events and new initiatives, such as alumni networking programs and career mentoring. Moriau will also be…
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Local students win science competition
WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University recently announced the winners of its fourth annual Stars Science Competition for middle school students. The Red Bank Charter School competed along with eight other schools for prize money to buy science equipment and supplies for their classrooms. The Red Bank Charter School won the third prize of $600.…
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Displaced families at fort may get deadline extension
By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Local mayors are applauding efforts to extend the deadline for families displaced by superstorm Sandy who are living in temporary housing at Fort Monmouth. The request, which was sent to the federal government on Jan. 28, asks that the April 1 deadline for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) temporary…
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Groups tailor aid to victims
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Domestic violence affects those from all walks of life, and the organizations that help victims take care to accommodate them all. “There are a lot of cultural nuances we have to keep in mind, and we will work accordingly,” said Devangi Raval of Manavi, a New Brunswick organization for South…
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Undercover operation led to closure of veal plant
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The Catelli Brothers meat processing plant on Broad Street in Shrewsbury was shuttered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Jan. 24 for “egregious” violations of humane animal-handling laws. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF SHREWSBURY — An unidentified member of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) got a job at Catelli…
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Renaissance art depicts stages of love
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Edoardo Mungiello, above, presented a talk on “Love’s Conversion in Renaissance Paintings” during an event sponsored by the Freehold Borough Arts Council. The discussion featured images of works by Botticelli, Titian and Veronese. PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON Walt Disney knew it. So did 15th- and 16th-century painters like Botticelli,…
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Charles Rothstein of New York takes his ice boat out Jan. 30 on the frozen Navesink River off Red Bank, home base of the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club, founded in 1880 and known locally as “the grand old lady of the sport of ice boating.” For more photos, see page 18. STAFF…
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