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Apps enhance outdoor fun and safety
A ny time is a good time to explore New Jersey’s great outdoors, and fall is especially glorious. If you want to find out where to hike, bike, paddle, fish, bird-watch, hunt or visit historic sites, check your phone. Over 60 percent of mobile phones are smartphones, and there’s been an explosion of new apps,…
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LEGO program at Oceanport Library
The Oceanport Library will host a special program for children this month. Special LEGO Program will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 14. Melina Stock of Bricks4Kidz will guide children in constructing LEGO creations. The program is for children age 3 and up. Register at the library. The Oceanport Library is located at Monmouth Boulevard…
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Red Bank Elks set Soccer Shoot
RED BANK — Red Bank Elks Lodge No. 233 is inviting area youth to the annual Soccer Shoot Competition on Oct. 27 at Count Basie Park, Field 3, starting at noon. Preregistration is not required. The competition reflects the Elks’ stated belief that sporting activities for youngsters provide spirited competition, develop character and help make…
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Red Bank candidates talk taxes, transparency
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Amy Goldsmith, president of the West Side Community Group, moderates a forum for Red Bank Borough Council candidates Oct. 17. From left are Republican challengers Cindy Burnham and Sean Di Somma, and Democratic incumbents Cathy Horgan and Sharon Lee. KEITH HEUMILLER RED BANK — While it ended with handshakes and…
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Still trying to go home, one year after Sandy
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Union Beach resident Bart Sutton has been living with his family in a Keyport apartment since Sandy’s massive flood surge ravaged his home a year ago. He wanted to make the necessary repairs to his house, elevate it to a new 14-foot flood elevation and move back in, but the…
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Sandy bills keep piling up
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A rguably the most devastating storm to hit New Jersey’s shores, Sandy claimed more than three dozen lives and pushed hundreds of thousands from their homes across the state. Cleanup and repair expenses totaled more than $36 billion, according to Gov. Chris Christie, and the storm’s long-term effects on local…
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SCAN to hold brain health fair on Nov. 8
The Social Community Activities Network (SCAN) will hold a “Total Brain Health Fair” on Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at its location in the Monmouth Mall, 180 Route 35, Eatontown. Dr. Cynthia Green will explore what the brain needs to stay fit. There will also be 15 interactive brainteaser stations. The cost…
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Church organizes ‘Pink-Out’ service
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank, 172 Shrewsbury Ave., will host a “Pink-Out” praise and worship service at 11 a.m. on Oct. 27. The service will feature a presentation by Dr. Denise Johnson-Miller, director of the Breast Cancer Surgery Program at Jersey Shore Medical Center. Attendees are encouraged…
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Red Bank proposes $500K property revaluation
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer RED BANK — The Borough Council will hold a Nov. 6 public hearing on a proposed $500,000 townwide property revaluation. According to Mayor Pasquale Menna, the Monmouth County Board of Taxation has ordered the borough to conduct a revaluation because there is currently a significant difference between the assessed value…
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