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Towns celebrate Constitution Week
MATAWAN — The Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) celebrated Constitution Week (Sept. 17-23) in conjunction with Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, Matawan Borough and Aberdeen Township. The tradition of celebrating Constitution Week was started by DAR. According to a press release, the group petitioned Congress in 1955 to set…
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Old First Church celebrates 325 years
By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer The Rev. Joyce A. Phipps, dressed in period costume, gives a tour of the Old First Church cemetery during the 325th anniversary celebration held Oct. 6. MATT DENTON MIDDLETOWN — In its 325-year history, Old First Church survived the British assault during the Revolutionary War, two devastating fires and, most…
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Vegetables are safer sources of omega-3
Fish oil is the most widely consumed supplement in the U.S., but it may be doing us more harm than good. A new study has found that men with high levels of marine-derived omega-3 fatty acids in their blood have a 43 percent greater risk of developing prostate cancer. This is just the latest strike…
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Call for judicial independence is self-serving
So the lawyers from the New Jersey Law Journal wax poetic for the fight for a socalled independent judiciary (News Transcript, Sept. 25). I love how they wrap their rhetoric in high-sounding principles. Lawyers only start bleating when their own interests are involved. Then they try to whip up a threat to the Constitution to…
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School bus safety is a joint effort
A s students gather at bus stops across New Jersey each weekday morning, it is important to stress that school bus safety is a top priority for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). By requiring all school transportation vehicles to pass through a meticulous inspection process and drivers to meet specific, mandated state and…
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Halloween parade arrives at Keyport
Keyport’s Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 223, Fire Department and First Aid Squad will sponsor the Keyport Emergency Services Halloween Parade at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 27. Parade participants will meet at 11 a.m. at Fireman’s Park at West Front Street and American Legion Drive in Keyport. The parade will continue to Keyport Central School, where costume…
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Local haunts play host to reported ghosts
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer The Dublin House, which was moved across the Navesink River to Broad Street and then to its present home on Monmouth Street at least 100 years ago, is thought to still be inhabited by the spirit of lifelong resident Mrs. Patterson. PHOTOS BY JESSICA DAMICO/STAFF A s autumn makes its…
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Carter leads flood of support in Union Beach
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Former President Jimmy Carter helps to rebuild a Union Beach home destroyed by the superstorm. President Carter and his wife Rosalynn joined some 150 Habitat for Humanity volunteers who repaired or rebuilt 16 Sandy-damaged homes throughout the borough on Oct. 12. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The contrast could not have…
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