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English-Speaking Union to host event
The Monmouth County Branch of the English-Speaking Union (ESU) will hold an informal gathering to launch the ESU’s year of programs and events 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at Two River Theater’s Martin Huber Space, 21 Bridge Ave., Red Bank. Artistic Director John Diaz will speak about the theater. Libations and hors d’oeuvres will be served.…
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Embattled Middletown library director retires
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Nearly a year of public controversy over library finances culminated last week with the retirement of Susan O’Neal, director of the Middletown Township Public Library (MTPL). Township Attorney Brian Nelson confirmed O’Neal’s retirement — which was announced by the MTPL Board of Trustees on Sept. 18 — but…
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Politicians sowing seeds of destruction
A long, long time ago, when I was an engineering student, I studied surveying. I never understood how a navigator at sea could stand on a pitching deck and line up the horizon with the sun while holding a sextant to his eye and turning the lever. It was once the only way to determine…
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Save judicial independence in N.J.
YOUR TURN New Jersey Law Journal GUEST COLUMN Last month, the governor announced that he would not reappoint Justice Helen Hoens to the New Jersey Supreme Court, but would instead nominate Judge Faustino Fernandez-Vina, the Camden County assignment judge, to fill her seat. Shortly thereafter, Senate President Stephen Sweeney announced that the Senate would hold…
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Hazlet hosts townwide garage sale Oct. 19
The Hazlet Recreation Commission will sponsor its annual Fall Townwide Garage Sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 19. The rain date is Oct. 20. To have one’s address added to the garage sale map, submit an application and $10 payment by Oct. 10 to Hazlet Recreation, 1776 Union Ave., Hazlet, NJ 07730. For more…
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Keansburg Amusement Park hosts Oktoberfest
Keansburg Amusement Park will host its first Oktoberfest this weekend. The event will run from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The weekend will feature a ride wristband special, Oktoberfest beer specials, traditional German food and a live oompah band. On Saturday at 9 p.m., the amusement park will…
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New Jersey’s ‘Silicon Shore’
By SUZIE XIE Staff Writer From transistors to radio transmissions, New Jersey has been a stronghold of emerging technology. But can the state compete with the likes of Silicon Valley in California? Entrepreneur Avi Karnani thinks so. The founder of startups Thrive and Churnless, Karnani said Silicon Valley and New Jersey are similar in terms…
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Spared from Sandy, North Middletown must elevate
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Thanks to a dike, a pump station and an established dune system, residents in the North Middletown section of the township managed to make it through both superstorm Sandy and Tropical Storm Irene relatively unscathed. Under new federal flood elevations, however, hundreds of homeowners in the bayside community…
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