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Residents will have chance to drop off medicine
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — The township will host a drop-off day for unwanted and unneeded medication in late October. The event will be sponsored by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 31, residents may pick up a container into which unwanted medicine may be placed. The…
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Grants assist veterans with housing
Homeless and at-risk veterans in eight counties in New Jersey will be served by $4 million in grants recently awarded to Soldier On by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a press release. The grants, which will be operational starting in October, include a new $2 million award to serve approximately 500 participant…
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Soldier On strives to help homeless vets
By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer This community for homeless veterans in Massachusetts is part of the programs offered by Soldier On, a nonprofit focused on helping veterans who are homeless or at risk. Plans call for expanding outreach to eight counties in New Jersey (shown at left in red outline). More than 7,000 veterans in…
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Life lessons and fun in youth football
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer A new season is underway for youth football and cheerleading in central New Jersey. Youngsters throughout central New Jersey strapped on their shoulder pads and dug in their cleats earlier this month to gear up for the start of football season. But the size and shape of the youth-football landscape…
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Jackson ballot question will not go before voters
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Residents of Jackson will not have the opportunity to vote on a citizen-initiated ballot question in the Nov. 5 election. The petition that sought to ask Jackson voters to establish an inhouse legal department for the municipality was declared null and void by a state Superior Court judge on Aug.…
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Rachael Lavoie-Dohn stands among the stacks of books at the Plumsted branch of the Ocean County Library. Lavoie-Dohn was recently named branch manager. She is featured today in Who’s Who, page 13. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR
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Old gas and seatbelts
Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: I need to know how to dispose of old gasoline, please. My late husband always kept a 5-gallon container of gas for emergencies and now I’ve discovered an almost-full container that must be at least eight years old. I won’t put it in my car because it’s so old, but…
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Back in the big time
Cadillac re-enters the large luxury-car market for 2013 with the elegant and thoroughly modern XTS sedan. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features With the automotive marketplace leaning heavily toward smaller cars and crossovers these days, it’s difficult to remember a time when American motorists truly lived large. Expansive sedans with cavernous cabins and mighty V8 engines…
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