Tag: Ocean Township
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Ocean to rebid Poplar Village demo
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A delay in closing on the former Poplar Village Senior Complex has forced the contractor charged with demolishing the apartment buildings to back out. During the Feb. 9 Township Council meeting, the council passed a resolution cancelling a contract with Frank Lurch Demolition Co., after the contractor…
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Ocean Township officer involved in second lawsuit
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — An Ocean Township police officer, Kathleen Delanoy, has charged the township with a civil rights violation and discrimination against pregnant workers for not offering her administrative duty when she became pregnant on two separate occasions. Donald Burke, the attorney representing Delanoy, said in October that his client…
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Ocean Twp. exhibit offers local look at Civil War
By Kayla J. Marsh Staff Writer A new exhibit at the Township of Ocean Historical Museum is putting a unique spin about the Civil War by exploring the impact it had on New Jersey and Monmouth County. “Local Stories of the Civil War” delves into the state’s ambiguous loyalties before, after and throughout the war…
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Networking breakfast set for March 8
The Greater Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce’s (GOTCC) and the Eatontown Industrial Park Association will be networking together when the Asbury Park Press/Gannett NJ serves as the host to them for a networking breakfast at 3600 Highway 66, Neptune, in the AIG building opposite Home Depot. The event will begin at 8 a.m. on March…
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Grant will fund resiliency plan for 15 Two River towns
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer OCEANPORT- Several local municipalities will benefit from a federal grant to fund a 36-month study on sea-level rise and what can be done to improve resiliency and limit flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the 15 municipalities comprising the Two River Council of Mayors a Regional Coastal…
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Gala event scheduled Mar. 12
CASA for Children of Monmouth County announces its Rockin’ 50s Gala will begin at 7 p.m. on March 12 at Buona Sera Palazzo, 1033 West Park Ave., Ocean Township. More than 200 guests are expected to attend for an evening of cocktails, a silent auction, gourmet food and dancing to the band Total Soul. Carol…
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Ocean to consider going smoke-free at parks, fields
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Parents and patrons of township parks, fields and basketball courts may no longer have to deal with secondhand cigarette smoke as the Township Council is considering expanding the prohibited areas for smoking. During the council’s Jan. 21 workshop meeting, Recreation Director Kathy Reiser requested the council consider…
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Commission poses question about trees
The Ocean Township Shade Tree Commission is asking the public to think of five gifts it receives from trees. Humans derive many aesthetic, physical, environmental and financial benefits from trees. The Shade Tree Commission exercises control over the regulation, planting, care and control of trees and shrubbery located along the streets, public places and parks…
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What are five gifts from shade trees?
Yes, we all love looking at stately trees, but have you ever considered them seriously as fellow-life-forms on the planet, in your neighborhood or maybe even in your back or front yard? In his children’s book “The Giving Tree,” Shel Silverstein personified a tree as a selfless, loving being, gladly giving it’s very life for…