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      February 16, 2012  RSS feed
      Fire routs West End businesses
      Jones: City will look to help those impacted
      Several Long Branch businesses were displaced and two buildings reduced to rubble as a three-alarm fire ripped through a section of West End on Feb. 13. More...
      Negro Leaguer: ‘We just wanted to play baseball’
      Former players speak on experience in segregated leagues
      BY KENNYWALTER
      Staff Writer

      Baseball players didn’t always sign million-dollar contracts, fly chartered jets and stay in five-star hotels. Former Negro League pitchers Pedro Sierra and Robert Scott each recounted the history of segregation in the sport as they spoke at Monmouth University on Feb. 9 as part of the university’s celebration of Black History Month. More...

       Bulletin Board
      • Emergency Response open house Feb. 25
      Shore Area Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Eatontown Firehouse on Broad Street, Eatontown. Residents from Eatontown, Little Silver, Oceanport, Red Bank, Shrewsbury, Tinton Falls and West Long Branch are welcome to attend. More...
      • Brookdale hosts Feb. 24 job fair
      • article has image Beck: Horsemen, state near accord on racetrack
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       Letters
      • All honest work is respectable
      This letter is in response to Sharon Fernandez-Gades’ letter (“Writer’s swipe at custodial work is misguided,” Feb. 9) regarding my letter condemning Newt Gingrich’s comment about hiring urban youths as janitor aides (“Resident sees racism in candidate’s remarks,” Feb. 2). More...
      • Memo to Pres. Obama
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       Editorials
      • Art imitates life
      GUEST COLUMN
      The movie “Sparkle,” which stars Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks, is due to be released in August. This is a remake of the movie by the same name that appeared in theaters in 1976 and was a big hit in theAfrican American community. More...
      • article has image Cartoon
      • article has image Tubing during a snowless winter
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image New law lets a little more sun shine on government
      CODA
      Over 30 years in the news business, and much of that in New Jersey, I learned firsthand how hard it is to find out how some branches of government are spending your tax dollars. More...
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       Arts / Zest
      • article has image Photos that provoke questions in Long Branch
      A n exhibit of images by Joan B. Myers, award-winning photographer and Long Branch native, is currently at the North Beach Grille in North Long Branch. The show will be on view through Feb. 29. More...
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       Sports
      • article has image South Plainfield edges Ocean for Group III state mat title
      The Ocean Township High School wrestling team had a strong weekend and finished second in the NJSIAA Group III competition after falling to South Plainfield 30-27 at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River. More...
      • Rockets, Spartans, Colts are teams to watch in District 22
      • RFH girls win CJ II indoor t&f championship
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