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      August 24, 2006  RSS feed
      Biddle takes oath as L.B. councilwoman
      Members of Latino community laud appointment
      Long Branch City Council chambers overflowed last week with supporters as the city's first Hispanic councilwoman was sworn in to office. More...
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      David Dabbah, 15, Eatontown, executes a skateboard flip Sunday at SkatePlex, the Monmouth County Park System's skateboard park in Long Branch. More...

       Bulletin Board
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      Assemblyman Sean T. Kean (R-11) will host a town meeting on Monday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center at 128 Ocean Ave. Kean will speak about important issues being addressed in Trenton, including the special joint legislative session to address property tax reform. He will al More...
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       Letters
      • Questioning politicians is the American way
      Ever since the August council meeting in West Long Branch where Councilman Joseph Woolley quit his post ... or maybe not, I have seen my name and motivations for attending council meetings twisted and debased by our current mayor and council. This is nothing new to me as the same occurred in a more More...
      • Why was Farber in office?
      • Citizens' group touts tax reform proposal
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       Arts / Zest
      • article has image Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast
      There's nothing plain about "Impressionism to Realism," the exhibit of more than 200 paintings done en plein air (French for in the open) currently at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. More...
      • article has image With a little improvisation, 13 can be a lucky number
      • article has image In the Arts
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       Schools
      • article has image Monthly tab for SRHS referendum $16 - $21
      Residents of district's four sending towns to go to polls on Sept. 26
      WEST LONG BRANCH -- The monthly tax hike that property owners in the Shore Regional High School District would see if voters approve a $49.8 million bond construction referendum next month More...
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       Sports
      • article has image The end of an era? Wood vs. nonwood bats Nonwood bat debate split near the middle
      A few weeks ago I wrote a column discussing Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan's proposed legislation that would return New Jersey's youth and high school baseball and softball leagues to wood-bat-only status, removing from the dugout the expensive high-tech metal bats that have been blamed, by some, for s More...
      • article has image Diegnan has his reasons for introducing bill
      • article has image Necessity of bill at the heart of the debate
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