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      April 19, 2007  RSS feed
      Promoting peace
      JEFF GRANIT staff Members of the Monmouth University community participated in the "Demonstration to Promote Peace" organized by Peace@Monmouth and held Tuesday on the West Long Branch campus to promote peace through speeches, readings and song. See story on page 3. More...
      Unger: Fees keep families off beaches

      Public hearing on fee ordinance set for April 24 at 8 p.m. BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Long Branch Councilman and longtime environmental activist Brian Unger thinks beach fees keep families and teens off city beaches and he wants to do something about it. More...

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      PHOTOCOURTESYOFEQUI-PHOTO Thoroughbred Judges Case, one of the first arrivals at the opening of the Monmouth Park Stable Area in Oceanport, checks out his surroundings from his stall Monday. More...


      Thinking globally, acting locally
      Scout organized Global Warming Awareness Fair
      BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

      WEST LONG BRANCH - - A local Girl Scout's efforts to heighten awareness of global warming in her West Long Branch community have been recognized with a statewide environmental award. Sierra Knotts, a 16-year-old junior at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, was among those honored last month with a "Green" award. On March 29, the state chapter of the U.S. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Rummage, white elephant sale at church
      First Presbyterian Church, Cedar and Hoey avenues, Long Branch, will hold a rummage and "white elephant" sale April 28 from 8 a.m. to noon. for more information, call the church office at (732) 229-2762. More...
      • Borough to mark 100th year in 2008
      • Volunteers urged to help with homeless pets
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       Letters
      • Fort's recreational areas must remain public
      There was a time, before the tragic events of 9/11, when the general public could enjoy some of Fort Monmouth's recreational facilities. As the Army now prepares to close the fort, Monmouth County and three towns have proposed that most of the recreational, open space and environmentally fragile areas be turned over to the county park system. More...
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       Editorials
      • State at risk, part 2: Chance to save critters
      Guest Column One of the limits on our language is that words don't always convey the full story. When we talk about "endangered" or "threatened" species, for example, most people understand that plants and animals in danger of becoming extinct are placed on federal or state lists that are designed to help save them. More...
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       Arts / Zest
      • In the Arts
      The Monmouth University Department of Music and Theatre Arts will present its annual spring concert, "A Concert for Peace," Friday at 8 p.m. in the university's Pollak Theatre. Tickets are $10 at the door only. The concert features the Monmouth University Concert Chorus and Chamber Choir and Chamber Orchestra. The focal piece of the concert will be Haydn's "Mass in Time of War. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Obituaries
      Kathleen R. Keil Mrs. Keil, 50, of Ocean Township, died April 5, 2007, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. born in Hoboken, she resided in Ocean Township the past 27 years. She was a legal secretary and paralegal at several law offices. She was a communicant of and taught CCD at St. Anselm's Roman Catholic Church, Wayside section of Ocean Township. More...
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       Schools
      • District will register kindergarten, 1st grade
      OCEAN TOWNSHIP - - The school district will hold a second round of registration for children who will enter kindergarten or first grade in September 2007 May 2-4, 9-11:30 a.m., at each of the district's three elementary schools. A child must be 5 years of age by Oct. 15, 2007, in order to be eligible for school in September. The child should be present at this registration. More...
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       Sports
      • article has image Rumson's Podesta keeps tennis all in the family
      Third generation player is No. 1 in his age group
      Nicolas Podesta doesn't believe in half measures.Whether it's in the classroom (where he's an A-plus student at the Ranney School), playing a pretty mean piano, or on the tennis courts, Podesta wants "to do it to my best." That approach has made the 10-year-old from Rumson the No. 1 player in his age group in the United States Tennis Association's Eastern section. More...
      • article has image Pitching the key for young Green Wave team
      • Monmouth's throwers lead Hawks to UVA win
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