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      January 15, 2009  RSS feed
      FREE Lecture, Wednesday, January 28th, "Demystifying Fibromyalgia"
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      Thrift store thrives in poor economy
      CVR offers programs promoting employment assistance
      BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

      As retailers across the country continue to struggle amid an ever-worsening economy, a local thrift store is booming with an unprecedented surge in business. More...

      GOP takes control on Boro Council
      Council rejects mayoral appointments at reorg
      BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer

      This year's reorganization meeting was filled with several new faces filling Eatontown positions, as well as a shift in the political makeup of the council and rejections of several mayoral appointments. At the Jan. More...


      Family, friends stay strong for Team Tori
      Benefit to be held 1-5 p.m. Jan. 17 at Bar Anticipation
      BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer

      It has been a long journey for the Lee-Lewis family, who lost just about everything they owned in a house fire four years ago. But with help from family, friends and the community, they felt like they were back on their feet again and life was good. More...


      Mon. U. students volunteer in Chile

      WEST LONG BRANCH — Ten students from Monmouth University will travel to Chile this month to participate in the Sin Fronteras/Chile Project. Sin Fronteras, with means without borders, focuses on building relationships that extend beyond the familiar. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • MLK Guild to hold celebration in city
      LONG BRANCH — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Guild is planning a weekend celebration in the city, starting on Jan. 16 with a soul food dinner. The dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Portuguese Club, 191 Broadway in Long Branch, and entertainment will be provided by DJ Lonnie Rawls. Tickets for the dinner cost $15 per person. More...
      • Lifeguards sought for Sandy Hook
      • 'It's All About the Chocolate' Jan. 20
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       Letters
      • Right to Repair Act needed to be passed ASAP
      The New Jersey Assembly recently passed legislation — The Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act — allowing consumers to have their vehicles repaired where and by whom they please. Currently, vehicles that are equipped with computers— even those with expired warranties — are forced to return to the new car dealerships for repairs. More...
      • Politicians now have the muscle to preserve Sandy Hook
      • Now is the time to make comments about Navy housing plan
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image After Obama's inauguration, Cheney will be out in the cold
      The winter my wife and I packed our family and moved from my hometown in Casper, Wyo., to take a newspaper job in the relatively balmy climes of Illinois had been a tough son of a gun. For starters, in January of that year, 1984, the temperature hadn't risen higher than 15 below zero for over a month. More...
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       Arts / Zest
      • article has image Artsy
      Clockwise from far left: Local artist Phyllis Unger sits next to her cotton quilt titled "My African Quilt," which is on display at Ocean Township Library's Terner House. A silk, custom mixed-paint design titled "Ladies With Flowers" created by Unger. A silk pillow titled "The Flower." More...
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       Obituaries
      • Jackie Marie Flood
      Ms. Flood, 52, of Long Branch, died Jan. 9, 2009, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. She was the property manager at Oxford Reality, Highland Park, for 15 years. Prior to that she, was a beautician at Freddie's Salon and Kitty's Salons, Long Branch, for 25 years. More...
      • John Grotto
      • Ernest Joseph Perri
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       Sports
      • article has image RFH boys hoops compete with state's elite
      Bulldogs lose to national power St. Anthony by 15
      The reasoning for Rumson-Fair Haven High School boys basketball coach James Young wanting to schedule defending state and national champion St. Anthony High School of Jersey City was simple: if you want to be the best, then you have to play the best. More...
      • Area track stars shine at SC divisional meet
      • RBR finishes second in own wrestling tourney
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