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July 8, 2010 / Front Page

Milltown post office: a light at end of the tunnel

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Army accord with FMERA is official

One open door, 40 years of teaching

Kamin selected as Harvard Nieman Fellow

Outdoor discoveries await primary school students

Learning center for autistic adults becomes reality

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Agricultural county fairs worth the trip

Height restriction stalls Hampton Inn proposal

Fort’s Signal Corps marks 150 yrs., relocates time capsule

BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer

Sunlight shone on an unassuming copper cylinder at Russel Hall at Fort Monmouth on June 21 for the first time since 1960, the year of the Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in and Sputnik. More...

Paddling along the Navesink

Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna is joined by Kathleen Gasienica, Red Bank, and Courtney Davis, Monmouth Beach, as he kayaks on the Navesink on June 26. More...

Do you think you bake the best cookies, grow the biggest and juiciest tomatoes, or make the most creative crafts in your neighborhood? You may have what it takes to earn a blue ribbon in the 2010 Monmouth County Fair home and garden competition. More...

Annual Ocean Grove house tour July 16

OCEAN GROVE — The Historical Society of Ocean Grove will hold its 42nd annual House Tour on Friday, July 16. The tour is a self-guided walking tour within the seaside Victorian community. More...

Columns

We have another good name for a rock band

CODA GREG BEAN

I don’t know why Dave Barry decided to quit writing his weekly column for the Miami Herald in 2005, but that was a dark day for readers and jealous newspaper columnists everywhere. More...

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Obituaries

Jane Oughton Riley Glover

Mrs. Glover, 87, formerly of Four Views, Locust, died June 25, 2010. She was past president of the Junior League and volunteered for the Holy Cross School PTA and for the transportation of troops during World War II. Mrs. More...

Ann L. Nicholson

Mrs. Nicholson, of Cliffwood Beach, Aberdeen, died July 1, 2010. She was a secretary for the Matawan Board of Education, a school bus driver for Milu Bus Co., Cliffwood, and a secretary for the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire District 2. More...

Gene W. Clark Sr.

Mr. Clark, 89, of Long Branch, and a former Deal resident for more than 65 years, died June 28, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He retired in 1981 from Kroll Motors, Long Branch, after 50 years in the car sales business. More...

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Letters

Readers urged to sign petition for oyster project

More than 10 years ago, the NY/NJ Baykeeper decided to bring eastern oysters back to Raritan Bay after the local oyster industry collapsed around 1900 due to a combination of over-harvesting, water pollution and disease that reduced the local oyster More...

Thanks to all those who made WWII program possible

Now that the school year has come to a close at the Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College (HGHREC), we take time to review our year, looking to build on our successes and convert our challenges to future a More...

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Schools

Ranney School class of 2010

TINTON FALLS — Ranney School conducted its 46th commencement on Friday, June 11, on the campus of Monmouth University. More...

on campus •••

Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I., has named Gerard Carnevale of Oceanport, a business administration major, and Allison Frankie of Red Bank, an applied mathematics and statistics major, to its spring semester dean’s list. More...

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Sam Tkach (l), of Little Silver, and Kevin Almerini, of Middletown, practice their skills at Atlantic Fencing Academy in Tinton Falls, which is sending 21 local fencers to the Summer National Champion More...

Legislators pledge vigilance in fort reuse plan

Fort Monmouth Revitalizaton Authority bill approved

BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer

With the bill that would create the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority approved by the state Senate and Assembly on June 28, 12th District legislators look toward the next steps in the property’s rebirth. More...

Community Garden flourishes in Tinton Falls

Sale of produce will fund Crawford House restoration

BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS — Just two months after planting, the Tinton Falls Community Garden is close to producing enough crops to sell at a farm stand. More...

Monmouth County League of Women Voters elects officers

RED BANK — At the recent annual convention meeting of the InterLeague Organization (ILO) of the League of Women Voters of Monmouth County, the following officers were elected for 2010-11: More...

O’port police seek suspect in burglary attempt

OCEANPORT — Police are looking for a suspect in an attempted burglary to a home on Branchport Avenue on the evening of Sunday, June 20. More...

Senior housing proposal draws opposition in Fair Haven

BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

FAIR HAVEN — If and when developer Kevin Hughes decides to come before the Borough Council again to discuss his proposal to create an overlay zone in the Hance-River roads area to allow the construction of age-restricted housing, all residents More...

Jazz Masterclass Workshop series opens

Beginning July 9, the Monmouth County-based Jazz Arts Project will be presenting a series of four free Summer Jazz Masterclass Workshops. More...

Bulletin Board

VNA hosts annual Hearts of Remembrance

RUMSON — The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Central Jersey Hospice is holding its annual Hearts of Remembrance Children’s Day: A Celebration of Life on Saturday, July 24, from 10 a.m. More...

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The first Jersey Shore Undy 5,000 5K run will be held 7 a.m. July 31 at Pier Village in Long Branch The run will help bring greater awareness to colon cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. More...

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