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February 1, 2007
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Zoners agree to reopen nixed arena application
Board will limit MAC rehearing to specific issues
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
WEST LONG BRANCH - The borough Zoning Board of Adjustment voted last week to reopen an application by Monmouth University for a proposed sports arena. A special meeting to hear further testimony for a down-sized multipurpose activity center, or MAC, is scheduled to be held Feb. 8 a... More...
Developer must resubmit Takanassee application
DEP decision extends public comment period on beach club project
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent

LONG BRANCH - The Department of Environmental Protection said last week the permit application for the redevelopment of the Takanassee Beach Club site is deficient and must be resubmitted with new information. In a letter to Kyle Weise, Trident Environmental Consultants, consultant... More...

GMN takes 12 awards in national SNA contest

Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold Township, received 12 awards in the 2006 Suburban Newspapers of America contest, including a first place for sports writing, a second place for community service, and eight advertising and promotion awards. The contest is a highly competitive annual comp... More...

 Bulletin Board
•Blood center announces blood drive Feb. 19
Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drive: + Feb. 19 from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Monmouth Medical Center, 300 Second Ave., Long Branch. The donation process takes about an hour. Donors must also complete a medical history interview and ... More...
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 Letters
•National Wear Red Day for Women is Feb. 2
Each February, Americans celebrate and observe matters of the heart in many ways, including with chocolate, cards, roses and St. Valentine's Day. For the American Heart Association, February is American Heart Month, a time to educate Americans about other matters of the heart. More...
•Legislation would help paramedic programs
•Agency extends thanks for holiday gifts, compassion
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 Editorials
• Coda
In this parable, let's all just root for the lions
Watching President George W. Bush on television last week reminded me of the story we learned in Bible class about Daniel and the Lions' Den. I'm kind of working from memory here, but as I recall, Daniel was a high-level bureaucrat in the administration of King Darius the Mede, wh... More...
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 Arts / Zest
•Sharing stories of who we are & who we've come from
Allen Chapel's 'Letters … to the ancestors' to be presented Feb. 4 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer Letter writing really is a dying art, and that's too bad because letters can be revealing in what they convey of personal feelings and the life and time... More...
•In the Arts
•'Lyrical Paint' abstract expressionists exhibit
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 Obituaries
•Obituaries
Viola T. Basilice Fantasia Mrs. Fantasia, 82, of Hazlet, died Jan. 17, 2007, at Bayshore Health Care, Holmdel. Born in Hoboken, she resided in Jersey City prior to relocating to Bethany Towers, Hazlet. She was a homemaker, and a factory worker at various area factories. She was predecea... More...
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 Schools
•College Goal Sunday
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from left: Ryan Davis, a student at Long Branch High School, fills out a college application on a computer, while his mother, Shireen Davis, and Karen Archambault, of Brookdale Community College, look over financial aid forms during College Go... More...
•Contracts awarded for school renovations
•On Campus
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 Sports
•Red Bank program gets boost from middle schools
Take a look at the top high school wrestling programs in the state and you'll notice that they all have at least one thing in common: strong feeder programs. More...
• Fish On
•Sports Shorts
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