Commencement ceremonies
     Long Branch's Tishsharon Garner receives her degree from school president Dr. Peter Bumham during the Brookdale Community College commencement ceremonies on May 20.
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WLB Boro Council reduces school budget by $45,000
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
      WEST LONG BRANCH - The Borough Council trimmed the local school district's spending plan last week, which was rejected by voters at the polls last month. The council approved a resolution to cut $45,000 from the failed $10.8 million budget, voting 3-2 with one abstention at the May 1...
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O'port schools honor late mayor
Lecture series, essay contest recall Gatta's community service
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
      OCEANPORT - - To ensure that Oceanport students remember and honor the late Mayor Maria Gatta, the school district set in a motion an educational program in her name. The Oceanport Board of Education established The Maria Gatta Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series for students at M...
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     CHRIS KELLY staff Long Branch High School students Suellen Soares, Raechel Lebron and Mariana Miranda, all 17, work together to plant flowers in one of the sidewalk pots in West End May 19.
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