Washington DC: The inauguration and Martin Luther King Day

Visit the Martin Luther King Memorial on the Tidal Basin

The nation’s capital will buzz with speeches and parades for Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 21 and the presidential inauguration events, Jan. 21.

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Hurricane Sandy: before, after and now at the Jersey Shore

We're all right Down the Shore

Our mascot, Fishing Pier Ralph, is letting everyone know that we’re doing okay down the shore in Ocean Grove.

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Getting Bradley Beach back from the clutches of Sandy

Letters restored for Bradley Beach

Today’s a bleak day in the neighborhood of Bradley Beach, which matches the sentiments of many who live in Monmouth County’s beach communities. Life at the beach is wonderful, except as victims of Hurricane Katrina know, and now we do too, “If you live by the water, you have to expect the water to come visit you some day.”

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Clean water equals good travel

North Lake Tahoe

It’s hard to believe there was a time when sewage and industrial waste flowed freely into our nation’s rivers and lakes. Thankfully that practice has been greatly curtailed as a result of The Clean Water Act, which today celebrates its 40th anniversary

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Fall Harvest Fest and Craft Show in Ocean Grove

Jo Wymer in Ocean Grove

It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood. . . especially on this particular warn Saturday afternoon in October in the downtown district of Ocean Grove. The weather cooperated and people were outdoors enjoying the annual Fall Harvest Fest and Craft Show sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Ocean Grove.

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Current Travel Warnings from the State Department

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Current Travel Warnings are only issued when long-term conditions make a country dangerous or unstable, the State Department to recommends that Americans avoid or consider the risk of travel to that country.

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