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Free Tax Prep, Teen CERT, Screening, Panel Talk, and ARC Benefit

By Michelle Gladden


Free Tax Prep Offered A series of Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties sponsored free tax prep is being offered through April 18 to families whose incomes are below $54,000 and for individuals earning $30,00 or less. Officials advise that families with incomes under $53,930 may qualify for up to $8,529 in Earned Income Tax […]

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Mar 20, 2017
Asbury Park

Sixth Grader Responds to ‘From Selma to Stonewall’ Screening

Caldwell: It is important to give younger students the opportunity to respond to political & justice issues

By Michelle Gladden


As a self-described foot soldier in the civil rights movement Asbury Park resident Gil Caldwell, now in his early 80s, is not slowing down from the cause. The retired pastor [shown at left of Martin Luther King in photo at right] has marched on Washington, fought for voting rights in the heat of the Mississippi […]

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Dec 16, 2016