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Toms River Mom Looking For 'Fresh New Start' Loses Home In Fire, Fundraiser Says Toms River Mom Looking For 'Fresh New Start' Loses Home In Fire, Fundraiser Says
Toms River Mom Looking For 'Fresh New Start' Loses Home In Fire, Fundraiser Says A family was rallying for support after the home of a Toms River mother of two was severely damaged in a fire, according to a fundraising campaign. A GoFundMe page said a woman named Kristin, her daughter, and her son "lost everything" in the fire on Coolidge Avenue on Sunday, Nov. 10. The American Red Cross posted on social media that it was helping a family of five with immediate needs like food, clothing, and housing. Kristin's sister and the fundraiser's organizer Kelly Celentano said the family had just moved into the home in May. "They were looking forward to a fresh new start a…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Central Jersey Mall To Open First New Store Amid $500M Redevelopment Central Jersey Mall To Open First New Store Amid $500M Redevelopment
Central Jersey Mall To Open First New Store Amid $500M Redevelopment The first store at a revamped Monmouth Mall is about to open, officials said. The new Barnes & Noble location in Eatontown will open on Wednesday, Nov. 20, the bookstore chain said in a news release. The previous store closed about two weeks before the new location's opening. The new space is a few hundred yards away from Macy's. "We are very pleased to be opening this beautiful new bookstore here in Eatontown," Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt said. "The Eatontown booksellers have gone above and beyond to have this new space ready so soon after closing the previous location, and jus…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Details In Housing Discrimination Cases Against People With Disabilities Released By NJ AG Details In Housing Discrimination Cases Against People With Disabilities Released By NJ AG
Details In Housing Discrimination Cases Against People With Disabilities Released By NJ AG The New Jersey Attorney General's Office has announced eight more cases of management companies and housing providers who discriminated against tenants on the basis of disability. The companies and housing providers denied rental opportunities to people with disabilities, permitted severe or pervasive harassment of tenants based on disability, or denied reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), according to AG Matthew Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) The eight Findings of Probable Cau…

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by Cecilia Levine