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LAKEWOOD - Jewish Orthodox civic leaders had

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of a controversial countywide Medicaid fraud amnesty
offer a program critics say caters to Lakewoods Or-
thodox community, the Asbury Park Press has learned.
State officials on Thursday said the only community
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council of local Orthodox Jewish religious and business

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LONG BRANCH - A woman was killed

when she was struck by a car driven by off-
duty city police officer, law enforcement of-
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The citys comeback The woman, identified as 60-year-old at APP.com
Stanhope resident Karen Borkowski, was for more
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