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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Gordons Corner Santa Gives Altruistic Manalapan Girl Bieber Tickets

Inspired by this young Manalapan girl's benevolence, members of the Manalapan community made sure she received a special gift from Santa.

A very generous 8-year-old Manalapan girl, Mia Cooper-Furio, received a very special gift from Santa Claus this year - two tickets to a Justin Bieber concert. After being saddened by the fact that the Gordons Corner Fire Company Santa Claus did not venture down Birmingham Drive last year, the street where Mia lives, Mia’s mother, Heleen Cooper-Furio, reached out to request Santa’s presence this year. Cooper-Furio contacted Manalapan Police Department Patrolman Kevin Rudistky who then relayed the message to Gordons Corner Fire Company Chief Lee Maksimlk who made sure that Santa visited Birmingham Drive on his run this year. Cooper-Furio told Rudistky that Mia consistently impresses her with her altruistic nature. After Hurricane Sandy …

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Gordons Corner Fire Company, Manalapan Police Department, and Monmouth Tickets

Monday, December 24, 2012

Where's Santa? Track Him Live from Manalapan and Englishtown!

The North American Aerospace Defense Command has a website that now offers a Santa tracker mobile app to follow the jolly man's magical flight.

They sent him their wish lists, sat on his lap, and left cookies and milk for his arrival. Now the only thing left for children to do is track Santa's progress as he delivers gifts around the world this Christmas Eve! Thanks to the folks behind the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) website, families worldwide can now follow Santa's Christmas journey in real time. The tradition started in 1955 after an advertisement for Sears Roebuck & Co. misprinted a telephone number for a special "Santa hotline." Instead of reaching Kris Kringle, the number put kids through to the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Commander-in-Chief’s operations, according to a description on the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page, which has more than …

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Popular NORAD Santa Tracker Site Now Live (in Owings Mills-Reisterstown Patch), Where's Santa? Track Him Live HERE! (in Bedford Patch), and Want to Track Santa? There's an App for That (in Mercer Island Patch)

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