Author: Greater Media
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South Amboy schools balance needs, funding mandates
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH AMBOY — The city school district is balancing the task of budgeting major facility initiatives through the general fund while remaining within the state-mandated 2 percent tax levy cap. This balance allowed the district to complete a major project like the replacement of a school roof when it received…
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Learn about wool, sheep at historic farm
The Historic Longstreet Farm will host Wool Days/Sheep Shearing from 12-3 p.m. April 25 and 26 at 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel. Events will include sheep-shearing activities and demonstrations by sheep-herding dogs. Visitors can enjoy wagon rides to a neighboring site, the Monmouth County Historical Association’s Holmes-Hendrickson House, where staff will demonstrate the way wool was…
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Rib Fest to raise funds for veterans, charity
The Level Club of South River and Philo Lodge No. 243 will hold its semiannual Rib Fest 1-5 p.m. May 16 on the picnic grounds at the Masonic Temple, 120 Old Bridge Turnpike, South River. Proceeds will benefit the New Jersey Veterans Home at Menlo Park and the Masonic Service Association (MSA) and Hospital Visitation…
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Woman struck, killed by train in Elberon
— Kenny Walter LONG BRANCH — A 21-year-old woman died after being struck by a NJ Transit train in Elberon on April 16. “At approximately 6:55 p.m. on Friday evening, a North Jersey Coast Line train struck and fatally injured a female trespasser just east of the Elberon rail station,” NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder…
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Dining event to aid church youth group
The St. Mary Church Youth Group, South Amboy, will hold a Dining-to- Donate fundraiser May 5-7 at Ruby Tuesday, Route 9 south, Old Bridge. Diners should tell their server that they are there to support the youth group. The restaurant will then donate 20 percent of supporters’ purchases to the group. Proceeds will be used…
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Raritan Poets to meet monthly at library
The Raritan Poets, a reading group and workshop since 1994, will meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the East Brunswick Library, 1 Civic Center Drive. The next meeting will be April 7. All ages are welcome. Bring 10 copies of the reading sample.
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Tickets on sale for trip to ‘Dr. Zhivago’ show
Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church, South River, will sponsor a bus trip to New York City to see the 3 p.m. May 3 performance of the Broadway musical “Dr. Zhivago.” For more information or to purchase tickets, call Carol at 732-254-4979.
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Chamber to hold business expo May 13
The Greater Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce (GOTCC) will hold its annual Business and Consumer Expo from 5-7 p.m. May 13 at the Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune. The event will feature free admission, culinary samplings, exhibitors and door prizes. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, call 732-660-1888 or visit www.gotcc.org.
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Flapjack Fundraiser will support church
The First Reformed Church of South River will hold a Flapjack Fundraiser breakfast 8-10 a.m. April 18 at Applebee’s, Ryders Lane, Milltown. Cost is $10 per adult or child. For tickets, call 732-257-7014.
