Author: Greater Media
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Manasquan school to host Eric LeGrand
The Atlantic Club’s Parisi Speed School will host a fundraiser featuring guest speaker Eric LeGrand, who will present “Anything is Possible” at 1 p.m. Dec. 6 at 1904 Atlantic Ave., Manasquan. The event will also feature drills and 30- minute training sessions. All proceeds will benefit Team LeGrand of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation…
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Project Read earns kudos
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District has been recognized for implementing an initiative called Project Read. The New Jersey Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (NJLDA) presented representatives of the school district with a Literacy for All award for showing an “exceptional” commitment to literacy. “Receiving the award was a very humbling…
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Expressing the abstract
IN THE ARTS “Sketch” by Dawn DiCicco Members of a “Lyrical Abstract Expressionism” class are exhibiting new works at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. Painters whose works are featured in “Abstract Expressions” are Betty Bullivant, Shrewsbury; Dawn DiCicco and Stephanie Martel, both Red Bank; Shari Epstein, Leonardo; Mercedes Farrugia, Freehold; James Kent, who…
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Hummers included in recent Manalapan equipment haul
By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Those who call for police assistance and see a Manalapan officer pull up to their door in a Hummer need not worry. The township did not pay for the oversized vehicle. At its meeting on Nov. 12, the Township Committee passed a resolution accepting additional vehicles and equipment…
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NOTES
The Middletown Township Police Auxiliary is accepting applications for new members through November. The township’s auxiliary officers are highly trained volunteers who serve the community in a variety of police-related tasks. Meetings and training are held on a regular basis. For more information, call Sgt. Charles Terefenko at 732-615-2041. * * * *
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Teenager indicted in stabbing
COLTS NECK — A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a six-count indictment against a 17-year-old Colts Neck teenager charged with the 2013 stabbing of a township woman at her home, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Brennan Doyle, 17, who will be tried as an adult, is named in the six-count indictment…
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Local comedian Vic DiBitetto prepares for breakout year
ENTERTAINMENT By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Vic DiBitetto I n show business, it’s not “who you know,” but “who knows you.” At least, that seems to be the case for Manalapan resident Vic DiBitetto, who, after 30 years of fighting in the trenches of stand-up comedy, has finally made it big. “It’s a tough, beautiful,…
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A Musical Parade
TOP PICK The Oasis Players will return to the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County at 2 p.m. Nov. 30. “A Musical Parade” will take the audience through a century of music, celebrating composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers. The cabaret salutes the 50th anniversary of Broadway’s “Hello Dolly,”…
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Colts harriers capture 20th Meet of Champions crown
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Holmdel High School’s Marin Warner finishes up her sixth-place run at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on Nov. 22 at Holmdel Park. The Group II state champion ran the 5K course in 18:36. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) harriers never run alone. They run for their teammates and those…
