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  • Dowdell to celebrate National Library Week

    Dowdell to celebrate National Library Week

    The Sadie Pope Dowdell Library, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy, will mark National Library Week in April with a variety of upcoming events. A soup contest is planned for April 4. Homemade soup entries may be dropped off 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the library. Judging and awarding of prizes for children, teens and…

  • Book club to discuss ‘On the Move: A Life’

    Book club to discuss ‘On the Move: A Life’

    The Non-Fiction Book Club will discuss “On the Move: A Life” by Oliver Sacks at 1:30 p.m. on April 13 at the Long Branch Free Public Library, 328 Broadway. Oliver Sacks, M.D., was born in 1933 in London and was educated at Queen’s College, Oxford. He completed his medical training at San Francisco’s Mount Zion…

  • Rummage sale set in April

    Rummage sale set in April

    The Food Pantry and Community Clothes Closet of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation will hold an Attic Treasures and Fair Trade Sale on April 29 and 30 at 992 Broadway, West Long Branch. Sale hours will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on April 29 and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on April 30. Special deals will be…

  • Six facts about urgent care

    Six facts about urgent care

    With approximately 9,000 urgent care centers in the United States, urgent care offices are popular for patients seeking convenient, affordable treatment for minor illnesses and injuries, vaccinations and physicals. Here are six facts that might surprise you about eMedical Urgent Care. 1. Convenient hours: eMedical Urgent Care in Middletown is open seven days a week, including all…

  • Monmouth University to hold films, talk on global issues facing women

    Monmouth University to hold films, talk on global issues facing women

    For its eighth year, the Women in Media-Newark’s international Women’s History Month Film Festival will educate and advocate for global issues facing women with film screenings and a panel discussion on April 3 at Monmouth University. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held at the university’s Pollak Theatre, which is located…

  • Belford Fire Company holding flapjack fundraiser April 2

    Belford Fire Company holding flapjack fundraiser April 2

    The Belford Independent Fire Company is holding a flapjack fundraiser from 8-10 a.m. April 2 at Applebee’s, 1183 Route 35, Middletown. For information about tickets, call 732-395-0135 or email [email protected]. Tickets for the fundraiser are $10.  

  • Professionals, public needed to attend fitness and wellness expo

    Professionals, public needed to attend fitness and wellness expo

    The Fitness and Wellness Expo Central NJ 2017 will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 1 at Linwood Middle School, 25 Linwood Place, North Brunswick. The expo is designed to attract businesses, services, product professionals, health practitioners, wellness-oriented medical doctors, chiropractors, natural chefs, massage therapists, nutritionists, naturopaths, psychologists and fitness experts,…

  • Ranney students to perform at band, orchestra festivals

    Ranney students to perform at band, orchestra festivals

    Sixteen students from the Ranney School, Tinton Falls, will join the Central Jersey Music Educators Association (CJMEA) and perform at music festivals in April. According to a press release from the school, 16 musicians from the school have been accepted into the CJMEA elementary and middle school honors orchestras and bands. The following students earned…

  • Will tax reform affect mortgage interest deduction?

    Will tax reform affect mortgage interest deduction?

    How changes in the federal tax plan may affect the mortgage interest deduction By Erik J. Martin CTW Features For the past 104 years, the mortgage interest deduction (MID) has been a popular mainstay of the tax code. But experts say the MID may be less impactful if President Donald Trump and Congress follow through…