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U.S. Coast Guard Officer Al Kealy is congratulated by President Barack Obama, who delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The former Holmdel resident who graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., in May, is stationed as a deck watch officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis based…
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Thompson Park Day celebration is Oct. 16
MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Park System will host its annual Thompson Park Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 16, at Thompson Park, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. Free activities include entertainment, a corn maze, archery, canoeing (noon to 4 p.m., weather permitting), worm races, pottery demonstrations, golf evaluations and kids’ races. Activities…
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Lunch is served at Arc’s Long Branch center
Expanded menu makes Opportunity Knocks Café a popular lunch spot BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The Opportunity Knocks Café offers a lunch spot and job training at The Arc of Monmouth Work Opportunity Center in Long Branch. Seth Kaplan works as cashier at the café. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff LONG BRANCH — Fridays at the…
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Pink Ribbon Bagels at Panera in October
Panera Bread bakery-cafe once again will offer its Pink Ribbon Bagel to mark National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Proceeds from the local sale of this treat will benefit the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) Foundation for the fifth year in a row. The Pink Ribbon Bagel features cherry chips and real bits of bing…
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‘No Easy Walk’
“Ida with Child Walking Away” by Helen M. Stummer A s a concerned photographer, Helen M. Stummer has devoted her life to revealing a human dignity that rises above poverty. In her first retrospective, on view at the CVA Gallery of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, dozens of enlarged black and white photographs detail portraits…
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New School’s Boat Day
Clockwise from top left: Jacob Sorrentino, of Eatontown, applies plastic wrap to the boat he is creating with help from Andy Shoneman during the New School of Monmouth County’s 18th annual Boat Day on Sept. 27. Elliot Cavuto, of Edison, paddles his boat with the help of teacher Christopher Chilvers. Students launch the boats they…
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‘SQ + SQx2: Images Within Squares and Double-Squares’
“Peacock” by Jean Finnila Frame to Please gallery in Red Bank is hosting “SQ + SQx2: Images Within Squares and Double-Squares,” a unique photography exhibit inspired by the elegant proportion of perfect symmetry, the square, and the beautiful Japanese Tatami proportion of 1:2 or double-square, used in either horizontal or vertical orientation. For this show,…
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Upgraded intersection in Hazlet, Holmdel open
HAZLET — Reconstruction of Bethany and Keyport-Holmdel (CR4) roads has been completed, and the upgraded traffic signal has been activated at the reconstructed intersection. “This is a great day for the residents in this area who have been impacted by the reconstruction,” said Freeholder Deputy Director John P. Curley, who oversees the county’s Department of…
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Program helps youth stay connected with church
HOLMDEL — The Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society/Baha Chapter at Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church in Holmdel has launched a support program for college youth. The College Connection is aimed at keeping the students connected to their church community while they are away at college. According to a press release from the chapter, as…
