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  • By late May, there will be red-eyed love in the air

    GREG BEAN I t was our first summer in Massachusetts after moving to a wooded community from one of the dry, prairie states, and we were completely unprepared for how green the place was and how so much stuff just grew there without human intervention. We didn’t know what any of it was, of course.…

  • Shop for a Cause May 19 at the Cabin

    HOWELL — The staff of the Cabin restaurant, 984 Route 33 East, Howell, will host a Shop for a Cause fundraiser on May 19 to help out one of their own. The event will include vendor shopping from noon to 4 p.m., live music from 3 to 6 p.m., a 50/50 raffle, a gift auction,…

  • Deer hunting to be topic of talk

    Anthony Mauro, chairman of the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance, an umbrella organization of many of the state’s outdoor sports, hunting and fishing organizations, will argue at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, on May 20 that deer hunting policies must be based on science, not emotion, to safely control the state’s expanding deer population while sustaining healthy…

  • Three seats on K-8 board will be on Howell ballot

    HOWELL — Three seats will be up for grabs on the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education in the annual school election on Nov. 5. Candidate packets, which include a nominating petition, may be obtained by visiting the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) website at njsba.org/ candidacy. The three-year terms currently held by…

  • Homeowners will open gardens for June 8 tour

    Beautifully cared-for private gardens will be visited on a tour to be hosted by the Allentown Garden Club in Allentown, western Monmouth County, on June 8. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLENTOWN GARDEN CLUB Where have all the flowers gone? There is a place with answers to this and any other local gardening questions. The Allentown Garden…

  • Protection extended in drug overdoses

    Gov. Chris Christie signed the bipartisan Overdose Protection Act into law at a drug rehabilitation center in Paterson on May 2. The legislation takes a two-pronged approach to help prevent drug-overdose deaths in New Jersey. First, it provides legal protection to people who are in violation of the law while they are attempting to help…

  • Young man a ray of hope in cloud of addiction

    BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Scott Kaboski talks about his history of drug addiction, along with the hope he has gained during his rehabilitation process at the Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Growing up, Scott Kaboski didn’t seem at risk for heroin addiction. The 23-year-old was brought up in an…

  • A ‘grim’ trend in central N.J.

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Heroin has become the most popular drug in Monmouth and Middlesex counties, reaching a much wider audience than ever before, according to law enforcement authorities. “Monmouth County has one of the highest concentrations of the purest heroin in the tri-state area. We’re really only contending with Philadelphia and New York…

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