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Poker night to benefit HABcore March 22
The fifth annual Poker Night will be held from 6-11 p.m. on Friday, March 22, at the Red Bank Elks Lodge, 40 West Front St., Red Bank. Proceeds will benefit HABcore Inc., which provides permanent and transitional supportive housing to low-income people who are homeless, disabled or unable to care for themselves. The event will…
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Three high schools to present music festival
RUMSON — The annual Tri-District Music Festival will be held April 11 at 7 p.m. in the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School auditorium. This free concert, which has been a tradition for more than 17 years, features the combined musical talents of students from Forrestdale School in Rumson, Knollwood School in Fair Haven and Rumson-Fair…
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for the record
A March 7 article in the Examiner incorrectly stated that the Friends of Millstone Township Historic Registered Properties received historic items from the New Jersey State Museum. The Friends received historic items from the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, New Brunswick, when that museum closed.
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Future voters need to become an informed electorate
To the future doctors, business people, police officers, scientists, judges, and most importantly, future voters: I wish to convey not only the importance of decision, but also the importance that we, the adolescents of society, carry as we grow toward adulthood. Each individual has a voice, and each individual voice has the right to be…
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A salamander takes part in the annual migration in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, on March 12. Each year as spring approaches, the amphibians cross Beekman Road to reach vernal pools for breeding. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE EAST BRUNSWICK ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
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Readers weigh in on failure of U.S. Do Not Call Registry
CODA GREG BEAN No column I’ve written in months has generated as much reader response as the Feb. 27 piece concerning the apparently useless National Do Not Call Registry, and the fact that so many of us are being bombarded at all hours of the day by telemarketers — in spite of the fact that…
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Commission seeks nominees for preservation awards
The Monmouth County Historical Commission is accepting nominations for the 2013 Preservation Awards. Winners will be recognized with a certificate of merit. Substantially complete preservation projects for historic structures that were accomplished in the recent past are eligible. The terms “historic structures” and “recent past” are generously interpreted, according to a press release from the…
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North Jersey Media Group goes live with solar power
North Jersey Media Group last week switched on its solar power facility, enabling the company to generate more than 60 percent of the electricity required for its Rockaway printing plant with the sun’s energy. In a partnership with KDC Solar, of Bedminster, the solar facility has an output of 5 megawatts of power, which is…
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Help for Sandy victims when all other options run out
Long-Term Recovery Group taps Monmouth County’s unique volunteer resources BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer More than 150 professionals, activists and volunteers listen to a FEMA presentation during the March 6 meeting of the Monmouth County Long-Term Recovery Group at the Monmouth County Library headquarters in Manalapan. ERIC SUCAR staff Dozens of area nonprofit groups, charities…
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