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Gabriela and Daniela trick-or-treat for donations in their Marlboro neighborhood to help families who lost their home during superstorm Sandy. Halloween was cancelled twice in Marlboro, so the girls decided to help the storm victims by notifying their neighbors via mail that they would be coming around to collect donations, and then donned their costumes…
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Residents respond in big way to call for donations
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Firefighters from the East Freehold Fire Company, Dutch Lane Road, wanted to do something for people who lost property and possessions during post-tropical storm Sandy, and decided the most immediate help they could offer was to collect items the victims needed. Firefighter Rick Frascati said the…
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Holy Twinkies, Batman, this is sad news indeed
CODA GREG BEAN You’re going to have to excuse me for a minute, because I’ve just had a horrible shock. My heart is racing, I’m dizzy, there are black spots dancing in front of my eyes, and the world seems to have faded into 50 shades of gray. My worst fears of last January have…
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Freehold firefighters were on high alert during Sandy
FREEHOLD — The Freehold Fire Department firehouse on West Main Street became the temporary home for more than 50 volunteer firefighters during and after the time Sandy hit the area on Oct. 29. There were more than 125 calls to the fire department during and after the posttropical storm’s visit to the Garden State. Officials…
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Share your cherished traditions
Do you remember the excitement of lighting the eighth menorah candle; listening for reindeer hooves on the roof; being allowed to stay up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve; celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa; offering food and chanting the Buddha’s teachings? Does your family have a special holiday or festival tradition…
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A Thanksgiving Day dinner hosted by Monmouth Worship Center will be held from noon to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 22 at the church. The food is home cooked and donated and served by volunteers. All in the community are welcome to participate. The church is at 37 Vanderburg Road, Marlboro. To volunteer or donate food,…
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Concert to boost shore rebuild
Restore the Shore and the Strand Theater in Lakewood will host a yearlong concert series to help the Jersey Shore recover from the destruction caused by the Oct. 29 storm called Sandy. The first show, a holiday concert featuring Gary “U.S.” Bonds, Marc Ribler and Friends, and special guests, will be held at 8 p.m.…
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Beethoven works to be performed in Roosevelt
Alan Mallach ROOSEVELT — On Dec. 8, the Roosevelt Arts Project will present a solo piano recital with commentary by Alan Mallach, titled “Beethoven the Revolutionary.” The program will take place at Borough Hall, Route 571, Roosevelt, western Monmouth County. A voluntary contribution of $5 will be collected at the door. The concert will present…
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on campus
Andrew Craig Stein, son of Bert and Marlene Stein of Marlboro, graduated from the medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. Dr. Stein is a 2004 graduate of Marlboro High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Lehigh University,…
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