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Aberdeen Day
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top: Krystal McLesky, of Matawan, hands out balloons for The Church of Jersey Shore during Aberdeen Day 2012, held on the grounds of Matawan Regional High School in Aberdeen on Sept. 22. The clown “Jelly Bean from Aberdeen” creates balloon designs for youngsters, and Katrina Federico performs with…
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Aberdeen police take back unwanted medications Sept. 29
ABERDEEN — The Aberdeen Township Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will again be accepting expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs from residents 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 29, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Residents can bring medications for disposal to Aberdeen Town Hall at One Aberdeen Square. The service is…
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Concours dā Elegance benefit set
The 2012 Monmouth County Concours d’ Elegance automobile exhibition will be held at the Hop Brook Farm in Holmdel on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will feature vintage motorcars, fire engines, and motorcycles in a turn-of-the-century farm setting. A fashion show featuring models in vintage vehicles will showcase the latest…
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Vendors welcome at VFW Flea Market
The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699 will hold a Flea Market 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 7 outdoors at the VFW post home, Jernee Mill Road, Sayreville. Rain date is Oct. 14. Vendors are sought. Spaces cost $15 each. Proceeds will aid U.S. military personnel overseas and in hospitals. For more…
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Matawan seeks comment on mixed-use district
Council delays vote on new zoning ordinance until Oct. 2 meeting BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council is asking Aberdeen and Old Bridge townships, as well as officials from the state and Monmouth County, to review an ordinance that would establish a Mixed Use Development (MUD) district along Route 34 in…
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Car show will benefit Vietnam center
The New Jersey State Council of the Vietnam Veterans of America will sponsor its second annual Car and Motorcycle Show on Sunday, Sept. 30, to benefit the N.J. Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and the Vietnam Era Museum and Educational Center in Holmdel. The event will take place rain or shine, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
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Peace Lecture to be delivered Oct. 14
MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth Center for World Religions and Ethical Thought (MCWRET, www.interfaithmcwret.org) will sponsor its 13th annual Shanti (Peace) Lecture on Sunday, Oct. 14, 4 to 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse, 1475 W. Front Street, Lincroft. The Rev. Eric Cherry, director of the International Office of the Unitarian Universalist Association, will present…
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The high cost of freedom
Innocence Project exoneree Alan Newton addresses Monmouth U. students on value of knowledge, justice BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Alan Newton, who spent 22 years in prison before being exonerated and freed with help from the Innocence Project, tells his story to more than 100 Monmouth University students on Sept. 13. KEITH HEUMILLER Freedom, for…
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Retiring recreation coordinator served Hazlet well
A s a past commissioner and chairman of the Hazlet Township Recreation Commission, I wish to congratulate and extend best wishes to Barbara Ronchetti on her upcoming retirement as program coordinator for the commission at the end of this month. During the 22 years that Barbara has headed up the commission, the recreation commission has…
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