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Looking for something to do Saturday night?
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer On the first Saturday of every month, many business owners in Asbury Park celebrate First Saturday with special events and extended hours, many staying open until 11 p.m. I had the opportunity to experience it in July, and if you missed it, you can check it out this Saturday, Aug.…
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Marlboro farm is popping with Peppadews
New Peppadew Goldew fruit is making a mark with chefs & businesses BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Amid grapevines, azaleas and greenhouses, Pierre Crawley, 55, toiled on his farmland beneath the unforgiving summer sun. After about three-and-a-half years of hard work, Crawley said, he had restored his farm off Harbor Road in the…
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Roosevelt eyes enlargement of borough garage
Inability to fit fire truck has officials considering expansion BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent ROOSEVELT — The borough’s recently acquired fire truck sits in the parking lot of the municipal building because it is too long to fit in the garage. The first aid squad would also like a new ambulance. These were among the issues…
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Horse Park to wrap up summer with full slate of varied equine events
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — The summer months are always busy at the Horse Park of New Jersey (HPNJ), and this August features a Monmouth County tradition held at a new venue. The Woodedge at the Park series is scheduled from Aug. 2 through Aug. 5. The show features various hunter and jumper…
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Even Club Fed doesn’t have a golf course for inmates
CODA GREG BEAN One thing is pretty sure: Where Peter F. Burnham, the disgraced ex-president of Brookdale College, is likely going, they won’t have a golf course. Burnham, who pleaded guilty July 24 to a number of the charges against him for siphoning money from the college into his own pockets, is scheduled for sentencing…
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business briefs
Alysa Antonis of Millstone, a student at the Philadelphia University College of Architecture and the Built Environment, located in Philadelphia, was awarded the Intern of the Year Award by the Jersey Shore section of the New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANJ). The awards were announced at its annual service awards event…
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See the Intrepid with the Republican Club
The Plumsted Township Republican Club is sponsoring a bus trip to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City on either Aug. 8 or Aug. 14. A date will be selected once 45 participants sign up. If interested, email [email protected] and select a date. The fee is $50 for adults, $47 for…
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Judged trail ride to be held at Horse Park
The Horse Park of New Jersey will hold its seventh annual judged trail ride on Sept. 9. The first ride will be at 9 a.m. with the last ride at 1 p.m. The event is an untimed ride with 10-15 judged natural obstacles over a 2- to 5-mile course. Riders will be judged on their…
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Home-schooled students may be taken off the bench
Board considers allowing home-schooled kids to participate in school athletics BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Board of Education may reconsider its current policy that prohibits the township’s home-schooled students from participating in interscholastic athletics. At the July 23 meeting, Superintendent Scott Feder said new state policies offer school districts the option of allowing…
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