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6th annual FSCD photo contest is under way
Freehold Soil Conservation District is sponsoring its sixth-annual photo contest. Photographers are asked to capture subjects found within Middlesex and Monmouth counties that promote the beauty and uniqueness of the natural environments. The contest is open to adults (age 18 and over) as of the entry deadline. The first-place winner will receive $200, the second-place…
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Hazlet Twp. Committee approves tax reassessment
$199K project will update commercial and residential values BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer HAZLET — The Township Committee has approved an ordinance that will appropriate $199,000 in special emergency funds to finance a hybrid reassessment project for residential and commercial properties throughout the township. The ordinance, approved by a 4-1 vote at the committee meeting…
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SWMHS Class of ’87 is looking for graduates
The Sayreville War Memorial High School class of 1987 is planning a 25-year reunion for 3 p.m. July 28 at Watermark, 800 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park. The cost is $15. For more information, call Danielle Karwoski at 404-909-4545 or visit www.facebook.com/#!/events/313639062 024005/.
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Aberdeen seeks to preserve additional Freneau land
Public and private funds would be used to acquire 20-acre tract BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Township officials are negotiating the acquisition of an additional 20-acre parcel of open space in the Freneau section of Aberdeen for preservation. The parcel, if acquired, would be the second sub-section of Freneau’s 183.5 acres the township…
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Activist group pickets Longstreet Farm
Animal rights protesters criticize park’s sale of animals for slaughter BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Youngsters visit with a sow, one of the animals living at Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel, which the Monmouth County Park System maintains as a circa-1890s working farm. KEITH HEUMILLER Area residents organized a protest at Holmdel Park on July…
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NJ American: Damaged water mains were due for repairs
County rescinds state of emergency; outdoor ban modified BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The collapse of a bridge at the N.J. American Water facility on Swimming River Road in Lincroft on June 27 caused three water mains to break, leading to a county-wide water emergency . KEITH HEUMILLER The three water transmission mains that collapsed…
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Photo
Spectators try to stay cool in the shade during the Middletown Jazz & Blues Festival held at the Middletown Arts Center on July 7. More photos Page 34 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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• A discounted AARP driver safety course is being offered to current and retired educators from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. July 18 and Aug. 15 at The Orchards at Bartley, Jackson. The classroom course normally costs $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. During this promotion, educators and school personnel are invited to…
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Football camp coming to Howell
Pat Dowling looks forward to running the New York Giants Youth Football Camp each summer. Dowling, the defensive coordinator at Point Pleasant Borough High School, will direct the camp at Howell Memorial Middle School, Adelphia Road, Howell, July 16-20. This marks the camp’s sixth summer. “I enjoy this,” Dowling said. “The exciting part is that…
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