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Marching ensembles will perform in Jackson on July 7
Youth Education in the Arts of Allentown, Pa., will bring some of the world’s greatest marching musicians and performers to central New Jersey when it presents “Drum Corps – An American Tradition” on July 7 at Jackson Liberty High School, 125 North Hope Chapel Road, Jackson. A portion of the proceeds will go to the…
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Host families sought for exchange students
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE) seeks local host families for English speaking male and female high school students ages 15-18 from a variety of countries around the world. EachASSE student is fully insured, brings his or her own personal spending money, and expects to bear his or her share of household responsibilities, as well…
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Jewish Heritage Museum to screen three films in July
The Jewish Heritage Museum of MonmouthCounty, the Jewish Federation and theAxelrod Theater will host a Jewish themed summer film festival during July. All films will be shown at the museum at 7 p.m. at a cost of $10 per person. On July 10, “Barney’s Version” will be screened. Based on the late Mordecai Richler’s award-winning…
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Millstone Dems invite new members
The Millstone Township Democratic Organization will hold regular monthly meetings at the Millstone Community Center, 463 Stage Coach Road, Clarksburg, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month during the months of July and August . Brian Dorf was recently elected to the organization’s municipal chairmanship; his Executive Board includes Vice…
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Monmouth fair opens July 25
FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Fair will return to the East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, from July 25-29. Hours are as follows: • July 25, 5-11 p.m. • July 26, 5-11 p.m. • July 27, 5-11 p.m. • July 28, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. • July 29, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.…
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Planning Board must reconsider funding for local water studies
Neighborhoods affected by septic issues need attention, according to chairman BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — The Upper Freehold Planning Board will not by receiving an $11,500 matching grant it applied for from the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC). The grant would have been used for nitrate dilution studies and water resources…
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SRF seeks new home for its horses
Looming increase in rent has standardbred organization in the market for farm BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) held its last volunteer party June 28 at its current home, a Hamilton Township, Mercer County, farm. One week earlier, the SRF announced that it needed to find another farm for its horses after…
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Up, up and away!
DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN My father-in-law was a mechanic for Pan Am from 1961 until the airline went out of business in 1991. As a child, Joe— my husband and comic book enthusiast — was fascinated by his dad’s occupation: repairing planes and the physical scale of that undertaking. Joe has told me that plane…
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Oh, the horror: swimsuit shopping
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I consider myself to be a fairly brave woman. I walk through the house in the dark, drive in big cities, and have even been known to kill my own spiders. Still, there are some things that scare me half to death. I feel faint at the thought of…
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