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Save the date for benefit walk, June 2
The second annual Walk to Believe fundraiser will be held June 2 at the Rutgers University Stadium, Busch Campus, Piscataway. Proceeds of the 5K walk will benefit the Eric LeGrand Believe Trust Fund, a fund established to offer support and cover expenses for Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand and his family, as he continues…
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Monmouth Festival of the Arts May 5-9
Condor over Patagonian Sky by Paul Lenz TINTON FALLS — The 42nd Monmouth Festival of Arts (MFA)will take place May 5-9 at the Monmouth Reform Temple (MRT) on HanceAvenue in Tinton Falls. The festival is a professional juried art show supporting artists as well as art education. More than 200 artists from throughout the Northeast…
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John Powell exhibit opens in Red Bank
“Birds of a Feather” Beacon FineArts Gallery in Red Bank will host the opening of an exhibit of paintings by John Powell on May 4 and 5. Opening receptions will be held 7-9:30 p.m. Friday and 5-9 p.m. Saturday at the gallery located at 61 Monmouth St. Powell, a lyrical realist painter, was born in…
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Out of Jersey, into Africa: women on the rise
Local women to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and raise awareness, funds for charities BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Jill Lauren Quaranta (l-r), Michelle Cicalese, Candice Harris-Belfer, Susan Belfer and Nicki Francis, along with Linda Chorney (not pictured), will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in September to raise awareness and funds for charities. KRISTEN DALTON LONG BRANCH — Six…
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Red Bank events will tickle you ‘pink’
RED BANK — Riverview Medical Center will host several events during the sixth annual “Paint the Town Pink” breast cancer awareness campaign May 4-12. Acommunity-wide event, “Paint Everything Pink,” will take place Sunday, May 6, 1-4 p.m. Enjoy Community Day by bringing the whole family out for a day of fun featuring fun and games…
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Pallone to activists: Environment under attack
Congressman tells Sierra Club, Clearwater, that legislation could destroy protections BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. MIDDLETOWN — Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. doesn’t want to scare anyone: but the environment is in danger. “Environmental protection is under very severe attack,” the 6th District Democratic congressman said on April 23. “If things don’t change…
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Tinton Falls board OKs plan for fort tract
Data software company will be first to relocate to former Fort Monmouth property BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Planning Board last week accepted a redevelopment plan that includes office and laboratory spaces and computer centers on a portion of the former Fort Monmouth property. The board recommended the plan to the Borough…
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Towns move to protect COAH trust funds
Affordable-housing trust fund monies may be seized by state BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — Municipalities have until July 17 to spend the money in their affordable-housing trust funds or risk forfeiture to the state, which could seize as much as $169 million statewide. At the Two River Council of Mayors meeting on April…
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Fair Haven and Rumson to form drug alliance
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — The borough will be the lead agency in a joint alcohol and drug alliance that is being formed by Fair Haven and Rumson, Borough Administrator Therese Casagrande said at the Borough Council meeting on April 23. She said that both towns are expected to introduce resolutions forming the…
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