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LADACIN marks 60 years of service
LADACIN Network held its 31st annual Rosebud Gala Dinner Dance on March 10 at the Sheraton Eatontown. The agency is celebrating 60 years of service to people with disabilities and their families throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. The Rosebud Gala is the agency’s premier annual fundraising event, featuring dinner and dancing, an awards ceremony, gift…
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• The Jackson Veterans of Foreign Wars is currently hosting spring ham shoots at 1 p.m. on Sundays through May 13 (excluding April 8, Easter). This is one of two series of friendly 12-gauge shotgun shoots that the Jackson VFW holds annually in which people compete to get the most pellets into the center of…
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8 single-family homes switch to 28 townhouses in Howell
BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL— The Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment has unanimously approved preliminary and final site plans for Seven Oaks at Howell, an age-restricted development on Cranberry Road. The board approved the application at its March 12 meeting after testimony was carried over from the panel’s Feb. 6 meeting. The applicant sought…
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Traditional services make Russian bathhouse unique
Retired Goldman Sachs trader, son of late St. Vladimir priest, is part owner of the banya BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Alex Ross, one of the owners of the new Bear and Birch Russian bathhouse (banya) in Freehold Township, adjusts the Vichy soap scrub massage shower. Ross and his fellow owner Peter Kizenko said…
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Farmers getting set for new crop of ‘U-Pickers’
Plumsted’s popular destinations preparing for visitors during spring and summer BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Charlie Hallock of Hallock’s U-Pick Farm and Greenhouses in the New Egypt section of Plumsted is making preparations for another year in which he will welcome visitors to his family farm. The agri-tourism business is an important source of revenue…
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4-H to host clothing drive in April
Middlesex County’s 4-H Association will host a clothing drive at the 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, on the corner of Fern Road. Clothing drop-off hours will be 7-9 p.m. April 4, 5, 12, 18 and 19. Participants may bring used clothing, shoes, handbags, stuffed animals and linens, and all should be packed in…
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Playhouse 22 will host event for kids, adults
Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theater, will present two events on March 31. The kids can be treated to “The Hilarious Funzapoppin Magic Show” performed by Taubenslag Productions at 1 p.m. March 31. Tickets are $7 for children and $10 for adults. Group rates are available. Adults can join enjoy a selection of classic American,…
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E.B. considers red-light camera for Rt. 18, Rues Ln.
Officials cite success of camera at Tices Lane, where violations have decreased since last year BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials are considering installing a second redlight camera system in the township at the intersection, this one at Route 18 and Rues Lane. Township Council members discussed the possibility during their…
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The Raritan Bay Cougars of Old Bridge will hold football and cheerleading registration for the 2012 season 7-9 pm. April 13 and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 14 at the Madison Park Little League Field House (behind the firehouse), 3033 Cheesequake Road, Parlin. The fee is $90 for one or $115 for a…
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