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Wine-tasting, networking event March 28
MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Business Association (MBA) will host a wine-tasting and networking event on Wednesday, March 28 at Vintner’s Circle, 1670 Highway 35 South in Fountain Ridge, beginning at 6 p.m. The event is being held to bring Middletown-based business owners and key personnel together. The goal of the MBA is to advocate and…
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Youth program empowers kids, teens
The International Association for Human Values (http://iahv.org/), a nonprofit organization, is presenting classes in yoga and mediation for children ages 8 to 18 through its Yes! (Youth Empowerment Seminar) program. The course is scheduled during the week of April 9, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Oak Hill Academy, Lincroft. According to a press…
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Matawan-Aberdeen BOE presents $63M budget
Drop in assessed valuation results in tax-rate hike for Aberdeen, Matawan taxpayers BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is proposing a $63.2 million budget for the 2012-13 school year, which would increase taxes for residents of Aberdeen and Matawan. Superintendent David Healy and interim Business Administrator James Strimple presented…
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March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
We are hoping that this letter can help to raise awareness aboutDevelopmental Disabilities Awareness Month, which has currently been recognized by more than 25 towns in Monmouth County. Since 1949, The Arc and its network of more than 700 chapters across the country have worked to promote and protect the rights of people with intellectual…
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Many in danger if Affordable Care Act is abolished
March 23 marks the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and while many on the “right” attack its passage as being an attempt to socialize America’s health care system and an affront to their personal freedom of choice to decide what’s best for them, it is important to remember what it will mean…
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Holmdel Board of Education proposes $51.9M budget
Tax levy increase of 1.25 percent would result in $100 tax hike BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HOLMDEL— Taxpayers can expect to pay nearly $100 more per year in taxes to support Holmdel Township Public Schools in the upcoming fiscal year. At its March 14 meeting, the Holmdel Township Board of Education introduced a $51.9 million…
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Mat-Ab BOE weighs pre-K tuition increase
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN— The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education is weighing an increase in tuition for the preschool program at Cambridge Park School to address a $378,233 shortfall in revenues for the program. During the workshop meeting on March 12, members of the board discussed whether raising both full tuition…
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Teen Arts
From top: Sarah Bertekap, a junior at Communications High School, studies an art book included in “Identity,” an exhibit of student art at the Center for Visual Arts at Brookdale Community College during the Teen Arts Festival on March 15. The Monmouth County Arts Council presents the festival in collaboration with Brookdale, which hosted the…
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