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Prom fashion show slated for Jan. 20
Cinderella’s Closet of Monmouth County will host its fifth annual prom fashion show 7-10 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Ocean Place Resort, Long Branch. All are invited to attend. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door. Guests will be treated to a light buffet dinner, a prom fashion show featuring upcoming 2012…
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Firefighters contain M’town liquor store fire
— Mike Davis MIDDLETOWN — Flames erupted early on Dec. 18 at Trezza Place, a shopping center in the Fairview section, and nearly 50 firefighters reported to the scene. According to a press release from the Middletown Township Fire Department (MTFD), a passing motorist reported seeing “heavy smoke coming from the roof air conditioning units…
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Annual New Year’s Day Beach Walk at Hook
MIDDLETOWN — The American Littoral Society will hold its 36th annual Dery Bennett New Year’s Day Beach Walk on Sandy Hook on Jan. 1. Society staff will lead members and the general public on a bracing walk on the beach, departing at 11 a.m. from society headquarters, 18 Hartshorne Drive on Officer’s Row at Fort…
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DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS
Chinese New Year: dragons & dim sum LIZZ DINNIGAN Beyond the skyscrapers, major tourist attractions, theater district and parks, the most colorful and seductive aspect of NewYork City is its cultural diversity. The best ways to experience the city’s mosaic of heritages is by dining at the multitude of international restaurants serving up cuisine from…
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Trash becomes art at Greek Orthodox church
Youths in Kimisis art program make sculptures from recyclables BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Recycled magazines are among the materials Kimisis Art Program students turn into art at Kimisis Tis Theotokou, a Greek Orthodox church in Holmdel. PHOTOS BY SUSAN ENGLISIS HOLMDEL — At Kimisis Tis Theotokou, children are playing with garbage, using recyclable materials as…
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Workshops on wills and trusts Jan. 11
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation will hold a free public seminar on wills and estate planning from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the New Jersey Law Center, 1 Constitution Square, off Ryders Lane, New Brunswick. Topics of discussion include wills and trusts, gift and tax planning, New Jersey probate procedures, power…
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Community garden’s cookbook is ready
Temple Shalom, Temple Beth Ahm, and the Matawan United Methodist Church, all ofAberdeen, have for the last two years successfully grown vegetables at a community garden located on Temple Shalom’s property. All of the fresh produce is donated to the community food pantry located at the church. Now the group has put together a mostly…
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CODA
You’re not getting fat, you’re just a survivor GREG BEAN I got on the scale last week after avoiding the thing since summer and thought I had forgotten to change the batteries because it was giving me such a crazy reading. Instead of the svelte guy I see in my mind’s eye every morning, it…
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Group seeks sponsors to help donkeys, horses
This holiday season, please consider extending your compassion and generosity to poor people and exhausted animals in India by becoming an Animal Rahat sponsor. (“Rahat” means “relief” in Hindi.) Throughout India, thousands of bullocks, horses and donkeys are forced to pull heavy carts for miles. Many suffer from muscle strain and painful sores. The exhausted…
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