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Gingerbread program slated at Walnford
The Monmouth County Park System will offer “Gingerbread, an American Favorite” 1- 4 p.m. Dec. 10 and 11 at Historic Walnford, Upper Freehold. Gingerbread, one of the foods often associated with early American cooking, will be explored. Find out where the ingredients came from and how it was prepared and baked. To learn more, visit…
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Horse Park needs volunteers, goes green
In its efforts to go green in 2012, the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold will no longer send membership renewals through the mail. Those seeking membership renewals are asked to go to the website, download the membership form and send it in. After that, members will be on a list for all…
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Allentown Library to host children’s programs
The Allentown Library, 16 S. Main St., will host the following children’s programs in December: AMommy and Me sing-along with Kim Yarson and her guitar, for children ages 10 months to 4 years, 11 a.m. Dec. 15. “Winter Is Here Drama Workshop,” presented by Youth Stages, for children in grades kindergarten and up,…
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Army 2nd Infantry Division vets sought
The 2nd (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who ever served in the Army’s famous 2nd Infantry Division at any time. For information about the national association and its annual reunion in Reno, Nev., to be held Aug. 23-27, 2012, visit www.2ida.org or contact the association’s secretary-treasurer, Bob Haynes, at [email protected] or 224-225-1202.
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Teachers can apply to plant/pollinator classroom program
The Freehold Soil Conservation District will provide “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” resource kits to teachers in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. The “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” program is designed to help students discover the importance of native pollinators and to study the relationship between plants and pollinators, according to a press release.…
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Ordinance aims to keep second-hand jewelry shops in check
Criminals may view as second-hand woes BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The words “We Buy Gold” probably ring a bell for every New Jerseyan, with the wealth of establishments touting such signs cropping up throughout the state, whether permanently or just for a weekend. The borough is responding to what could be considered…
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Truck driver killed in crash on I-195
Victim identified as Totowa man UPPER FREEHOLD — The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed in a crash on I-195 Thursday afternoon. Totowa resident Goran Stevanovic, 43, was the driver in the fatal single-vehicle accident that occurred near milepost 12.4 on the westbound side of the highway around 3:21 p.m., according to New Jersey State…
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Big plans in Roosevelt: bison, whiskey and wine
Organic bison farm, vineyard, craft distillery in talks BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent ROOSEVELT — Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play. That “home on the range” could soon be in Roosevelt, which lacks antelope but has plenty of deer. It may also soon have buffalo, or…
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