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Annual orchid auction to be held in Colts Neck
The Deep Cut Orchid Society will host an orchid auction on Oct. 1 at the Colts Neck Fire House No. 1, Route 537, Colts Neck. The auction will begin at 10 a.m. Doors will open at 9 a.m. so that guests may get a glimpse of the beautiful plants for sale. The largest orchid auction…
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‘Wild Nature’: Nature photography by Eric Sambol
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, is hosting a solo exhibit of wildlife photography by Eric Sambol. “Wild Nature” will run through Sept. 30 at the Pollak Gallery on the university’s campus. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Urban Coast Institute. Sambol, of Brick Township, uses the medium of photography to reawaken his childhood passion for…
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Resident faces burglary charges
MANALAPAN — Police have arrested a township resident who they allege is responsible for a string of residential burglaries that occurred between April and July. According to a press release from the Manalapan Police Department, Gary Raffa Jr., 20, of Manalapan, was charged on Aug. 24 with burglary, theft, criminal mischief and receiving stolen property.…
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September exit strategy
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn’t a testing ground for character and to stop asking, what did I do wrong? Maybe nothing.” — Eleanor Perenyi H as hodgepodging descended on your garden? Overcrowded with dense and uncontrolled growth, weeds hiding in plain sight and nary a bloom…
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Finding the strength to persevere after 9/11
BY SHANNEL DOUGLAS Rutgers University Student Sarah Van Auken discusses the years since the death of her father. Kenneth Van Auken was a bond broker at Cantor Fitzgerald who was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. PHOTO COURTESY OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 9/11 PROJECT A young actress from East Brunswick, Sarah Van Auken, has found that theater…
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Family escapes injury as tree smacks house
Irene toppled large oak during wet visit to Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The rain and strong winds of Hurricane Irene on Aug. 27-28 caused a large tree to fall on a home on South Street, Freehold Borough. No one was injured, but the family had to leave the home during the…
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Multiple burglary charges lodged
BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — A resident of Howell has been arrested following his alleged three-month spree of breaking into cars throughout Colts Neck. Austin Halvorsen, 18, has been charged with committing 19 burglaries during the summer in an area that stretched from the north side of Colts Neck to the south side…
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Zimmerli to exhibit works of two Venetian masters
Above: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s “Old Man with Turban” is among the etchings included in the “Two Venetian Masters” exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum. Below: “View of a Town on a River Bank,” from 1744. The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, will evoke the brio at the heart of 18thcentury Venetian art…
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Apple festival kicks off centennial celebration
Delicious Orchards reaches milestone BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Owner William McDonald stocks tomatoes at Delicious Orchards, which will begin celebrating its 100th anniversary with an apple festival on Sept. 17-18. ERIC SUCAR staff COLTS NECK — The orchards that have supplied the crisp, sweet apples that are found in the famous pies and cider at…
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