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Blake Shelton to perform at base
The Air Force Reserve Tour for the Troops invites all Department of Defense ID card holders, family members and guests to attend a live Blake Shelton concert on Aug. 29 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix- Lakehurst in south central New Jersey. The free concert will start at 8 p.m. on Doughboy Field. Tour for the Troops…
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Manalapan Diner back in business
Fire in October 2010 closed restaurant for many months BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Litsa Pagonas, who owns the Manalapan Diner with her husband, Michael, visits with longtime patron Howard Liebman. Pagonas recently welcomed customers back to the diner, which had been closed for renovations following a fire in October 2010. MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Diner,…
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August: ‘If you garden, they will come’
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “You inherently have responsibilities totake care of things.” — Jack Dangermond N ow that summer is in full swing, we need to rev up a bit in our garden maintenance. You don’t want weeds to compete with your phlox, so weed a little bit at a time, but do it fairly…
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Having fun in Freehold
Violinist Gary Oleyar, who tours with Loggins and Messina, joined the band Mission Dance on Aug. 11 in Freehold Borough. Mission Dance celebrated its 20th anniversary as a party band by presenting a concert in front of the Monmouth County Hall of Records as part of Downtown Freehold’s weekly summer concert series. PHOTOS BY AMY…
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Filmmakers invited to enter festival
Kidz Filmz, a new film festival and joint venture between Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan and the Garden State Film Festival, is seeking video submissions from the public. The films will be presented at the Algonquin Arts Theatre in a festival-type event fromJan. 27-29, 2012. Activities will also include a hands-on children’s workshop. Filmmakers of…
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Big girls don’t cry. Well, not as much
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I did it. Much to my dismay and anguish, last Tuesday I loaded up our Huey and hauled him off to attend a campus far away from his mother. But I was a big girl. Longtime readers may recall how I all but made a fool of myself when…
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Elected officials have to work together to solve problems
Like most people, I am very unhappy about the inaction and lack of patriotism of some of our representatives in Congress. It seems to me the Republicans and the Tea Party members do not want to agree with anything President Barack Obama proposes to move our country forward. They cite examples of when they were…
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Impact of decision may not be known for several years
IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column about a group of Howell residents who were planning to ask the members of the Howell Township Council to place a referendum question on the November ballot regarding the council’s plan to buy a Route 9 office building and use it…
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