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    The Middletown Police Department Traffic Safety Bureau will offer a Child Safety Seat Checkpoint 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 20 at Police Headquarters, 1 Kings Highway. Police officers trained as child passenger safety technicians will be available to assist motorists with proper child safety seat installation as well as proper positioning and harnessing of…

  • Workshops offered for those with autism

    Now in its 29th year, the Parent/Child Workshops in the Arts for Children with Autism, a signature program of VSA New Jersey, will offer children with autism ages 3- 21 and their family members weekly workshops in the visual and performing arts. Young people will enhance their understanding and appreciation of the arts while developing…

  • Jersey Shore Business Leaders group to meet

    Jersey Shore Business Leaders (JSBL) will sponsor a “Getting to Know Us” networking event with other business professionals from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Watermark, 800 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park. The cost of $15 includes appetizers, an extended happy hour exclusively for this night, and a chance to win multiple door prizes.…

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    David Bertone, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S., a physical therapist and president of db Orthopedic Physical Therapy PC in Lincroft, has been nominated by Gov. Chris Christie for an appointment to the New Jersey Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. This board is responsible for the regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in New Jersey. This…

  • Parent helpline deals with substance issues

    When parents find out their teen is abusing drugs or alcohol, the immediate focus is generally on getting help for the teen. But parents are often in great need of help themselves. They may need advice on what to say to their teen, how to evaluate whether he or she needs professional treatment, and where…

  • Just for Toddlers open house set for Aug. 31

    The Tonya Keller Bayshore Community Center’s Just for Toddlers program will hold an open house 6:30 p.m. Aug. 31. Just For Toddlers is a preschool playgroup for children 18 months to preschool age. Arts and crafts, stories, music, numbers, letters, colors and many other activities will be taught. The child’s age on Oct. 1, 2011,…

  • 180 seeking volunteers to aid victims of violence

    HAZLET — Beginning in October, 180-Turning LivesAround (180), a private nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence, will be conducting a training course for Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) volunteers. Applications are being accepted for the program and interviews will begin shortly. The volunteer advocates with 180’s DVRT program are civilian members of…

  • Family Day: Salute a Soldier

    HOLMDEL — New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’Memorial Foundation (NJVVMF) will celebrate veterans and active military personnel on Family Day: Salute a Soldier. The event, which will take place on Aug. 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Vietnam Era Museum and Educational Center, will include family activities to show patriotism, honor veterans and learn…

  • Clothing drive will help raise funds for children in Africa

    Sylvia’s Children has partnered with Starbucks to help children in Africa. The nonprofit organization based in Holmdel is conducting a clothing drive at 11 Starbucks locations in central New Jersey. Donations can be dropped off at participating Starbucks locations in Middletown, Marlboro, Matawan, Manalapan, Edison, Union, Westfield, East Brunswick, New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Piscataway…

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