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Allaire will present seminar on bears
“Bears — Know the Facts” will be presented from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 13 (rain or shine) at the Allaire State Park Nature Center, 4265 Atlantic Ave./Route 524, Wall Township. Attendees will learn about the natural history and biology of bears from the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife and get information about…
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Backseat driver pops her cork
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Believe it or not, there are people who accuse me of being a backseat driver. It might be the way that I scream and point. Perhaps it’s that I push my foot through the floorboard in an attempt to apply an imaginary brake. Most likely it’s the way that…
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Things will be just ducky at Allaire village
OnAug. 13 from 1 to 4 p.m. (rain date is Aug. 14), the Historic Village at Allaire will host the sixth annual Ducky Derby. This year there are three ways to participate in the Ducky Derby. For corporate sponsors and adults, there will be five heat races and the winners of those five races will…
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Scouts show compassion for local foster children
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer JACKSON— Two cousins are doing what they can to change the lives of foster children in the area. Brianna Acacia, 13, and Kasey Suszko, 14, are cousins and Girl Scouts from Jackson who were touched by the stories of a young boy they met at their church. They realized the…
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Casino night and auction aid LADACIN
LADACIN Network held its Casino Night and Gift Auction at Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club, Farmingdale, on June 10. The event supported LADACIN’s educational, therapeutic, social, residential and support services that benefit more than 2,600 infants, children and adults with cerebral palsy and other multiple physical and developmental disabilities living in Monmouth and Ocean…
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The Painting World of James Avati
“No Star Is Lost” by James T. Farrell, Signet Books, 1952 The Monmouth Museum is hosting an exhibit of paintings by Red Bank native James Avati, the pre-eminent painter of paperback book covers in the second half of the 20th century. “The Painting World of James Avati” will run through Sept. 4 at the museum,…
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Among readers, humor is in the eye of the beholder
CODA GREG BEAN I ’ve been writing a newspaper column for over 30 years, and I’ve never gotten in more trouble than when I penned something I thought was pretty funny that either fell flat, because some readers didn’t get the humor, or found what I’d said outright offensive. Two cases in point: Back in…
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for the record
A letter to the editor that was published in the July 28 Tri-Town News stated that the installation of certain equipment on light poles in Jackson would take 2 minutes. The author of the letter contacted the Tri-Town News after the letter had been published and said he meant to write that the time necessary…
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PETA: Help fish thrive by leaving them off our plates
Starting this month, commercial fishers in the Gulf of Mexico will be required to use new “weak hooks” that retain targeted fish but allow far heavier bluefin tuna to swim free. While this is a step in the right direction, it is not enough. According to researchers attending the American Association for the Advancement of…
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