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A Junior Cheerleading class for children ages 4 through 6 will be held 2-3 p.m. July 26 and 27 at the Ocean County Park beach complex, Lakewood. To register, send a $10 check (payable to County of Ocean) to Ocean County Parks and Recreation, 1198 Bandon Road, Toms River, NJ 08753. Include name, address,…
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Howell’s RAGE group continues petition drive
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— Members of Residents Against Global Entity (RAGE) are still seeking Howell taxpayers to get involved in their movement. RAGE was formed in response to the Howell Township Council’s recent 4-1 vote to set aside $6.9 million for the possible purchase of the Global office building. Howell officials have said…
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Learn the secrets of soda at Toms River library
On Aug. 2 at 7 p.m., author Andrew Schloss will share soda-making secrets when he presents “Homemade Soda: 200 Recipes for Making and Using Fruit Sodas and Fizzy Juices, Sparkling Waters, Root Beers and Cola Brews, Herbal and Healing Waters, Floats and Other Carbonated Concoctions” at the Ocean County Library, 101 Washington St., Toms River.…
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Girl Scouts come through with cookies
Left to right: Sarah Jones (Troop 1002), Steffanie Rosko (Troop 1190), Rachel Russo (Troop 1002), Mahe’ Khan (Troop 1002), and Stephanie Hood (Troop 1002) present Girl Scout cookies to Ronnie Micciulla, director of American Recreational Military Service. Girl Scouts from Monmouth and Ocean counties banded together this spring to donate cookies to military troops stationed…
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Howell board checking option of restoring clubs
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education are hoping to restore clubs that have been cut from the fifth-grade and middle school levels over the past few years. Board member Albert Miller, who sits on the panel’s Education Committee, raised the topic at the board’s July 13…
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Children of all ages put their best kick forward as they participate in a soccer activity during a Howell day camp that was held at Howell Middle School North on July 14. ERIC SUCAR staff
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48 Jackson pupils will lose courtesy busing to school
By Andrew Martins JACKSON – A proposal to eliminate courtesy busing for 48 students who received it in the past was approved on July 19 by the Jackson School District Board of Education. Beginning in September, 48 children who live in the Flair development will no longer be bused to the Holman elementary school. Now,…
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The NJ Marlins travel baseball organization seeks players between the ages of 9 and 17 to compete in the fall. Tryouts will take place on the following dates and times at Cross Farms Field in Holmdel: July 6, 5:30 to 8 p.m. (ages 9-12, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; ages 13-17, 6:30-8p.m.) July 19, 10 a.m. to 12:30…
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Run for Water raising awareness of water’s importance worldwide
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Runners know the value of water. That is why there are water stops at road races, from 5K runs up to a full 26- mile marathon. Water is crucial for runners to maintain their hydration. Water stops will take on added meaning on July 23 as the third annual Run…
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