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Pie-eating contest scheduled at fair
On your mark, get set, eat! Asplendidly messy pie-eating contest will take place on the last day of the Monmouth County Fair, July 31. Children ages 12 and under will compete at 12:45 p.m., and ages 13 and up will compete at 1 p.m. Registration for the pie-eating contest will take place at 11 a.m.…
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GOP switches pick for mayor
BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — There has been a change at the top of the Republican ticket in the 2011 Marlboro municipal election. Craig Marshall will run for a four-year term as mayor against incumbent Democrat Jonathan Hornik. Marshall is replacing Michael Mirne as the Republicans’ candidate for mayor. Hornik is serving the fourth…
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See Tim Conway at the Great Auditorium
There will be laughter under the rafters in the GreatAuditorium when legendary comedian Tim Conway is joined by Chuck McCann and Louise DuArt at 8 p.m. on Aug. 6. Tickets ($40, $45 and $50) can be ordered online at www.oceangrove.org or by calling 800-590-4064. The Great Auditorium is located at Pilgrim and Ocean Pathways in…
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Adult community seeking Howell OK
Attorney says applicant has no plans to switch project to non-age-restricted homes BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— Representatives of an applicant who wants to build an age-restricted community in Howell continued laying out their development plans at the June 2 meeting of the Howell Planning Board. The applicant, Harvest Ridge and Howell Land Improvement,…
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For Pete’s sake, just say ‘Cheese!’
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Last week I made an announcement that all but brought my family to its knees. “I know what I want for my birthday,” I said with purpose. With some family members having forgotten a birthday or two in the past, this proclamation caused some to swallow hard, others to…
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Former POW to speak about experience
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host former prisoner of war David I. Drummond’s “A POW’s Story” on July 23 at 1 p.m. at the Vietnam Era Museum and Educational Center, Holmdel. Drummond, a resident of Manalapan, will share his personal account of capture and survival as a POW during the Vietnam War.…
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Board, Marlboro expect savings on electricity
MARLBORO— Taxpayers inMarlboro will save $635,000 through a shared services and joint purchasing agreement between the township and the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education for electricity. “Shared services and thinking outside the box on purchasing creates real efficiencies and savings for taxpayers,” Mayor Jonathan Hornik said. According to a press release, the savings…
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Action on red light cameras tabled until Oct. 12 meeting
MANALAPAN — A scheduled public hearing on what has come to be known as a red light camera system was a no-go at the July 13 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee. In January, the committee introduced a traffic control signal monitoring system ordinance. A public hearing on the ordinance was scheduled for the committee’s…
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