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Redbirds dominate
Top: Allentown High School’s Madeline Collins (l) tries to elude Neptune’s Kirsten Cox during the second half of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II playoff game on May 18 in Allentown. The Redbirds advanced to the quarterfinals with a one-sided 20-6 victory. Right: Allentown’s Madeline Collins (l) tries to elude Neptune’s Kirsten Cox. PHOTOS BY…
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Moms and daughters are invited to tea
The Monmouth County Historical Association will host its annual Tea with Me event on June 14 from 4-6 p.m. at the Navesink Country Club in Middletown. The event is a special opportunity for little girls and their mothers, grandmothers or aunts to share in the fun of an event planned just for them. Proceeds will…
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LADACIN Network plans casino night
LADACIN Network will hold its Casino Night and Gift Auction at Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club, Farmingdale, on June 10. The event will support 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…
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Explore wildlife on guided boat tours of reservoir
HOWELL— See turtles, egrets, herons, ospreys and other wildlife in their natural habitat during a boat tour of the Monmouth County Park System’s Manasquan Reservoir in Howell. Tours are offered on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend (weather permitting). Tours last approximately 45 minutes and begin at the top…
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Belmar is ready for summer of fun
BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Belmar drawbridge Everyone in Belmar is ready for the summer of 2011, and now there is only one thing left that matters. “We just need the weather” to cooperate, said Mary Brabazon, the tourism administrator of the popular Jersey Shore destination. The summer season will begin this week in the Monmouth…
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BlueClaws will host nut-free game June 12
The FAAN Walk for Food Allergy and the Lakewood BlueClaws have teamed up for the third annual nut-free game at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood. Buster, the Blue- Claws’mascot, poses with fans at a previous nut-free game. Does your child’s nut allergy prevent your family from attending a baseball game? If so, mark down June 12…
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County: Demand on Veterans Service Office is increasing
I n the six months since the Monmouth County Veterans Services Office opened, the number of clients is steadily rising. A total of 850 veterans have contacted the Freehold office for help, according to a press release from the county. “Six months ago we opened our doors to veterans and they are coming for help…
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Scout comes to the aid of animal rescue that put out call for help
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone Girl Scout Grace Giffen, 13, (l) delivers rabbit food and other items to Jody Caizza, of Kind Heart Rescue in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, on May 5. MILLSTONE — One kind heart deserves another. Grace Giffen, 13, felt her heart sink a little when she read…
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Allentown historian will lead Memorial Day parade
Lions Club names Alice Wikoff grand marshal ALLENTOWN — Alice Wikoff, 84, can remember a time when the superintendent of schools rang the dismissal bell early so that the children could go ice skating before dark. TheAllentown millpond measured a full mile around at that time with 38 acres of fresh water suitable for swimming,…
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