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Alborada to stage ‘Hispanic Tapas’
The Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre will present “Hispanic Tapas,” featuring festive dances from Spain, Ecuador and Mexico, 3 p.m. April 17 at the Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St., adjacent to the Middletown train station. Highlights will include “La Boda de Luis Alonso” with Ricardo Santiago, Maria Rodriguez and Cristina Cardenas, and the new “Solea”…
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Matawan doctor charged
A physician who lives in Matawan has been arrested on charges that he wrote fraudulent prescriptions for narcotics, including Percocet and Xanax for Medicaid recipients in return for large sums of cash, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. According to a press release, Dr. Ki I. Song, 69, was arrestedApril 7 in Old Bridge…
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Blood drive honors injured firefighter
Central Jersey Blood Center (CJBC) encourages residents of Highlands and neighboring communities to donate blood in honor of Firefighter Jason Fazio, who went into a fire in Asbury Park on Jan. 10, the morning of his 41st birthday. After being engulfed in a flash fire, he was forced to jump out of a two-story window,…
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Advocates slam new beach access rules
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Local beach advocates’ worst-case scenario might come true in the next year if a proposed set of new beach-access regulations is approved by the state. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released a set of proposed beach-access rules on April 4, and John Weber, Surfrider Foundation Northeast regional manager,…
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Wool Days at Holmes-Hendrickson House
The Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) will present its annual family program known as “Wool Days” at its Holmdel site, the Holmes-Hendrickson House, noon- 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Wool Days is held in cooperation with the spring sheep shearing at neighboring Longstreet Farm. Visitors to Holmes-Hendrickson House will be able to try their hand…
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Open-networking event set in Middletown
MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown Community Affairs Council will host the third annual Business-to-Business Night 6- 9 p.m. April 28 at the Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St. The open networking event is designed to encourage collaboration between Middletown based businesses. Light refreshments will be donated by Whole Foods and Suzi’s Sweet Shoppe. Admission is free.…
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The clock watchers were in for a huge letdown
CODA GREG BEAN My favorite part of the government shutdown thatwasn’t, was the clocks. Nearly every network and news organization had them, counting down the hours and seconds until midnight onApril 9, when the government would run out of money unless a budget agreement was reached between Congress and the White House, and “nonessential” government…
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Resident impressed with homeopathic treatment
For those who know the pain and suffering of sinus problems, there may be hope. A large European multi-practice study (BioMedCentral, 2009) of patients suffering chronic sinus problems was recently concluded by Claudia Witt, M.D., Rainier Ludtke, M.D., and others. Patients seeking homeopathic treatment for sinus problems were followed up for two years and then…
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Attention college students: leave your pets at home
GUEST COLUMN DIVYA L. RAMNATH A fter a long, tiring, stressful day, there is nothing like coming home to the excited greeting of an animal that has been anxiously awaiting your return. This is a feeling almost all pet owners know well, and stress relief is in fact one of the many reasons prompting the…
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