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Fundraiser for arts education April 1
TheArts and Education Center, sponsor of the Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean County Arts High School and ArtsMiddle School, will hold a fundraising dinner 7 p.m. April 1 at the General Electric Offices, 800 Centennial Ave., Piscataway. The evening’s entertainment will be performances by students, and student artwork will be on display. There will also be…
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‘Food for Fines’ program at libraries in April
Patrons with overdue books can close the book on library late fees and donate to their local food pantry at the same time under the Monmouth County Library’s “Fines for Food” program. Anyone who brings in a nonperishable food item to any Monmouth County library branch during National Library Week in April can get $2…
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Hydrofracking subject of Brookdale panel
MIDDLETOWN — Brookdale Community College will host an expert panel discussion on the risk of hydrofracking, the controversial procedure that opponents claim is resulting in dangerously contaminated drinking water. The free event will take place Wednesday, April 6, at 7:15 p.m. It will be held in theWarner Student Life Center, Twin Lights rooms I and…
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Singer/songwriters to perform at library
SHREWSBURY — The Eastern Branch Library in Shrewsbury will host a Concert in the Café on Thursday, April 7, featuring local singer/songwriters Sheli Aarden and Keith Monacchio. This free concert will begin at 6 p.m . Country/folk artistAarden was nominated at the Asbury Music Award for Top Female Acoustic Act in 2007, 2008, 2009 and…
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Discover new book about Paris at library
Meet the author of a new book, “To Love Paris: ABook of French Verbs,” at the Monmouth County Eastern Branch Library at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 2. Author Camille Rankin will share her favorite Paris destinations and offer tips on how you can enhance your own travel photography at this book signing. Her book, which…
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Food Allergy Support Group meets April 5
The Food Allergy Support Group of Monmouth County will hold its next meeting 7:30 p.m. April 5 at the office of Dr. Tina Zecca, 200 White Road, Suite 205, Little Silver. The guest speaker will be Dr. Jonathan E. Teitelbaum, a pediatric gastroenterologist. For more information, visit www.njfoodallergy.org, email [email protected] or call 732-546-7627.
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Freeholders dip into surplus for $491.5M 2011 budget
Tax levy remains at 2010 level of $302.4M SHREWSBURY — With one dissenting vote, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders on March 24 approved a $491,500,000 budget with $302,475,00 to be raised by the county purpose tax. The 2011 budget includes $1.9 million less in total appropriations than the 2010 budget and the same…
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Bird Walk at Sandy Hook on April 16
RED BANK — With spring arriving, the annual migration of raptors and songbirds along theAtlantic Flyway will be taking place. Join the Monmouth County Audubon Society for a spring Bird Walk to look for these migrants. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 16, on Sandy Hook. The peninsula of Sandy Hook acts as a…
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It’s time for Brookdale to cleanse its Lincroft campus
‘I t’s time for the Brookdale Board of Trustees to begin taking action to rename Larrison Hall, its $15 million showpiece academic building that, amid a climate of county corruption and scandal, has become a tarnished symbol of Monmouth’s two-year institution of higher education.” Those words — that still have validity — are from an…
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