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Here’s our whole ‘kitten caboodle’ of goofs and gaffes for 2010
BLOOPERS ADELE YOUNG Every year we like to look back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it into some of Greater Media Newspapers’ 10 weekly publications. These near-gaffes come not only from our own staff, but also from our readers, PR representatives and even job applicants. As hard as the writers and…
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Dery Bennett New Year’s Day Beach Walk
On Jan. 1, the American Littoral Society will hold its annual New Year’s Day Beach Walk to the tip of Sandy Hook at 11 a.m. This year, the walk will launch the coastal conservation nonprofit’s 50th anniversary. The walk was inaugurated in the 1970s by the society’s longtime leader, Dery Bennett, so that people could…
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Scholarship program casts net for applicants
SANDY HOOK — The Stew Tweed Fisheries and Aquaculture Scholarship Program is seeking applications from graduating high school seniors and undergraduate or graduate students pursuing studies or a career in fisheries or aquaculture. The scholarship program, now in its fourth year, was founded in 2007 by the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) in memory…
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Donations sought for troops overseas
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation is partnering with the Brookdale Student Veterans Club in working with American Recreational Military Services (ARMS) for an ongoing collection of items to send to troops currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Supplies are running low, and help is needed Examples of needed items: • Toiletries — non-alcohol…
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Guild hosts holiday show
The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury is hosting an all-member holiday exhibit that will run through Jan. 5. “Attitude” by Nanci France-Vaz The exhibit showcases artwork by many local artists who work with various mediums and who celebrate the holidays with them. Pictured are “Attitude,” an oil painting by national award-winning artist Nanci France-Vaz…
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Family seeks to sell off set of 31 vintage guitars
Late resident had collected hand-crafted guitars made by New Jersey’s Sam Koontz It’s a story that might make William Shakespeare proud. “We’ve got passion, we’ve got love, we have beauty, we have death and we have suicide… it’s everything that Shakespeare would have written about,” said Christopher Wylde, who had been a professional musician in…
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sports shorts •••
Eve Clausen, a senior at the Peddie School in Hightstown who lives in Millstone Township, will continue her softball career at the University of Hartford. The Peddie School pitcher recently signed her National Letter of Intent. Clausen, who has been named the team captain for the 2011 season, has been an All-Prep First Team pick…
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Redbirds have chemistry on and off the court
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Ayear ago, an unfortunate concussion by a leading player set the tone for a frustrating season for Allentown’s girls basketball team, but there are high hopes again this season. Lindsay Bacovin, one of three graduated starters off that 8-16 team, missed three games with the concussion early in the season, and…
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