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PTA clothing drive helps pupils
Clark Mills School, Manalapan, PTA President Holly Demeritt (l) and volunteer Debra Weiss organize clothes that were collected during a Dec. 11 clothing drive at the school. ERIC SUCAR staff MANALAPAN — The Clark Mills School PTA held at clothing drive on Dec. 11 to raise money that will be used to support programs for…
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Cancer survivor shares inspirational story
Battle with stage 4 cancer prompts call for early detection, treatment BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent John McMahon, a resident of Red Bank, is not asking Santa Claus for anything this Christmas; instead, he is giving a great big “thank you” to all who helped him become a cancer survivor of stage 4 rectal cancer, which…
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Norkus foundation donates $20,000 to area food bank
The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties received some welcomed financial relief from funds generated by the 30th annual Francis A. Norkus Memorial Golf Outing during a check presentation at the Neptune City SuperFoodtown last week. Norkus Charitable Foundation board members Stephen Norkus and Mark Norkus presented Susan Kelly, executive director of the FoodBank of…
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Scout earns Eagle rank during recent ceremony
MARLBORO — On Nov. 20 at the Old Brick Reformed Church, Boy Scout Troop 86 awarded Roy Charles “R.C.” Anderson III, of Marlboro, with the rank of Eagle Scout. Anderson’s Eagle Scout project was renovating a meditation garden at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Matawan. Twenty-two adults and 18 scouts from Troop 86 of Marlboro,…
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Video gamers to raise funds for charities
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — What do some teenagers do on a weekend? They play video games with their friends for hours on end, of course. Now there is a group of teenagers in Freehold Township who are making that play into a great deed. They call themselves “L+R+A+Start” and the thing that separates them from other…
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Rabbi, Manalapan native, becomes Army chaplain
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Rabbi Heather Borshof MARLBORO — A passion for Jewish studies combined with a deep appreciation for the military has led a native of western Monmouth County to her commission as a chaplain with the U.S. Army. Heather Borshof, 34, a native of Manalapan who now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., received…
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Golf club aids local toy drive
State Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Monmouth and Mercer) was on hand recently to receive more than 200 toys donated by Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck to the Little Soldiers Project, a program devoted to collecting Christmas gifts for the children of U.S. military personnel stationed overseas during the holiday season. “The Trump organization has…
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Foundation awards grants
OceanFirst Foundation of Toms River has awarded $30,000 in grants through its Home Runs for Heroes program to nine charities that serve members of the military. The program, now in its second year, is a partnership between OceanFirst Foundation, WOBM-AM and WOBM-FM, and the Lakewood BlueClaws, according to a press release. Home Runs for Heroes…
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Students in the Freehold Township High School Symphonic Band and the Freehold Township High School Choir performed a holiday concert in the school’s auditorium on Dec. 9. AMY ROSEN
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