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Fundraiser will celebrate sights, sounds of Brooklyn
If you rooted for the Duke while others cheered for Mickey and Willie, hung out at Big Daddy’s on Coney Island Avenue or at the boardwalk for Tuesday fireworks night, or had a hot pastrami on rye at Zei- Mar’s, Grabstein’s or Hy Tulip’s delicatessens, then the “Bridge to Brooklyn” nostalgia program on Nov. 13…
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Apple and pumpkin festival aids youths
COLTS NECK — The Ashley Lauren Foundation will host the second annual Apple and Pumpkin Festival on Nov. 6 at Bucks Mill Park, 105 Bucks Mill Road, Colts Neck, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The family-friendly, old-fashioned country festival will feature a Scottish-American highland games competition, a Civil War encampment, cider press demonstrations, blacksmithing…
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Band to host clothing, toy drive
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Marching Patriots Band ParentsAssociationwill conduct a clothing drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 6. Clothing, small toys and other items may be dropped off at the high school’s band entrance (football field side in front), 281 Elton- Adelphia Road, Freehold Township. Bags of donated items will be…
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Nov. 14 auction will feature Shahn family’s art collection
ROOSEVELT — Property from the home and studio of the artists Ben and Bernarda Shahn will be auctioned at Rago Arts and Auction Center in Lambertville on Nov. 14. The auction of the collection will begin at noon. Telephone, absentee and online bidding will be available for those unable to attend. An auction exhibition/preview will…
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Planning begins for sports facilities
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — The $10 million Monmouth Athletic Center still has a few obstacles to overcome before any actual construction can take place. “We have six to seven months of engineering work ahead of us,” said T.J. Coan, one of the principals. “I would say probably sometime in the new…
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Community music
The Colts Neck Community Band, which has 95 members who range in age from high school students to adults, performed a concert on Oct. 21 at Colts Neck High School. Below: Piano soloist Maggie Tripold rehearses a song prior to the performance. Bottom right: A musician heads on stage to perform.
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Work begins on truck wash at reclamation center
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders put shovels in the ground recently to start construction on a fully automated truck wash facility that will help the county, municipalities and businesses comply with new wastewater guidelines. As of February 2009, state law forbids the discharge of pollutants from vehicle and equipment washing into the municipal storm…
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Ice & snow must be cleared from vehicles before driving
Highway safety and law enforcement officials have reminded New Jersey motorists that an amended law went into effect on Oct. 20 which requires that all ice and snow be removed from a vehicle before it may travel on New Jersey’s roads. Failure to do so can result in a citation and fine. Division of Highway…
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Legal wrangling over athletic center ends
Developer expects to move forward with facility in Howell BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — A state Superior Court judge has cleared the way for the eventual construction of the Monmouth Athletic Center, five years after the principals purchased the site on Fairfield Road. “We’ve been through the gauntlet with this case to…
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