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St. Joseph’s Council 3402 Knights of Columbus, Keyport, will hold its annual family picnic Sept. 12 at Monmouth Park Racetrack. Tickets are $25 each; children 12 and under free. For details, call 732-264-9729. ***** The Hazlet Library, 251 Middle Road, is holding a children’s and teen’s Halloween costume collection until Oct. 2. Costumes should be…
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Flowers, rocks, sticks and truth
BY MARIE MABER Correspondent How soon after summer turns to fall do you begin to miss her blossoms? If summer’s passing has left you longing for another chance to embrace her tulips and delphiniums, then visit Brookdale’s CVA Gallery to view Dan Schroll’s exhibition, “Documents and Flowers.” “Tulips” If flowers aren’t your “thing,” then turn…
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Celebrities, congressman, physicians support Walk for Food Allergy on Sept. 11
More than 1,500 walkers expected at Long Branch Boardwalk Last year’s FAAN Walk for Food Allergies attracted about 1,000 participants. Organizers expect to draw a larger crowd to the Long Branch Boardwalk on Sept. 11. LONG BRANCH — Keeping children with food allergies safe is a constant concern for their loved ones. And that’s one…
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Home and garden competition to be held at Longstreet Farm
HOLMDEL — Enjoy time outdoors while experiencing 1890s rural farm life as the Monmouth County Park System celebrates the annual Harvest Home Festival. This old-fashioned country fair allows visitors to experience a time when neighbors gathered not only for work, but also to spend time enjoying one another’s company. Harvest Home Festival will be held…
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‘Kittenpalooza’ offers half-price adoptions
Sarge With more 300 felines available, the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) hopes to find good homes for most of these cats and kittens through “Kittenpalooza,” a monthlong adoption project. Once again, summer ends with an overpopulation of cats and kittens, said Francesca Alexander, MCSPCA community cat coordinator. Anyone…
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$3M Army grant funds defense technology center
Funding will be used to keep federal contracts in state after fort closes BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a $3 million grant to the New Jersey Technology Solutions Center (NJTSC) to help keep high-technology jobs in Monmouth County in the wake of Fort Monmouth’s closing. Reps. Rush Holt…
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Slocum family readies for annual reunion
Relatives from far and wide will meet Oct. 10 in Long Branch BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Bob Waitt Sr. (l-r), Bob Waitt Jr., Joann Slocum Mazzucca and Arthur T. Green II at a presentation in March on the murder of Abigail Slocum in 1863 and the trial and hanging of her husband, Peter, who is…
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Alzheimer’s is topic of science lecture
TINTON FALLS — The 2010 Norman J Field Lecture in Science, “PreventingAlzheimer’s Disease by 2020?,” will be presented by Dr. Zaven S. Khachaturian Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will take place at the Performing Arts Center Auditorium of Monmouth Regional High School, 1 Norman J Field Way in Tinton Falls. An informal…
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Saturday in the Park
The 17th annual Saturday in the Park Women’s 5K Run and Scenic 3K Walk was held under a brilliant late-summer sky at Holmdel Park on Sept. 4. The Jersey Shore Running Club sponsors the event. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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