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Seniors can receive Jersey Fresh vouchers
PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Senior Outreach Services (SOS) will host a day for local Ocean County seniors to come out and receive free Jersey Fresh vouchers and to learn more about the Medicare Improvement for Patient and Provider Act (MIPPA). This event will be held on July 23 in the Plumsted municipal building, 121 Evergreen…
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‘Funtasia Festival’ slated for July 23
The Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation will conduct its 16th annual “Funtasia Festival for Kids” on July 23 at Ocean County Park, Route 88, Lakewood. The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature magic, music, jugglers, sports, games, crafts, entertainers, and more. Activities will include stage shows and…
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datebook •••
• A senior dinner meet will be held 4-8 p.m. every Thursday at the Clifmar Diner, Brook Plaza shopping center, West County Line Road, Jackson. Seniors are welcome to meet new friends, enjoy food, fun and laughter, and dance to jukebox tunes. Cost of $9.95 per person includes entrée, salad, coffee/tea and dessert. Call 732-370-0888…
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Seats available for ‘Addams Family’
The Lakewood Community School has seats available for an Aug. 11 bus trip to see “The Addams Family” on Broadway starring Nathan Lane and BeBe Neuwirth. The bus will depart from Lakewood at 9 a.m. and return at approximately 7:30 p.m. The cost is $146. Details and reservations: 732- 905-3685.
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Family fun focus of Howell Day
The 38th annual Howell Day celebration will be held from noon to 5 p.m. July 10 at Oak Glen Park, off Preventorium and Old Tavern roads, Howell. This year’s event will offer carnival games with prizes, and feature pony rides, inflatable obstacle courses and sport games, a 22-foot double-bay slide, a rock wall, bungee trampoline,…
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in the service •••
Air Force Airman Ryker L. Poston, son of Kathy Poston of Toms River and Craig Poston of Jackson, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare…
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Two charges filed against driver who hit trooper
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The New Jersey State Police have charged a West Point cadet with speeding and careless driving in connection with the June 6 accident that took the life of New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano on Interstate 195 in Howell. The charges are motor vehicle violations. Criminal charges…
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sport shorts
The Old Bridge Fall Baseball League is accepting team and individual applications for boys ages 8-15 for the 2010 fall season. Games will be played Monday through Sunday under the lights at Geick Park, Veterans Park and Mannino Park. Times will vary. Those falling in the U8-U10 age groups will play 46/60; U11 through U12…
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Sayreville juniors scoring runs in American Legion
Bombers are 10-3 BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Sayreville High School junior American Legion team has battled its way to a 10-3 record, and with four games remaining in the regular season the team is sitting in second place in the junior division of the Middlesex County American Legion Baseball League. During the spring varsity…
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