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Brookdale Big Band summer concert lineup
MIDDLETOWN — The Brookdale Big Band will swing into the summer season, with concerts slated at venues throughout the county. The Monmouth County Fair will host the band on July 25 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at an afternoon concert. The Aug. 27 evening concert at Franklin Lakes Park, West Long Branch, will start…
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Sofia Torres holds the start banner prior to the beginning of the 19th annual Bike MS “Coast the Coast” ride organized by the New Jersey Metro Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The ride began at the Monmouth University campus in West Long Branch on May 22. FRANK GALIPO
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Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival at Monmouth Park June 5-6
OCEANPORT — More than three dozen jazz and blues artists and their bands will perform Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6, at the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival at Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport. Music legends John Pizzarelli and Smokin’ Joe Kubek featuring Bnois King will headline the two-day event as 19 different…
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Events at Ocean Twp. Library in June
Unleash the diva in you, get in touch with the inner you through dance, or make a splash at the Ocean Township Library in June. Meet Author Ira Jacobson at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 2. Jacobson’s book “A Quest for Excellence: The Incredible Story of the Most Beautiful Store in the World” tells the story…
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Pedaling a good cause
Cyclists begin the 19th annual Bike MS “Coast the Coast Ride” organized by the New Jersey Metro Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The ride began at the Monmouth University campus in West Long Branch on May 22. FRANK GALIPO
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Help is available for past-due utility bills
EATONTOWN — The nonprofit Affordable Housing Alliance has announced that the agency is accepting applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program known as LIHEAP. This federally funded program can help both middle- and low-income families as well as the disabled and the elderly pay past-due home heating and cooling bills. Monmouth County families…
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Coastal advocate wants tougher development rules
Dillingham urges public to weigh in with DEP BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society, is urging state regulators to take a tougher stance on coastal development. Tim Dillingham “We are trying to get the state to strengthen those rules so that the environment becomes a high priority…
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Mentors needed for college-bound students
RED BANK — Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County (BGCM) and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County (BBBSMC) are partnering on a new initiative to expand the College Bound Program for high school seniors. The nonprofits are seeking adult volunteers to support and mentor students in Red Bank and Asbury Park so they…
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City seeks state funds for site remediation
Pax plans mixed use development for site BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — City officials have applied for state funding for an environmental study on a property in the Broadway Arts redevelopment zone. The City Council voted 4-0 at the May 12 meeting to approve a resolution reaffirming the property located on the…
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