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Monmouth Festival of the Arts May 5-9
TINTON FALLS — The 42nd Monmouth Festival of Arts (MFA)will take place May 5-9 at the Monmouth Reform Temple (MRT) on Hance Avenue. The festival is a professional juried art show supporting artists as well as art education. More than 200 artists from throughout the Northeast display their work in a variety of mediums, including…
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Beach Sweep
Lisa Aquino (l) and Keith O’Neill, both of Middletown, clear debris from the Sea Bright public beach during the Clean Ocean Action Spring Beach Sweeps on April 24. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY
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Red Bank events will tickle you ‘pink’
RED BANK — Riverview Medical Center will host several events during the sixth annual “Paint the Town Pink” breast cancer awareness campaign May 4-12. Acommunity-wide event, “Paint Everything Pink,” will take place Sunday, May 6, 1-4 p.m. Enjoy Community Day by bringing the whole family out for a day of fun featuring fun and games…
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Church garden grows community, produce
Westminster Presbyterian sows garden for the hungry BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Lola Pillarella, Lincroft, works in the Community Plant-a-Row for the Hungry Garden at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Middletown on April 10. CHRIS KELLY MIDDLETOWN — Westminster Presbyterian Church quietly sits set several hundred feet back from Tindall Road. On April 10, however, the…
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Pallone to activists: Environment under attack
Congressman tells Sierra Club, Clearwater that legislation could destroy protections BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. doesn’t want to scare anyone: but the environment is in danger. “Environmental protection is under very severe attack,” the 6th District Democratic congressman said on April 23. “If things don’t change dramatically, in terms of…
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MAMS super-sizes fundraising efforts at local McDonald’s
‘McTeach’ night supports PTSO programs BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Superintendent Richard O’Malley (middle) receives his order from sixth-grade English teacher Maria Sieman (right) as part of the “McTeach” event held at McDonald’s on April 20. The Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School PTSO sponsored a “McTeach” fundraising event for teens, teachers and parents. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR…
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Vietnam Veterans’ Remembrance Day Ceremony May 7
HOLMDEL — The Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will hold its annual New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday, May 7, at 11 a.m. TheMay 7 date was established by legislation in 1991 as a unique day in New Jersey to honor all those who served in the military during the Vietnam Era from…
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Eight sites added to Weekend in Old Monmouth
40 historic Monmouth sites to be open for visits on May 1 and May 2 The 18th-century Georgianstyle Burrowes Mansion in the heart of downtown Matawan will be one of the stops on the county’s third annual “Weekend in Old Monmouth,” a two-day historic-sites tour on Saturday, May 1, and from noon to 5 p.m.…
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Marine’s credo: Conquer challenges despite injury
Matawan native on third deployment assists Afghan security forces BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer U.S. Marine Sgt. Phil Farmer speaks in a strong, clear voice with no indication he has only one fully functioning lung as a result of a 2006 chemical explosion set off by a suicide bomber in Iraq. Farmer is a squad…
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