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New Egypt festival May 15
Visit New Egypt for an old-fashioned street fair. Main Street New Egypt and Plumsted Township invite the public to attend the annual New Egypt Day festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 15. The event will feature live music, food, rides, games, and activities. Festivities will be split between Oakford Lake Park and…
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Returning veterans can get services
Returning veterans have a wealth of resources available to them in Monmouth County. Assistance and referral information about disability benefits, handicap parking, transportation, home health aides and housing can be obtained from the county’s Disabilities Office, according to a Monmouth County press release. “The best way to thank our servicemen and women, as well as…
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Casting call for ‘Supernanny’
The casting team of ABC’s popular parenting series “Supernanny” is currently casting for season six. The casting team will be sending producers around New Jersey to find the next “Supernanny” family, according to a press release from the “Supernanny” casting crew. Producers want families from every type of background who are ready for the opportunity…
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Health care bill for 9/11 responders advances
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Advocates of a federal bill guaranteeing health care for life for Sept. 11 first responders breathed a collective sigh of relief last week as the bill took a crucial step forward. The House Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District), passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health…
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Production focuses on women during wartime
Join Georgian Court University and St. George Productions in a World War II canteen for an interactive, living history performance about the fascinating life of pioneer female photographer Toni Frissell. The performance will take place on March 29 at 6 p.m. in the Little Theatre on the Lakewood campus. Produced and written by St. George…
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Spring break brings theme park opening
Six Flags Great Adventure, Route 537, Jackson, will kick off the 2010 season on March 27 with its two-week-long spring break presented by Stride Gum. Opening day will launch the Stride-A-Thon as 30 riders compete to be the last rider on the seven looping, floorless coaster Bizarro in this eight-hour ride-a-thon. Through a contest hosted…
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Horse Park spring happenings
UPPER FREEHOLD — The snow is gone and although the rains have come, the show must go on. The Horse Park of New Jersey’s schedule starts in April and continues with the Jersey Fresh CCI May 5-9. This April, Sharon Camarillo will host a barrel-racing clinic April 2-5. On April 10, a benefit dressage schooling…
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Community farm market set to start season in May
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — For its third season, the township’s Open Farm Market will move from Wagner Farm Park to the municipal building parking lot on Stagecoach Road. The Township Committee approved the move in a 3-0 vote at the March 17 meeting. Mayor Nancy Grbelja, who is still recuperating from a…
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U.F. makes changes to summer rec programs
Twp. must move forward on soccer complex project or risks losing grant money BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — The Upper Freehold Regional School District’s decision to switch to a four-day workweek during the summer will affect the township’s summer camp and basketball programs. Recreation Director Gail Mele told the governing body at its…
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