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Poker tournament at Forsgate March 7
Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township, will hold a Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament on March 7. Doors open at 2 p.m. A seminar at 2:30 p.m. will be led by “Ultimate Poker” host and teacher Dr. Richard Lederer, a poker player and author of more than 30 books who is also the father…
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Relief items sought for Haiti quake victims
Lakewood High School Pupil Assisted Learning Services (PALS) is collecting relief items for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. PALS members are seeking donations of lightweight clothing for children and adults, footwear, personal hygiene items, nonperishable food, and blankets. PALS students will sort, box and deliver items to a company that is providing a tractor-trailer…
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Drawing contest open to New Jersey teens
The state Department of Human Services Division of Family Development will hold its annual Teen Media Contest to reinforce the department’s mission to instill an understanding of parental responsibility in teens. The statewide contest is open to all New Jersey middle school and high school students. This year’s theme is: Depict how your parent(s) help…
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Business Briefs
The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners’ Women’s Business Center will offer a three-hour seminar titled “Human Resources — Setting Up and Managing.” The free class is open to men and women and will be held at the Lakewood municipal building, 231 Third St., Lakewood, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 4. The…
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Chamber welcomes new officers
JACKSON — During its first business meeting of the year, the Jackson Chamber of Commerce welcomed the new officers for 2010. The meeting was held at Laurita Winery in Plumsted. Incoming President Daniel Black of Blackie’s Welding Service thanked outgoing President Clara Glory for her hard work during her tenure as president. Black is a…
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No jobs, but at least we have open space
Guest Column • Jeff Kneler This is a response to Greg Bean’s recent column “Preserving Farm for Open Space Would Be a Winner.” Our state and others are like a beehive with honeycombs of municipalities, each an integral part of the cumulative prosperity that feeds the hive. When “bees” could no longer produce, as open…
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School districts face a moment of truth
In the News • MARK ROSMAN Ithink that I know what our local school superintendents and business administrators are going through now as they prepare their budgets for the 2010-11 school year.A recent series of events at Greater Media Newspapers placed me in the unfamiliar position of developing a budget for our entire editorial department…
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Officials mull over ways to combat snow woes
People who park on streets could end up being ticketed if law is amended BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Wanted: Volunteers to help plow Howell’s roads during snowstorms. That is just one of several suggestions township officials are considering to help chip away at the cost of cleaning up after future storms.…
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A century of life saluted at Jackson senior center
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Anna Milko JACKSON — A century of life was celebrated last week at the Melvin Cottrell Center for Senior Citizens and the Disabled, Don Connor Boulevard. Anna Milko, 100, who was born in the Ukraine in 1910, was honored as Jackson’s newest centenarian. Speaking with the assistance of a translator,…
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